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Carel’s Universe: Leiden museums depict Carel Stolker’s rectorship 22 January 2021
Ten Leiden museums and heritage institutions have curated the online exhibition ‘Carel’s Universe’. They selected objects from their collections that ...
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Mouse & Manuscript: a Collection of Interactive Lessons on Codicology and Oriental Manuscripts 18 December 2020
This week sees the first edition of the textbook Mouse&Manuscript published online. Mouse&Manuscript is a collection of interactive lessons on codicol...
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Library Ton Koopman arrived at Orpheus Instituut Koetshuis 07 September 2020
At the beginning of July the prestigious library of Ton Koopman, acquired earlier this year, arrived at the Orpheus Instituut Koetshuis. Thousands of ...
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'First Americans': exhibition on turbulent past and present of native Americans 16 July 2020
The First Americans exhibition in the National Museum of Ethnology showcases the resilience and creativity of native Americans. Striking artworks, fas...
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Rick Honings appointed Scaliger professor 30 June 2020
Senior lecturer Rick Honings has been appointed Scaliger professor with effect from 1 July 2020. In the coming years his focus will be on promoting te...
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Pilgrims came to Leiden for ‘brain training’ 04 June 2020
The Pilgrims to America exhibition at Museum De Lakenhal inspires reflection. How far do you go in the quest for freedom? It focuses on the Pilgrims’ ...
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‘I miss the smell of old paper in the vault’ 28 April 2020
Curators devote a lot of attention to their collections. How is Martijn Storms, curator of maps and atlases at Leiden University Libraries, managing t...
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Library staff aim to maintain services and collections 07 April 2020
The people behind the Leiden University Libraries aim to maintain the level of their services to clients as much as possible. They are making thankful...
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Library comes up with creative solutions 31 March 2020
UBL, Leiden University Libraries, is doing all it can to continue to offer its services. Even now the motto is, ‘work from home’. Who is doing want an...
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Fighting corona starts with sharing data responsibly 30 March 2020
Gathering and distributing patient data can make an important contribution to containing the coronavirus. But if we want to be successful, we need bet...
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Visit ambassadors to the University Library Special Collections 18 December 2019
Special visit of seven ambassadors of the Arabic-speaking world to the University Library
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A Change of Course: When Will We Realise We Are All In The Same Boat 06 November 2019
Part Three: A Change of Course
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Public Lecture ‘The Role of the Humanities in an Information Age’ by Ted Underwood, Visiting Scaliger Professor 18 October 2019
Leiden University Libraries invites you to the public lecture by Ted Underwood, Visiting Scaliger Professor. This lecture will be held on Thursday 21 ...
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Symposium on Tools Criticism 07 October 2019
The Centre for Digital Scholarship of Leiden University Libraries (UBL) and the Leiden Centre for Digital Humanities would like to invite you to the s...
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University strengthens ties with Indonesia 02 July 2019
The climate crisis, the return of TB and the digitisation of cultural heritage. The Netherlands and Indonesia face many of the same challenges. A visi...