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Opening of the 'Bob Wessels Collection'01 February 2018Friday 26 January 2018 saw the festive opening of the Bob Wessels Insolvency Law Collection. This Collection is a most valuable addition to the presen...
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This was the Leiden Asia Year18 December 20172017 was the Leiden Asia Year. Leiden has had connections with Asia and built up extensive knowledge of the continent over many centuries. This Leiden...
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Press Release of the Hague Space Resources Governance Working Group22 November 2017The Hague Space Resources Governance Working Group, hosted by the IIASL, has recently agreed on the Draft Building Blocks for the Development of an In...
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Launch of new book on Protection of the Environment in the Aftermath of Conflict14 November 2017New volume in the Jus Post Bellum series
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Panji tales awarded the status of world heritage by UNESCO31 October 2017The unique collection of more than 250 ancient tales revolving around the mythical Javanese Prince Panji, which is curated by Leiden University Librar...
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Leiden University Libraries acquires remarkable medical manuscripts22 September 2017Leiden University Libraries (UBL) has been able to acquire four remarkable medical manuscripts partly thanks to support from the Friends of Leiden Uni...
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Two exhibitions with Asian maps of the university library18 September 2017From mid-September two exhibitions with maps from the collections of Leiden University Libraries are on view. Mapping Asia opens in the National Museu...
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La Galigo manuscript - UNESCO heritage – digitally available27 July 2017The La Galigo manuscript at Leiden University Libraries (UBL) has been digitized. The manuscript, which was inscribed in 2011 on UNESCO's ‘Memory of t...
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Donation photo archive of Volkskrant Journalist and Photographer Hans Beynon18 July 2017Can you still remember the assassination of Indira Gandhi in 1984, or the Dutch royal state visit to Indonesia in 1971? These are only a few of the dr...
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Journals Van Vollenhoven Institute digitized28 June 2017As part of Metamorfoze, the national digitalization project for the preservation of paper heritage, journals of The Van Vollenhoven Institute’s librar...
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Closer collaboration NINO with Leiden University and the National Museum of Antiquities28 June 2017The board of the Netherlands Institute for the Near East (NINO) has agreed on June 27 on a plan for closer collaboration with Leiden University and th...
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Archiving email of leading scholars20 June 2017One of the tasks of Leiden University Libraries is to manage academic heritage, including letters and scholarly archives of leading researchers. Much ...
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1200 North Korean posters in one database08 June 2017Korea specialist Koen De Ceuster has combined 1200 posters from North Korea in one database. He believes the posters are extremely valuable for resear...
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Erik Kwakkel confesses his love of Medieval books09 May 2017As Scaliger professor, Erik Kwakkel is responsible for the academic context of the complete Special Collections of the Leiden University Library. His ...
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ISGA launches Journal of Security and Global Affairs16 December 2016The Institute of Security and Global Affairs (ISGA) has launched its first own scientific journal. The Journal of Security and Global Affairs (SGA) wi...