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Stereotypes and Misconceptions about the Middle East - The Reading List 31 May 2024The perception of the Middle East is riddled with stereotypes that have had dire consequences on its people. What is myth and what is reality? How did...
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Exhibition - Hello Darkness, My Old Friend: Shadowy art from Leiden University Libraries 28 May 2024Ominous witches, gruesome monsters, and hideous freaks: from Saturday 15 June, Kunsthal Rotterdam will be putting the spotlight on the shady depths of...
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Unique manuscript map of Suriname now available in Digital Collections 28 May 2024The map of Suriname, drawn in 1830 and acquired by Leiden University Libraries (UBL) in 2023, has now been made available online via Digital Collectio...
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‘When I'm in the Hortus, it feels like I'm walking through the print’ 27 May 2024Four prints, ten years of research. Not that she got bored of them, on the contrary. Corrie van Maris, who receives her PhD this week, has always rema...
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Experience and Voice: Library of Colombian Women Writers - Symposium & Workshop 01 May 2024From Soledad Acosta de Samper and Albalucía Angel to Hazel Robinson Abrahams and Amalialú Posso Figueroa. During the Symposium & Workshop Experience a...
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Workshop Early Photography of the Middle East - In Contact with Collections 19 April 2024On Thursday, May 16, Leiden University Libraries is organizing a workshop on early photography of the Middle East. In the workshop, curator Maartje va...
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New Science Library Open 15 April 2024From 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 2024How 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 2024Northern 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 2024A 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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Lecture series Treasures from the Middle Eastern Manuscript Collections and their Wealth of Knowledge 12 March 2024Persian stories with beautiful miniatures, letters on papyrus from Egyptian traders and medicinal manuscripts translated from Greek and edited in Arab...
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Clay tablets dating back thousands of years moved: ‘From receipts to the oldest literary works’ 27 February 2024How do you move 3,000 fragile clay tablets that date back thousands of years? This was the challenge faced by staff from the Netherlands Institute for...
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Acquisition of early African photographs by explorer and photography pioneer Alexine Tinne 15 February 2024Over 160 years ago, the Hague-based photography pioneer and traveler Alexine Tinne (1835-1869) captured current South Sudan and its inhabitants on fil...
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State Secretary Gräper visits to discuss cultural heritage and opening up collections 26 January 2024How should we address our colonial heritage? And how digital and accessible are our collections? Outgoing State Secretary Fleur Gräper spoke with rese...
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Call for proposals Scaliger Institute fellowship grants 23 January 2024The submission deadline for applications to Leiden University Libraries (UBL) Scaliger Institute fellowship programmes has been set for 1 April 2024. ...