206 search results for “arabic literature” in the Library website
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Middle Eastern Library
The Middle Eastern Library is located on the ground floor of the new Herta Mohr Building at Witte Singel.
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Fellowships
The fellowship programs support researchers who are interested in doing research using the special collections.
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Paula HarveyFaculty of Humanities
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Nike van HeldenFaculty of Humanities
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Annachiara RaiaFaculty of Humanities
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Hebrew, Semitic and Armenian Special Collections
The Library of Leiden University holds c. 550 manuscripts and an extensive collection of rare printed books in Hebrew, Aramaic, Syriac, the languages of Ethiopia, South Arabic, Coptic and Armenian, as well as a collection of rare books on the Jewish World.
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Rebecca NicastriFaculty of Humanities
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Francesca RosatiFaculty of Humanities
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Sara BrandelleroFaculty of Humanities
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History of Science
Overview of databases, reference works and website for research in the History of Science
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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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Nidesh LawtooFaculty of Humanities
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The Universality of Literature: Giacomo Prampolini, Translator and Mediator
Conference
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Geert WarnarFaculty of Humanities
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Wim van AnrooijFaculty of Humanities
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Michael NewtonFaculty of Humanities
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Bram IevenFaculty of Humanities
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Jan Just WitkamFaculty of Humanities
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Youssef CherifFaculty of Humanities
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Ibrahim Harun DemirelFaculty of Humanities
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Adam RamadhanFaculty of Humanities
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Shuqi JiaFaculty of Humanities
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Sai EnglertFaculty of Humanities
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Tenzin TsepakFaculty of Humanities
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Michael RowlandFaculty 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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Antje WesselsFaculty of Humanities
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Evert Jan van LeeuwenFaculty of Humanities
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Ruth ClemensFaculty of Humanities
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Collection on the Italian occupation of Libya donated
UBL recently received a donation of some five hundred books on the Italian occupation of Libya and on Arabic linguistics. UBL gratefully acknowledges this donation by a Leiden University alumnus.
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Olga van MarionFaculty of Humanities
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Goran BouazizFaculty of Humanities
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Samten YeshiFaculty of Humanities
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Daný van DamFaculty of Humanities
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Marjolein LansingICLON
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Lotte FikkersFaculty of Humanities
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Digitised Leiden Middle Eastern collections available in Digital Collections
More than 2000 objects from the Middle Eastern collection at Leiden University Libraries (UBL) have been made available online through Digital Collections. These collections mostly consist of written works in Arabic, Persian, Turkish, Hebrew, Aramaic, and Syriac, but also contain printed works and the…
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Executive Board column: Our institutes abroad are part of our international DNA
Ever since its foundation, Leiden University has turned its gaze outwards to other cultures, languages and forms of academic practice. It is only natural, therefore, that we as a university have four institutes abroad: the Royal Netherlands Institute of Southeast Asian and Caribbean Studies (KITLV-KNAW)…
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Stereotypes and Misconceptions about the Middle East - The Reading List
The perception of the Middle East is riddled with stereotypes that have had dire consequences on its people. What is myth and what is reality? How did these stereotypes come about? What consequences have they had? All of these questions and more are answered within this reading list.
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Lecture series Treasures from the Middle Eastern Manuscript Collections and their Wealth of Knowledge
Persian stories with beautiful miniatures, letters on papyrus from Egyptian traders and medicinal manuscripts translated from Greek and edited in Arabic. Studium Generale organizes a lecture series on the world-famous manuscripts from the Middle East collection of Leiden University Libraries (UBL).…
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Nico KapteinFaculty of Humanities
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Zahra AzharFaculty of Humanities
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Christian HendersonFaculty of Humanities
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Cristiana StravaFaculty of Humanities
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Podcast: this is how you create a dictionary for an unknown Middle Eastern language
Leiden scholars succeeded in making Arabic accessible to Western academic communities as early as the sixteenth century. But how did they approach this problem?
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New in the Leiden collections: the Amsterdam Yemen Library
The collections of Leiden University Libraries (UBL) have been enriched with the Maktabat al-Yaman al-Amstirdāmīyah, or Amsterdam Yemen Library. This collection, which exists of about a thousand books, journals and maps, is the largest coherent Yemen collection in The Netherlands and was brought together…
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The Israeli-Palestinian conflict – a reading list
Tensions between Israel and Palestine again reached fever pitch in May, with hundreds of – mainly Palestinian – deaths as a result. Now that a ceasefire offers some respite, there is an opportunity to reflect on the history of the conflict. Are there lessons to be learned from the past? How do historians…
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North Korea
Welcome to the Sub-guide for North Korea. This Sub-guide is designed for students looking to locate, access and use a wide variety of scholarly and non-scholarly sources which are either (1) published or produced in North Korea or (2) about North Korea. This Sub-guide is a part of the General Subject…