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Workshop Early Photography of the Middle East - In Contact with Collections
On Thursday, May 16, Leiden University Libraries is organizing a workshop on early photography of the Middle East. In the workshop, curator Maartje van den Heuvel shows photos of three adventurous Dutch nineteenth-century travel and photography pioneers. They created beautiful photos and photo albums…
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Leadership Blogpost: Does the leadership style of male and female country leaders explain their success during Covid-19?
The Covid-19 pandemic has challenged political leaders worldwide, bringing discussion about leadership in times of crisis. In various media outlets, a recurring topic has been the relationship between the gender of a country’s leader and the success of his or her Covid-19 approach. Especially female…
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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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Book Talk: Israeli-Turkish Relations at the End of the Cold War: The Geopolitics of Denying the Armenian Genocide
Lecture, Book Talk
- Giant Robots, Big Ideas - Exploring the World of Mecha in Japanese Animation
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Giant Robots, Big Ideas - Exploring the World of Mecha in Japanese Animation
From towering mechanical heroes to city-destroying battles, giant robots have become one of the most iconic images in Japanese animation. On 28 April 2026, Leiden University will host "Giant Robots, Big Ideas", an afternoon event exploring how these spectacular machines reflect deeper questions about…
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Kohei SuzukiFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
- From Afrikaans to Ukrainian: take a free language class with Una Europa
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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: 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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Synergies on Robotics, AI, and Consumer Protection in Developing Countries
Eduard Fosch-Villaronga, PI of the ERC StG Safe and Sound hosted at Leiden University's eLaw Center for Law and Digital Technologies, recently met with Arnau Izaguerri of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) to explore avenues for collaboration. The focus of the discussion…
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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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PhD’s & postdocs: study sustainability and earn credits with this free, virtual exchange
Education, Research
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National Meat Free Week: the main reasons to switch to a plant-based diet
National Meat Free Week (Nationale Week Zonder Vlees, 7–13 March) is an initiative to reduce meat consumption. Assistant professor Paul Behrens is studying what impact a change in our food consumption would have on the world. What, according to him, are the main reasons to switch to a (mainly) plant-based…
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Marjorie in 't VeldLeiden University Libraries
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Julia Knol
Leiden University Libraries
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Suzanne de Jong-KoleLeiden University Libraries
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Caroline de Vries-JurriansenLeiden University Libraries
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Martine van Rhijn-VerhoefLeiden University Libraries
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Maartje van den HeuvelLeiden University Libraries
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Nadia Kreeft-MishkovskyiLeiden University Libraries
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Sherly Yunani Eka Putri
Leiden University Libraries
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Fenna van der Wall
Leiden University Libraries
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Ben CompanjenLeiden University Libraries
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Jan van der LuijtLeiden University Libraries
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Saskia GielingLeiden University Libraries
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Hans MullerLeiden University Libraries
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Kate PukhovaiaLeiden University Libraries
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Dinette Den Hollander-VooijsLeiden University Libraries
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Anton van der LemLeiden University Libraries
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Minke van der Maas
Leiden University Libraries
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Bahareh SoohaniLeiden University Libraries
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Margôt van den Berg
Leiden University Libraries
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Jaap van der PlasLeiden University Libraries
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Roesja van der Hoek
Leiden University Libraries
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Ernst-Jan Munnik
Leiden University Libraries
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Carola van der DriftLeiden University Libraries
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Astrid Biesjot-van Houten
Leiden University Libraries
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Loretta MooreLeiden University Libraries
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Jae-Rin HeoLeiden University Libraries
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Anak Agung Istri WulandariLeiden University Libraries
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Sander MüskensLeiden University Libraries
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Karlijn van de Wiel
Leiden University Libraries
- Turn student challenges into solutions: free online international programme for students and staff
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Free course on AI and Ethics: ‘Every citizen should know more about this’
The free AI and Ethics course (in Dutch) is available online to anyone who wants to find out more about the ethical implications of artificial intelligence. One of the eight experts featured in the course is Professor Reijer Passchier. ‘Artificial Intelligence is spreading so fast and has such an impact…
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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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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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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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Earliest Middle Eastern Manuscript Collections in Leiden Now Available in Open Access
Several of the most important manuscript collections in the Leiden University Libraries (UBL) Special Collections, comprising 443 extremely rare and often unique volumes, have been made available in Open Access via Digital Collections. The available manuscript collections include the private collections…