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National Museum of Taiwan Literature donates to Leiden Chinese Queer Collection10 December 2025On the occasion of the Workshop organized last July to officially launch the Leiden Chinese Queer Collection (LCQC), the National Museum of Taiwan Lit...
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Leiden University Libraries Signs AI Agreement with International Heritage and Knowledge Institutions04 December 2025On December 3rd, AI4LAM (Artificial Intelligence for Libraries, Archives, and Museums) was launched in London. Leiden University Libraries (UBL)is a f...
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Call for proposals Scaliger Institute fellowship grants25 November 2025The submission deadline for applications to Leiden University Libraries (UBL) Scaliger Institute fellowship programmes has been set for 1 February 202...
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The Alternative Reading List Awards 202518 November 2025Who can pitch a book so well that everyone wants to read it? These are the winners of the 2025 Alternative Reading List Awards.
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Executive Board visits African Studies Centre: ‘We work from African perspectives’30 September 2025From the energy transition in Namibia to sustainable jobs for young Nigerians, from African cookbooks to vodcasts on vintage Swahili booklets: during ...
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Oldest parts of Leiden University Archives digitised11 September 2025Recently, the oldest parts of the Leiden University Archives have been preserved and digitised thanks to a grant from Metamorfoze. This makes an impor...
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Crowdfunding for Leiden Chinese Queer Collection25 June 2025Help us develop and expand the recently established Leiden Chinese Queer Collection (LCQC, 莱顿华语酷儿文献收藏) at Leiden University Libraries (UBL).
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Announcement of Scaliger Institute research fellowship winners18 June 2025With support of several companies, including Brill Publishers, Elsevier and private foundations, Leiden University Libraries (UBL) and the Scaliger In...
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‘Don’t let open science degenerate into a data dump’Inaugural lecture 12 June 2025An endless stream of publications, data and software accessible to all. It might sound idealistic, but Professor of Science Studies Thed van Leeuwen w...
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The Chinese Queer Collection - A Workshop for Activists, Archivists and Academics at Leiden University12 June 2025To celebrate the formal launch of the Leiden Chinese Queer Collection (LCQC, 莱顿华语酷儿文献收藏), promote Chinese queer studies scholarship, and raise the vis...
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World Heritage Status for Letters from Indonesian Women's Rights Advocate Kartini11 April 2025UNESCO has recognized a large collection of handwritten letters and the archive of Raden Ajeng Kartini (1879-1904) as documentary world heritage. Kart...
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Historical research shows how Leiden University and city council benefitted from colonialism03 April 2025Leiden University contributed to colonialism and slavery through its research and teaching. And governors and residents of Leiden had an active role i...
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Online exhibition Tourism in the Dutch East Indies27 February 2025From travel stories, travel guides and hotel vignettes to postcards, drawings, menus, brochures, posters and photos. The collections of Leiden Univers...
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Call for proposals Scaliger Institute fellowship grants24 January 2025
The submission deadline for applications to Leiden University Libraries (UBL) Scaliger Institute fellowship programmes has been set for 1 April 2025. ...
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More than 300 medieval manuscripts from the Bibliotheca Vossiana now available in open access23 January 2025The most important group of medieval manuscripts from the Special Collections of the University Libraries of Leiden (UBL), the Codices Vossiani Latini...