458 search results for “second world war” in the Library website
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Levina de WolfFaculty of Humanities
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Peter VerstratenFaculty of Humanities
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Nastya PoberezhnaFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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William LippertFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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Anna-Alexandra MarholdFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Abdourahamane Idrissa AbdoulayeAfrika-Studiecentrum
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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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Alberto Sarcina
Faculty of Archaeology
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Isabelle DuijvesteijnFaculty of Humanities
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Alisa van de HaarFaculty of Humanities
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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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Photographs
The photographs collection of Leiden University Librarie (UBL) contains specimens of almost all photographic processes from the history of the medium, rare objects and artistic highlights. Together, they shed light on the history of photography as a technique, a means of scientific, historic and personal…
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Pepita HesselberthFaculty of Humanities
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Leiden victims of WWII given a face
Every year on 26 November Leiden University commemorates the protest speech given by Professor Cleveringa against the Nazis. At least 663 students, staff and alumni of the University lost their lives during the Second World War, yet little was known about these victims. PhD candidate Adriënne Baars…
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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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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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Chibuike UcheAfrika-Studiecentrum
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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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Krista A. MilneFaculty of Humanities
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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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Eric Olijdam
Faculty of Archaeology
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Jac AartsFaculty of Archaeology
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Ilone de Vries-LemaireFaculty of Archaeology
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Bas RietjensFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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Mohamed MuseFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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Sophie VériterFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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Bert KoendersFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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Adam LichtenheldFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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Rosanne BaarsFaculty of Humanities
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Pepijn Tuinier
Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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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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Patrick DegryseFaculty of Archaeology
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Tom BarkhuysenFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Rowie StolkFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Memorial stone points to turbulent history of Indonesian students
A new memorial stone on the facade of a student house in the Hugo de Grootstraat is a reminder of the dozens of Indonesian students who studied in Leiden before and during the Second World War. Some of them were active in the Resistance, which cost a number of them their lives.
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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 your summer reading list still unfinished, take a look at the list below and borrow your book through the UBL catalogue.
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Monique ArntzFaculty of Archaeology
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Marlena Antczak-MackowiakFaculty of Archaeology
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Jean-Jacques HublinFaculty of Archaeology
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Jeremy Menzer
Faculty of Archaeology
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Jos BazelmansFaculty of Archaeology
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Indonesia and Leiden University have a shared history – and a shared future
Rector Magnificus Carel Stolker will head a delegation that is visiting Indonesia at the end of June. The visit is to celebrate the 50th anniversary of ‘Leiden’ institute KITLV-Jakarta. What does this institute do and why is Indonesia important to the University?
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Eric CezneAfrika-Studiecentrum
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Dutch research institutions and Elsevier initiate world’s first national Open Science partnership
VSNU, NFU, NWO and Elsevier have agreed publishing, reading and open science services to support Dutch research and innovation ambitions.
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Miko FlohrFaculty of Humanities
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Leonor Alvarez FrancésFaculty of Humanities
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Nadia SonneveldFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Jürgen ZangenbergFaculty of Humanities