463 search results for “el cid world” in the Library website
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Alexandra PrégentFaculty of Humanities
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Aron van de PolFaculty of Humanities
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Walter Nkwi GamFaculty of Humanities
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Nancy KulaFaculty of Humanities
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Keiko YoshiokaFaculty of Humanities
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Miguel John VersluysFaculty of Archaeology
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Ksenia FedorovaFaculty of Humanities
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Nivja de JongFaculty of Humanities
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Alies JansenFaculty of Humanities
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S. ValdezFaculty of Humanities
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Anna-Alexandra MarholdFaculty of Law
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Yoonai HanFaculty of Humanities
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Jelena ProkicFaculty of Humanities
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Peter BisschopFaculty of Humanities
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Remco BreukerFaculty of Humanities
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Community support officer bows out: ‘My face on a mug got me known’
He was a popular face in the Leiden student world and even developed his own merchandise, but all good things come to an end. After seven years, community support officer Dennis Perdok (49) is leaving this role. Last week he bid farewell to the police and to his job in Leiden’s city centre.
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Petra de BruijnFaculty of Humanities
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Egbert FortuinFaculty of Humanities
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Bart van der BoomFaculty of Humanities
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Bram CaersFaculty of Humanities
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UN World Philosophy Day - a reading list
Today is World Philosophy Day. We asked three staff members from the Leiden Institute for Philosophy to name three of their favourite works from the Leiden University Library (UBL) collections. What is: the best introduction to philosophy, the best philosophical work published in the last few years…
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Casper WitsFaculty of Humanities
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Esther Op de BeekFaculty of Humanities
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Martine BruilFaculty of Humanities
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Alisa van de HaarFaculty of Humanities
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Panji tales awarded the status of world heritage by UNESCO
The unique collection of more than 250 ancient tales revolving around the mythical Javanese Prince Panji, which is curated by Leiden University Libraries (UBL), has been acknowledged as world heritage by UNESCO. The UBL is grateful to UNESCO for this exceptionally prestigious award.
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Petra SijpesteijnFaculty of Humanities
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Mark DriessenFaculty of Archaeology
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Liselore TissenFaculty of Humanities
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Kenza El-MansouriAfrican Studies Centre
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Exhibition photographic oeuvre of world traveller Alexine Tinne
In collaboration with the The Hague Historical Museum and photographer Dagmar van Weeghel, Leiden University Libraries (UBL) is the first to present a retrospective exhibition of the photographic oeuvre of Alexine Tinne (1835 – 1869). New research into her life and work is the reason for a reappraisal…
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Newspaper articles (International)
Leiden’s University Library provides access to a large collection of digital (contemporary) and digitized (historical) newspapers. These newspapers can be found through the library’s catalogue and through the library’s databases. Furthermore, the Dutch National Library offers access to several international…
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Thijs PorckFaculty of Humanities
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Alp YenenFaculty of Humanities
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importance of preserving documentary heritage: UNESCO Memory of the World register
One of the main functions of a University Library is the preservation of documentary heritage. Not just to facilitate research and education, but also because this heritage in many ways represents our collective memory. UNESCO has been registering special and often threatened documents in the international…
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Caroline WaerzeggersFaculty of Humanities
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Book Presentation - Bookshop of the World by Andrew Pettegree and Arthur der Weduwen
On Wednesday 27 March, 17.00 - 18.30, Andrew Pettegree and Arthur der Weduwen will present their book: 'The Bookshop of the World. Searching for markets in the Dutch Golden Age’ at the Lipsius-Building (Cleveringaplaats 1, room 11). Anton van der Lem, curator at the Leiden University Library will introduce…
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Simone DobbelaarSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Pepita HesselberthFaculty of Humanities
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Recognizes Manuscripts First Voyage Around the Globe and Hikayat Aceh as World Heritage
UNESCO has recognized an international set of fifteen manuscripts about Ferdinand Magellan's first circumnavigation of the globe and the three Hikayat Aceh manuscripts as World Heritage. The manuscripts are inscribed in the global UNESCO Memory of the World Register. This list contains documentary heritage…
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Niels van der SalmFaculty of Humanities
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Peter NieuwenhuizenFaculty of Humanities
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Michaël Schapers
Faculty of Humanities
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Jürgen ZangenbergFaculty of Humanities
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World Heritage Status for Letters from Indonesian Women's Rights Advocate Kartini
UNESCO has recognized a large collection of handwritten letters and the archive of Raden Ajeng Kartini (1879-1904) as documentary world heritage. Kartini opposed gender inequality in feudal Javanese society, including forced marriages, polygamy and lack of education for women.
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Mayke KaagAfrican Studies Centre
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Hora est! Exhibition reveals the ritual world of earning a PhD
A dissertation covered in hot pink faux fur, antique prints of PhD ceremonies, a pot encrusted with sealing wax: the Hora est! anniversary exhibition at Oude UB takes you to the ritual yet idiosyncratic world of PhD ceremonies.
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Online exhibition - The world’s last picture writing: Naxi Dongba manuscripts
Manuscripts that look like a comic book, that's how you could describe the manuscripts of the Dongba people from China. The manuscripts are one of the last examples of a so-called pictographic script that can only be interpreted by Dongba priests, shamans, who have knowledge of the ancient Dongba cu…
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Arent PolFaculty of Archaeology
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Alexander MohnsFaculty of Archaeology