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Leiden University Libraries acquires remarkable medical manuscripts 22 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 library 18 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 available 27 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 Beynon 18 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 digitized 28 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 Antiquities 28 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 scholars 20 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 database 08 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 books 09 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 Affairs 16 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...
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Leids Ontzet: University closed 30 September 2016We celebrate Leids Ontzet, the Relief of Leiden, on Monday 3 October. This means that all University buildings in Leiden will be closed. The Universit...
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Leiden Classics: Bibliotheca Thysiana, a 17th century time machine 18 December 2014
From once controversial scientific works and historical bibles, to personal shopping lists and clothing bills. The 17th-century Bibliotheca Thysiana a...
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VICI winner Cwiertka: ‘I am contrary by nature’ 08 July 2014
Katarzyna Cwiertka, Leiden Professor of Modern Japan Studies, was already the recipient of a VENI and a VIDI grant. Now she has also been granted a VI...
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Developing a vaccine against arteriosclerosis 10 December 2013
Cardiovascular diseases are the leading cause of death across the world. Professor Johan Kuiper of Leiden University carries out research to develop a...