1,054 search results for “new year public library manuscripts decisions” in the Library website
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Urban Studies
Overview of databases, reference works and websites for research in Urban Studies
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Mitra BaratchiFaculty of Science
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Wessel KraaijFaculty of Science
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Grégory SchneiderFaculty of Science
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Nathaniel MartinFaculty of Science
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Liesbeth ClaesFaculty of Humanities
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Nathal DessingFaculty of Humanities
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Karwan Fatah-BlackFaculty of Humanities
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Isaac ScarboroughFaculty of Humanities
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Marie-leen RyckaertFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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Marian KlamerFaculty of Humanities
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Judith PollmannFaculty of Humanities
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Value of science the focus of 448th Dies Natalis
The importance of science communication and cross-boundary collaboration, and the ‘mantra’ of diminishing social cohesion in society: these all came up at Leiden University’s 448th Dies Natalis. A panel discussion including Leiden’s mayor Lenferink, music and two honorary doctorates completed the special…
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Leiden Chinese heritage collections digitised in Pagode-Europeana-China project
Leiden University Libraries (UBL) recently participated in the Pagode-Europeana-China project as an associated partner. As a result, almost two hundred items related to China from the UBL Special Collections are now available via the Europeana website. The UBL was the only library to participate in…
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State Secretary Gräper visits to discuss cultural heritage and opening up collections
How should we address our colonial heritage? And how digital and accessible are our collections? Outgoing State Secretary Fleur Gräper spoke with researchers and heritage specialists about this on 25 January.
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Pilgrims came to Leiden for ‘brain training’
The Pilgrims to America exhibition at Museum De Lakenhal inspires reflection. How far do you go in the quest for freedom? It focuses on the Pilgrims’ relationship with the University and which knowledge they took with them from Leiden.
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Online Book Salon Elizabeth Stuart – with Nadine Akkerman
On Thursday 2 December, Nadine Akkerman, Reader in early modern English literature will be a guest in the online book salon of Leiden University Libraries (UBL). Head Curator Garrelt Verhoeven will interview Akkerman about her book Elizabeth Stuart, Queen of Hearts. In her biography, Akkerman describes…
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Young Hae ChoiFaculty of Science
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University strengthens ties with Indonesia
The climate crisis, the return of TB and the digitisation of cultural heritage. The Netherlands and Indonesia face many of the same challenges. A visit by a delegation from Leiden University to Indonesia at the end of June highlighted the benefits of cooperation.
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Literary Leiden - the reading list
Leiden fulfills a special role in Dutch literature: as a setting for stories as well as a place of work and residence for leading authors. It is the city described by Willem Bilderdijk as "O Leiden, Flower of Cities," but depicted far less glamorously by F. Bordewijk. The same city where Boudewijn Büch…
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Ties DamsFaculty of Law
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Jan KolenFaculty of Archaeology
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Vincent NiochetFaculty of Archaeology
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Alistair KeffordFaculty of Humanities
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Gert Jan GeertjesFaculty of Law
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Kees WaaldijkFaculty of Law
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Bernhard Hommel
Social & Behavioural Sciences
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Amy EaglestoneSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Reading list - our favourites for the summer
The collections of Leiden University Libraries (UBL) not only hold academic material, but also many novels, collections of poetry, non-fiction works and even cookbooks. Is there still some space on your summer reading list? Take a look at the list below and borrow your book through the UBL.
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Leiden cholera epidemics mapped out, literally
Three cholera epidemics struck 19th-century Leiden. Today’s corona epidemic prompted Martijn Storms, curator of maps and atlases at the Leiden University Libraries, to scour the library for maps about these past epidemics.
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‘The university has many roots in the colonial past. How deep and wide were they?’
Historians recently started preliminary research on Leiden University’s role in colonialism and historical slavery. Our knowledge about this is too limited and fragmented. They are looking with fresh eyes at Leiden’s archives and collections. An interview with historians Alicia Schrikker and Ligia G…
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Historical research shows how Leiden University and city council benefitted from colonialism
Leiden University contributed to colonialism and slavery through its research and teaching. And governors and residents of Leiden had an active role in colonial networks. These are the findings of two explorative studies presented on 3 April.
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International Studies
This Subject Guide will provide you with an overview of useful databases and online resources available within and outside the University Library. This subject guide is your starting point, aiding you in finding sources for any research field within the field of International Studies and International…
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Marga Sikkema-de JongSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Visualizer training: using the overhead Visualizer and special collections during your lectures
Training session
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Jeffrey Fynn-PaulFaculty of Humanities
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Isabelle DuijvesteijnFaculty of Humanities
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Henk te VeldeFaculty of Humanities
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Victoria NystFaculty of Humanities
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Philosophy: Global and Comparative Perspectives
Overview of databases, reference works and websites in western languages for research in Comparative Philosophy
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Stijn BusselsFaculty of Humanities
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Rachel SchatsFaculty of Archaeology
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Sarah SchraderFaculty of Archaeology
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Tullio AbruzzeseFaculty of Archaeology
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Dario FazziFaculty of Humanities
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Gerrit DusseldorpFaculty of Archaeology
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Wei ChuFaculty of Archaeology
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Marie SoressiFaculty of Archaeology
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Valentine's Day - a reading list
Love. It makes people do the strangest things and at the same time it is a primary necessity of life. Over the centuries, writers and poets have filled up entire libraries with books on real and fictional relationships, and contemporary writers still like to delve into the complex, dramatic and at times…
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Workshop Early Photography of the Middle East - In Contact with Collections
Workshop