359 search results for “middle eastern library” in the Library website
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Abhimanyu ChettriSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Ancient Near East Studies
Overview of databases, reference works and websites for research in Ancient Near East Studies. Last update: October 2020
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Simon van der StratenFaculty of Archaeology
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Martijn DefiletFaculty of Archaeology
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Wil RoebroeksFaculty of Archaeology
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Rik LettanyFaculty of Archaeology
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Carol van Driel-MurrayFaculty of Archaeology
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Mink van IJzendoornFaculty of Archaeology
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Arturo García De LeónFaculty of Archaeology
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Lieke BesFaculty of Archaeology
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Gerda HuismanFaculty of Humanities
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Maurits BergerFaculty of Humanities
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Joanita VroomFaculty of Archaeology
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Seed Grant for De Maaker and Gupta for research on heritage and climate governance
Erik de Maaker and Radhika Gupta received a Seed Grant to initiate research on how heritage has been and can be mobilised to address climate change governance in Himalayan Asia. This project will address a significant knowledge gap on the potentials and pitfalls of climate governance, with an initial…
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‘I miss the smell of old paper in the vault’
Curators devote a lot of attention to their collections. How is Martijn Storms, curator of maps and atlases at Leiden University Libraries, managing to do this now he is working from home? And how is Silvia Vermetten digitising Eastern manuscripts from home?
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Japanese maps on display in SieboldHuis
Japan museum SieboldHuis has a new showcase in its panorama room, in which maps from the Siebold-collection of Leiden University Libraries are exhibited.
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Matthew FrearFaculty of Humanities
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Jacqueline VelFaculty of Law
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Joanne StolkFaculty of Humanities
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Anna NotsuSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Corrie BakelsFaculty of Archaeology
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Marie KolbenstetterFaculty of Archaeology
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Frans TheuwsFaculty of Archaeology
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Amadou Adamou
Faculty 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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Panji tales awarded the status of world heritage by UNESCO
The unique collection of more than 250 ancient tales revolving around the mythical Javanese Prince Panji, which is curated by Leiden University Libraries (UBL), has been acknowledged as world heritage by UNESCO. The UBL is grateful to UNESCO for this exceptionally prestigious award.
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Fifty years of teaching and research in Egypt: ‘Visit to Cairo a highlight for students’
The Netherlands-Flemish Institute in Cairo (NVIC) is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. Thousands of students and researchers from eight partner universities in the Netherlands and Flanders have been able to gain valuable experience in Egypt through the institute. Good reason for a celebrat…
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Art & Art History
Overview of databases, reference works and websites for research in Art & Art History
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Russia and the region – Reading List
After the collapse of the Soviet Union, now thirty years ago, Russia lost much of its former prestige, influence, and territory. The ascent of Vladimir Putin initiated a turning point: Russia has once again developed itself into a major player on the world stage, garnering ever more influence in its…
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Bart van der SteenLeiden University Library
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Martina Revello LamiFaculty of Archaeology
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Liesbeth ClaesFaculty of Humanities
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Alwin KloekhorstFaculty of Humanities
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Love, war and... football: 2024 in Leiden stories
A new government, conflicts around the world and obviously a lot of science: these are the five stories about Leiden University that you enjoyed reading in 2024.
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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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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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Mark DriessenFaculty of Archaeology
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Philosophy
Overview of databases, reference works and websites for research in Philosophy
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New Director of Netherlands-Flemish Institute in Cairo wants to increase the institute’s visibility
Egyptologist Marleen De Meyer has been appointed the new Director of the Netherlands-Flemish Institute in Cairo (NVIC). Dr De Meyer has worked for the institute, which promotes Egyptian, Dutch and Flemish collaboration in the field of education and research, since 2016.
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How Leiden University celebrated its first day in 1575
Lifelike gods, provisional professors and the city militia with weapons a clanking. Leiden put on a colourful procession and drummed up hundreds of citizens to celebrate the foundation of the first university of the Republic of the Netherlands on 8 February 1575. 'It wasn't a party just for the sake…
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UNESCO 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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Digitised texts and images available via advanced IIIF-technology
Leiden University Libraries (UBL) has made approximately 200.000 digitised books, maps, photographs and other materials available in Digital Collections via the International Image Interoperability Framework (IIIF). IIIF offers researchers and lecturers numerous new ways to share digital images from…
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Marga Sikkema-de JongSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Caroline WaerzeggersFaculty of Humanities
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Kim BeerdenFaculty of Humanities
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Jürgen ZangenbergFaculty of Humanities
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Corinne HofmanFaculty of Archaeology
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Ann BrysbaertFaculty of Archaeology
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Erik de MaakerSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Literary Leiden - the reading list
Leiden fulfills a special role in Dutch literature: as a setting for stories as well as a place of work and residence for leading authors. It is the city described by Willem Bilderdijk as "O Leiden, Flower of Cities," but depicted far less glamorously by F. Bordewijk. The same city where Boudewijn Büch…