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New Science Library Open 15 April 2024
From study places to consulting collections and from a meeting with your faculty liaison to getting books after opening hours: the new Science Library...
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Podcast: an introduction to the Persian Book of Kings 11 April 2024
How did the mythical kings of ancient Persia live? In this podcast, we delve into the Shahnameh, also known as the Book of Kings.
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Online exhibition – Yemen through the Dutch lens 04 April 2024
Northern Yemen; a highland region often in the news as the center of the Houthi regime, has a political, social, and intellectual history spanning mor...
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The Dutch were masters of forgeries and fake news in the seventeenth century 22 March 2024
A book with a fake printer, a pamphlet with a treaty that does not exist and an execution print with a supportive crowd: just some examples of forgeri...
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New publication: Papyrological Texts and Studies in Honour of Peter van Minnen 18 March 2024
This volume contains the edition or re-edition of 52 papyri and ostraca, dating from between the third century BCE and the eighth century CE.
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Lecture series Treasures from the Middle Eastern Manuscript Collections and their Wealth of Knowledge 12 March 2024
Persian stories with beautiful miniatures, letters on papyrus from Egyptian traders and medicinal manuscripts translated from Greek and edited in Arab...
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Emmy Andriesse's captivating photographs now available in the public domain 12 January 2024
Hundreds of beautiful and timeless photos by Emmy Andriesse, one of the most important Dutch photographers of the twentieth century, are now freely ac...
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The PolSci Bookshelf: books released in 2023 20 December 2023
The end of the year often means looking back with lists, overviews and stories. This combines nicely in a list of all the books published this year by...
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Why you (won’t) vote – A reading list 27 October 2023
In November, the Dutch will elect a new parliament. Not all eligible citizens will go out and vote, however. How can this be explained, and how big of...
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Online access to medieval manuscripts improved 26 October 2023
Do you frequently search the catalogue of Leiden University Libraries (UBL) for western medieval manuscripts? Then you must have noticed important cha...
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Book Launch for Sarah Cramsey’s Uprooting the Diaspora 23 October 2023
On September 20, the Austria Centre Leiden and the Leiden Jewish Studies Association convened a panel to celebrate the launch of Prof. dr. Sarah A. Cr...
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New book by Lydie Cabane explores how the South African state bureaucracy reacts to disasters 23 October 2023
Lydie Cabane, Assistant Professor in Governance of Crises at the Institute for Security and Global Affairs, recently published the book 'The Governmen...
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Joe Powderly co-edits volume, Heritage Destruction, Human Rights and International Law 10 October 2023
The volume, Heritage Destruction, Human Rights and International Law, co-edited by Grotius Centre, Associate Professor Joe Powderly, and Dr Amy Streck...
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Leiden University Libraries acquires a rare map of Suriname 29 August 2023
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. ...
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Book presentation 'Coping with Versnel' 26 July 2023
At a festive book presentation on the 21st of July in the Dutch National Museum of Antiquities Leiden professor emeritus Henk Versnel received a copy ...