227 search results for “arabic literature” in the Library website
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Ronald KonFaculty of Humanities
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Arab QadriSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Peter WebbFaculty of Humanities
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Judith NaeffFaculty of Humanities
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Haneen OmariFaculty of Humanities
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Yifan Hu
Faculty of Humanities
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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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Otto BoeleFaculty of Humanities
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Nadine AkkermanFaculty of Humanities
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Hylke Hettema
Faculty of Humanities
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Claudia BouteligierFaculty of Law
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Jan van DijkhuizenFaculty of Humanities
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National Museum of Taiwan Literature donates to Leiden Chinese Queer Collection
On the occasion of the Workshop organized last July to officially launch the Leiden Chinese Queer Collection (LCQC), the National Museum of Taiwan Literature (NMTL) donated 30 titles of Taiwanese LGBTQ+ literature to support this initiative. These works where published between 1971 and 2022 by authors…
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Sander BaxFaculty of Humanities
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Finn Lindo-DunnFaculty of Humanities
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Peter LiebregtsFaculty of Humanities
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Modern Literature from the Middle East - The Reading List
The Middle East has a rich literary tradition, which is steadily gaining a foothold in the West. Modern literary works deal with contemporary issues, such as the legacy of colonialism, the struggles between traditionalism and modernity, the place of women in society and the war in Israel/Palestine.
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Jelle BruningFaculty of Humanities
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Annelies Schulte NordholtFaculty of Humanities
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Geert PrinsFaculty of Humanities
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Dorine SchellensFaculty of Humanities
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Gepco de JongFaculty of Humanities
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Geert WarnarFaculty of Humanities
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Hossam AhmedFaculty of Humanities
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Esther Op de BeekFaculty of Humanities
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Paula Esteves dos Santos JordaoFaculty of Humanities
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Wilt IdemaFaculty of Humanities
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Bram CaersFaculty of Humanities
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Olga van MarionFaculty of Humanities
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Liesbeth MinnaardFaculty of Humanities
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Ako TsujitaFaculty of Humanities
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Documentary - Restoring the eleventh-century Arabic manuscript De Materia Medica
Water damage, old restorations and copper corrosion in some illustrations. De Materia Medica has been through a lot over the centuries. The manuscript dates from 1083 AD and is one of the oldest illustrated Arabic manuscripts in the world. Due to intensive use, De Materia Medica was no longer in good…
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Jonathan PriceFaculty of Law
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Tingting HuiFaculty of Humanities
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Oriol Febrer i Vilaseca
Faculty of Humanities
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Caribbean Literature - A Reading List
Caribbean literature holds a unique position in the world. Literature produced in the Caribbean region is extremely diverse, not only because of the wide variety of languages spoken, but also due to distinct colonial legacies that exist in the archipelago. Despite cultural specificities, the region…
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Céline ZaepffelFaculty of Humanities
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Rianti ManullangFaculty of Humanities
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Marcos Neto de CordovaFaculty of Humanities
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Arnold MolFaculty of Humanities
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Emma GrootveldFaculty of Humanities
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Esther EdelmannFaculty of Humanities
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Uncatalogued materials from the Middle East now available through Leiden University Libraries’ catalogue
A collection of uncatalogued books from the Middle East is now available through the Leiden University Libraries’ (UBL) catalogue. The collection contains over 12,000 books mainly written in Arabic, but also in multiple other languages from the Middle East, North Africa and Central Asia, including Persian,…
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Oussama Macnack
Faculty of Humanities
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Yinzhi ZhangFaculty of Humanities
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Anne Sytske KeijserFaculty of Humanities
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Honorary doctorates for Belgian virologist Marc van Ranst and German Arabist Beatrice Gründler
Leiden University is awarding an honorary doctorate to virologist Marc van Ranst. Van Ranst has been one of the main advisers of the Belgian government during the Covid pandemic. German Arabist Beatrice Gründler will also receive an honorary doctorate for her work in the field of Oriental Manuscript…
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Louise Glück is awarded Nobel Prize in Literature
The 2020 Nobel Prize for Literature has been awarded to American poet Louise Glück (1942-). This means the Nobel committee passed by authors like Anne Carson, Jamaica Kincaid en Maryse Condé, many of whom were tipped by academics and literary critics as being strong contenders for the prize in 2020.…
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Mateo Cohen
Social & Behavioural Sciences
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Marijn van PuttenFaculty of Humanities