231 search results for “constructing heritage” in the Library website
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Film and Music
Tips for using film and music in your presentation or essay
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Conservation Workshop
Our collections contain many materials that are old, fragile, light-sensitive, maltreated in the past or much used and therefore tattered. Other items may be hundreds of years old and still be in sound condition. We aim to have all collections available as much as possible, while we also preserve them…
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Roeland EmausFaculty of Archaeology
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From decorative arts student in Leiden to curator at the biggest museum in New York
How does a Leiden alumnus end up working at the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art (The Met)? In the case of Daniëlle Kisluk-Grosheide, it was partly down to chance, luck, fate. But that was preceded by a unique degree in decorative arts in Leiden.
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Photography
The number of historical and contemporary photographs of Leiden University approaches a half million.
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Maps and Atlases
The collection of maps and atlases consists of approximately 100,000 map sheets (including c. 3,000 manuscript maps), 3,500 atlases and 25,000 topographical prints and drawings.
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Catia AntunesFaculty of Humanities
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Course reserves
Course reserve shelves are a convenient way to temporarily group library materials together, for use inside the library.
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Swargajyoti GohainSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Amit KurienSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Gabriel Spautz VieiraFaculty of Archaeology
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Jelle WoutersSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Kerstin WinkingFaculty of Humanities
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Pieter ter KeursFaculty of Humanities
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Naomi TruanFaculty of Humanities
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Maaike de WaalFaculty of Archaeology
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Islamic World Special Collections
The main focus of the Islamic World Special Collections is on the Middle East and North Africa, with smaller holdings from Indonesia, the Indian Subcontinent and Central Asia as far as Xinjiang, China.
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Andreas KrogullFaculty of Humanities
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Fien DemuynckFaculty of Science
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Looi van KesselFaculty of Humanities
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Exhibitions
Library exhibitions, both online and physical, give an idea of the breadth of our collections.
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Radhika GuptaSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Maria del Carmen Parafita CoutoFaculty of Humanities
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Web-archiving and digital archives: Chinese communities in the Netherlands and Indonesia
On May 15th, from 15.15 to 17.00 in the Vossiusroom, Leiden University Libraries will host a program on web-archiving and digital archives of Chinese communities in the Netherlands and Indonesia.
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Henk te VeldeFaculty of Humanities
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Cartographic Collections
In addition to the Bodel Nijenhuis Collection, the map collections of the former library of the Royal Tropical Institute (KIT), and the map collection of the Royal Netherlands Institute of Southeast Asian and Caribbean Studies (KITLV), the collection of Maps and Atlases includes several smaller sub…
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Renovations University Library in September - October
Facility, Library
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Fenno NoijFaculty of Archaeology
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Arjan LouwenFaculty of Archaeology
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Louie Buana
Faculty of Humanities
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Joanne MolFaculty of Archaeology
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Elizabeth Rodriguez EstradaFaculty of Archaeology
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Ajeng Arainikasih
Faculty of Humanities
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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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Collection of anatomical drawings available in Europeana
Almost 4400 anatomical drawings from the collections of Leiden University Libraries (UBL) are now available through Europeana. The collection shows medical art on paper from the early eighteenth century to the present day. Most of the drawings were created in or around the Leiden University Medical…
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Carel’s Universe: Leiden museums depict Carel Stolker’s rectorship
Ten Leiden museums and heritage institutions have curated the online exhibition ‘Carel’s Universe’. They selected objects from their collections that symbolise retiring Rector Magnificus Carel Stolker and the research in Leiden. With direct references, playful associations and the odd nod and wink.
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Funding for science communication on deaf community and on losing your way
Two Leiden University science communication projects have been awarded a WECOM grant through the Dutch Research Agenda (NWA). One project is a study of the history of the deaf community in the Netherlands and the other is of a condition that causes people to lose their way.
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Irene VikatouFaculty of Archaeology
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Requesting (digital) course reserves
A (digital) course reserve shelf offers the possibility to set library materials for a designated period aside.
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Martina Revello LamiFaculty of Archaeology
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Who is the rightful owner of colonial art?
Colonial art and artefacts were not necessarily looted. Pieter ter Keurs, Professor of Museums, Collections and Society, calls for more nuance in the debate on art and collectors’ items from a loaded past. Inaugural speech on 2 December.
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Early Printed Books
In the course of over four centuries the book collections have been greatly enlarged thanks to the bequests and grants or the purchases from the propriety of scholars or private collectors. Sometimes it concerned collections with thousands of early printed books, such as the purchase of the library…
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Leiden European City of Science
In 2022, Leiden was European City of Science. During this year, Leiden presented a public programme brimming with science, knowledge, arts, and skills for anyone with a curious mind. Leiden University Libraries (UBL) organised an extensive programme of activities on the theme of Leiden European City…
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Sara BrandelleroFaculty of Humanities
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Online exhibition – Yemen through the Dutch lens
Northern Yemen; a highland region often in the news as the center of the Houthi regime, has a political, social, and intellectual history spanning more than a millennium. This exhibition showcases some of the findings of the Early Modern State Development in Yemen project, based at Leiden University,…
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Symposium Rediscovered: new technologies on historical artifacts
Leiden University Libraries (UBL) would like to invite you for the symposium Rediscovered: new technologies on historical artifacts on Friday 16 November, from 10.00-18.00. The symposium will be held in the Vossius room of the UBL at Witte Singel 27.
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Miguel John VersluysFaculty of Archaeology
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Shaping the future with stories from the past
An archaeologist as a modern-day shaman. An unexpected comparison Professor by Special Appointment of Public Archaeology Luc Amkreutz will make in his inaugural lecture.
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Nicholas KontovasFaculty of Humanities
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Laura Berdikhojayeva
Faculty of Humanities