356 search results for “middle eastern literary” in the Library website
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German Language and Culture
Overview of databases, reference works and websites for research in German language and culture.
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Nicole van OsFaculty of Humanities
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Edwin de VetteFaculty of Humanities
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Jiyan IlbrinkFaculty of Humanities
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Mark WestmorelandFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Margaretha FolmerFaculty of Humanities
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Judith FrishmanFaculty of Humanities
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Antoaneta DimitrovaFaculteit Governance and Global Affairs
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Mathijs PetersFaculty of Humanities
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Seda GürkanFaculteit Governance and Global Affairs
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Thijs PorckFaculty of Humanities
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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…
- Manuscripts, Archives and Letters outside Leiden
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English Language and Culture
Overview of databases, reference works and websites for research in English language and culture.
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Podcast: The Tragic Fate of Egyptologist Herta Mohr
Leiden University recently named a new building for Egyptologist Herta Mohr. But who was she?
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Babak Rezaeedaryakenari
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Bob van VelthovenFaculty of Humanities
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Raafat Shamieh
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Henric JansenFaculty of Humanities
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Krista A. MilneFaculty of Humanities
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Podcast: Ancient cuneiform tablets reveal their secrets
Leiden scholars study clay tablets from ancient Mesopotamia. But what exactly does the cuneiform script say?
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Podcast: an introduction to the Persian Book of Kings
How did the mythical kings of ancient Persia live? In this podcast, we delve into the Shahnameh, also known as the Book of Kings.
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Borrow
Leiden University Libraries (UBL) owns over 5 million paper materials. Loanable items can be picked up and returned at the UBL library location of your choice.
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Library organisation
Leiden University has several library locations. These libraries are part of one organisation: Leiden University Libraries (UBL). The UBL includes the University Library, the Social and Behavioural Sciences Library, the Law Library, the Science Library, the Asian Library, the Middle Eastern Library, the African…
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Opening hours
An overview of all Leiden University Libraries' opening hours
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Research suggestions
The research suggestions below may be suitable for a bachelor's or master's thesis or can be used as additional source material in ongoing research.
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Letters
According to a rough estimate the western manuscripts collections and (private) archives contain some 500,000 letters, of which over 300,000 are catalogued. The letters kept in the University archives are not catalogued; the same holds for most letters kept in the oriental collections. They can be found…
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Yemen Amsterdam Library now available
The Yemen Amsterdam Library, or Maktabat al-Yaman al-Amstirdāmīyah, of eminent Yemen specialist Dr C.G. Brouwer has now been fully integrated in the collections of Leiden University Libraries (UBL). Books and other documents from the collection are now available for loan via the UBL Catalogue.
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Petr KopeckyFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Banner exhibition graphic works of Harry van Kruiningen about the Epic of Gilgamesh
The Epic of Gilgamesh was a lifelong inspiration to artist Harry van Kruiningen. This tale from Mesopotamia about the adventures of Gilgamesh, the legendary king of Uruk, and his friend Enkidu is one of the oldest surviving epics in world literature. Despite its almost 4,000 year age, it still captures…
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Modern Arabic titles in catalogue searchable in Arabic script
Modern Arabic titles in the catalogue of Leiden University Libraries (UBL) can now also be consulted in original Arabic script. Taking away the need to transliterate titles, has made searching for Arabic source materials in the catalogue much easier and more efficient for users.
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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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Nico KapteinFaculty of Humanities
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Jonathan SilkFaculty of Humanities
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Ab de JongFaculty of Humanities
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Leiden Yemeni manuscripts now digitally available
Leiden University Libraries (UBL) recently digitized circa 150 Yemeni manuscripts and has made them freely available for research and education. The manuscripts, dating from the seventeenth to the twentieth century, were digitized as part of the Zaydi Manuscript Tradition project. Yemen has been marked…
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Maria DijkgraafFaculty 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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Donation of early twentieth-century glass negatives and prints from the Arabian Peninsula
On Thursday 11 November, Jan Jaap Hooft and Marjon Hooft donated a special collection of glass negatives and photographic prints from the Arabian Peninsula to Leiden University Libraries (UBL). The collection is part of the estate of their grandfather Jan Albert Hooft (1883-1972). Hooft held a position…
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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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Library holidays late April and May
Library
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Esther EdelmannFaculty of Humanities
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Lettie DorstFaculty of Humanities
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Searching for book reviews
Book reviews give you a quick overview of the main arguments, quality and structure of a book.
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Ernst van AlphenFaculty of Humanities
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Nadine AkkermanFaculty of Humanities