634 search results for “museum collections and society” in the Library website
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Shuqi JiaFaculty of Humanities
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Edmund FrettinghamFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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Johan JukemaFaculty of Medicine
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Johanna MeijerFaculty of Medicine
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Shekinah DareFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Mirre StallenFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Mark van BuchemFaculty of Medicine
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Eline SlagboomFaculty of Medicine
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Nicole van OsFaculty of Humanities
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Patrick RensenFaculty of Medicine
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Joanne MolFaculty of Archaeology
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Frank StaalFaculty of Medicine
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Niels van DoesumFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Leon HilbertFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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H LambFaculty of Medicine
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Luuk SiewersFaculty of Science
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Haneen OmariFaculty of Humanities
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Arjan LouwenFaculty of Archaeology
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Elsevier and Leiden University Libraries establish Fellowship Program for Digital Scholarship
Elsevier collaborates with Leiden University Libraries’ Centre for Digital Scholarship and Scaliger Institute to enhance the study of digital collections.
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‘De Bijzondere Band’ – An exhibition of Dutch Art Nouveau book bindings
‘Huis van het Boek/Museum Meermanno in The Hague exhibits book bindings by leading Dutch Art-Nouveau artists from the period 1890-1910. The exhibition will be open from March 22 to June 23 2019. The title of the exhibition is De Bijzondere Band: Art Nouveau-boeken van Dijsselhof, Lion Cachet en Nieu…
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Two exhibitions with Asian maps of the university library
From mid-September two exhibitions with maps from the collections of Leiden University Libraries are on view. Mapping Asia opens in the National Museum of Ethnology and Mapping Japan in Japanmuseum SieboldHuis. The exhibitions are organised in the context of Leiden Asia Year and the symposium 'Mapping…
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Donation for digitisation of Leiden Hebrew manuscripts
Leiden University Libraries (UBL) has received considerable funding from the National Library of Israel (NLI) and the Friedberg Jewish Manuscript Society (FJMS) for the digitisation of a collection of 166 Hebrew manuscripts. The digitised manuscripts will be made available to the public in the course…
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Announcement of Scaliger Institute research fellowship winners
With support of several companies, including Brill Publishers and private foundations, Leiden University Libraries and the Scaliger Institute welcome around 15 to 20 Fellows and guest per year to consult and examine material in the Special Collections. The Scaliger Institute received a large number…
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Leiden University Libraries acquires a rare map of Suriname
Leiden University Libraries (UBL) has acquired a rare manuscript map of Suriname. The map from 1830 is almost 2.5 meters long and is highly detailed. It was hand-drawn by Helmuth Hendrik Hiemcke (1808-1858), one of the official surveyors employed by the colonial administration, and shows Suriname in…
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Leiden University Libraries to contribute 55,000 old printed books to online library Google
Starting in September, 55,000 books from the Leiden University Libraries will be digitized. This marks Leiden University’s contribution to the successful partnership between the National Library of the Netherlands (KB) and Google.
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Tullio AbruzzeseFaculty of Archaeology
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Wei ChuFaculty of Archaeology
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Gerrit DusseldorpFaculty of Archaeology
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Jason LaffoonFaculty of Archaeology
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Sarah SchraderFaculty of Archaeology
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Marie SoressiFaculty of Archaeology
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Rachel SchatsFaculty 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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Art & Art History
Overview of databases, reference works and websites for research in Art & Art History
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Discovery of unknown translation of René Descartes’ 'L’homme' in Leiden Bibliotheca Thysiana
From time to time, manuscripts that have remained hidden for centuries turn up in library collections and archives. In the archives of the 17th-century Bibliotheca Thysiana at the Rapenburg in Leiden, kept in the Leiden University Library, Rotterdam researcher Erik-Jan Bos discovered a hitherto unknown…
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New Rembrandt Route takes in seven Leiden University buildings
Seven large reproductions of works by Rembrandt on seven Leiden University buildings reveal the relationship between the painter and the University. Rembrandt van Rijn enrolled in the University in 1620 and painted the portraits of various alumni of the University. In addition, the University Library…
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'First Americans': exhibition on turbulent past and present of native Americans
The First Americans exhibition in the National Museum of Ethnology showcases the resilience and creativity of native Americans. Striking artworks, fashion and prints show that the past is never far away. Artist Jacob Meders was inspired by 16th-century prints from the Leiden University Library. The…
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Peter AkkermansFaculty 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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Bart BarendregtFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Raafat Shamieh
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Bernardo Reis dos SantosFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Anahita ArianFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Sarah de Lange
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Elina ZorinaFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Anouk van Vliet
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Jesse Doornenbal
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Jan Aart ScholteFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Cécile Pick
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Marieke van der Maden
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences