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Images of the Indonesian War of Independence, 1945-1949 - Online Exhibition 18 January 2022
Starting January 18, the online exhibition Images of the Indonesian War of Independence, 1945-1949 can be viewed via the UBL website. The exhibition i...
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Exceptional collection of maps and atlases donated to Leiden University Libraries 09 December 2021
Private collectors John Steegh and Harrie Teunissen from Dordrecht have donated their entire collection of maps, city plans and atlases to Leiden Univ...
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8 Leiden Anthropologists jointly publish new guide for Audiovisual and Digital Ethnography 03 December 2021
On 30 November 2021 the book 'Audiovisual and Digital Ethnography: A Practical and Theoretical Guide' was published by Routledge. The book resulted fr...
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Exhibition photographic oeuvre of world traveller Alexine Tinne 25 November 2021
In collaboration with the The Hague Historical Museum and photographer Dagmar van Weeghel, Leiden University Libraries (UBL) is the first to present a...
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Leiden Chinese heritage collections digitised in Pagode-Europeana-China project 19 November 2021
Leiden University Libraries (UBL) recently participated in the Pagode-Europeana-China project as an associated partner. As a result, almost two hundre...
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Walaeus Library part of UBL 01 November 2021
Starting 1 November, the Walaeus Library, located in the Leiden University Medical Centre, is part of Leiden University Libraries (UBL).
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Podcast: students decipher a rare Chinese document 13 September 2021
Last February, Leiden University Libraries (UBL) acquired a rare Chinese manuscript dating back to the Ming Dynasty. Three Chinese Studies students go...
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Colonial without realising it 13 September 2021
The nineteenth-century writer Nicolaas Beets and his son Dirk were thoroughly colonial, Nicholas without ever having been to the Dutch Indies, or any ...
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Psychology lab embraces open science 14 June 2021
‘If you want to implement open science, you at least need someone at each faculty who can help researchers to solve practical problems.’ Dorien Huijse...
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Chinese unofficial poetry journals now accessible in Digital Collections 10 June 2021
Leiden University Libraries has made a large number of unofficial poetry journals from China accessible online in its Digital Collections. This opens ...
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Our man in Jakarta keeps the institute running from Venlo 19 May 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic forced many staff of Leiden institutes abroad to leave their posts in a hurry. How is the KITLV Jakarta team doing now? Director...
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Reading list - The Rise of China and the New Global Order 16 April 2021
In the past half a century, China has transformed from an underdeveloped and inward-looking country to a major player in world politics. The country a...
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Death of former Librarian Jacques van Gent 30 March 2021
Jacques J. M. van Gent (8 June 1932 - 26 March 2021) was director of Leiden University Library from 1983 to 1993. He was librarian in a time of transi...
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Leiden University Libraries acquires 16th-century Chinese imperial edict from Robert van Gulik’s collection 18 February 2021
Leiden University Libraries (UBL) has been able to acquire an extraordinary Chinese manuscript at auction in Hong Kong. It concerns an Imperial Edict ...
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Team with staff from Leiden wins important open science prize 11 February 2021
A team including staff from Leiden University won the Open Initiative Trophy on 11 February, a prize for the best open science initiative in the Nethe...