352 search results for “history and memory” in the Library website
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Cleveringa Professor Frank van Vree: ‘It’s high time to discuss the ritualisation of the past’
The annual commemoration of the nation’s war dead on Dam Square and at Waalsdorpervlakte, the Dutch apologies for historical slavery and the Cleveringa Lecture itself: our relationship with history is often ritualistic, Cleveringa Professor Frank van Vree will say in his inaugural lecture on 27 Nove…
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Dirk AlkemadeFaculty of Humanities
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Alexander GeurdsFaculteit Archeologie
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Hans-Jan van KralingenFaculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Mehdy Shaddel BasirFaculty of Humanities
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Elsemieke DaalderFaculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Gabe van Beijeren Bergen en HenegouwenFaculty of Humanities
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Adriaan van der WeelFaculty of Humanities
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Leonor Veiga de Oliveira Matos Guilherme PonsarFaculty of Humanities
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Maria van der SchaarFaculty of Humanities
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Egbert KoopsFaculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Abdourahamane Idrissa AbdoulayeAfrika-Studiecentrum
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Ahab BdaiwiFaculty of Humanities
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Carel SmithFaculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Marike van AerdeFaculteit Archeologie
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Mirjam de BaarFaculty of Humanities
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Maps and Atlases
The collection of maps and atlases consists of approximately 100,000 map sheets (including c. 3,000 manuscript maps), 3,500 atlases and 25,000 topographical prints and drawings.
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Robert ZwijnenbergFaculty of Humanities
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Matthew FrearFaculty of Humanities
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Quintijn MauerFaculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Melanie GrossFaculty of Humanities
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Leiden Knowledge Centre for Photography
Leiden is a knowledge hub, unique in its kind in the Netherlands, for academics, professionals, students and all other people who are specialized or interested in photography. The city and university offer:
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Jonathan StöklFaculty of Humanities
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Tobias van der WalFaculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Wouter van BeekAfrika-Studiecentrum
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Antje WesselsFaculty of Humanities
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Frits van der MeerFaculty Governance and Global Affairs
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Paula HarveyFaculty of Humanities
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Thijs PorckFaculty of Humanities
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South Asian and Tibetan Special Collections
The South Asian and Tibetan special collections provide material pertaining to the languages, histories, philosophies, art and material cultures of the region. The focus lies on Sanskrit, Tibetan, Lepcha, and Buddhism, but the collections also hold rich visual material for educational and academic purposes…
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Middle Eastern Special Collections
The Middle Eastern Special Collections form the nucleus of the entire range of Oriental heritage collections of Leiden University Libraries.
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Liselore TissenFaculty of Humanities
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Cartographic Collections
In addition to the Bodel Nijenhuis Collection, the map collections of the former library of the Royal Tropical Institute (KIT), and the map collection of the Royal Netherlands Institute of Southeast Asian and Caribbean Studies (KITLV), the collection of Maps and Atlases includes several smaller sub…
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Tijmen BaardaUniversitaire Bibliotheken Leiden
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Ellen van ReulerFaculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Sophie van RomburghFaculty of Humanities
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Jan AbbinkAfrika-Studiecentrum
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Sara BolghiranFaculty of Humanities
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Jan Wim BuismanFaculty of Humanities
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Katarzyna CwiertkaFaculty of Humanities
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Tycho van der HoogAfrika-Studiecentrum
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Leiden University Libraries acquires major 19th-century photography collection on South East Asia
Leiden University Libraries (UBL) recently acquired a major collection of 19th-century photographs on South East Asia. The collection comprises more than 3,700 photographs of the Netherlands East Indies and mainland South East Asia, including Singapore, Myanmar, Penang and Malacca. The photographs are…
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Classics
Overview of databases, reference works and websites for research in Classics
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Urban Studies
Overview of databases, reference works and websites for research in Urban Studies
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Chibuike UcheAfrika-Studiecentrum
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‘Stolpersteine’ at the University Library to commemorate Leiden war victims
Two Stolpersteine (stumbling stones) have been placed in front of the University Library in memory of the Jewish Cosman family. At the time of the Second World War, they lived in one of the houses where the library is now located.
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Lingling Wiyadharma Fellowship
The Lingling Wiyadharma Fellowship program offers the opportunity to three scholars to spend up to three months conducting research using the Southeast Asian and particularly the Indonesian special collections at Leiden University Libraries.
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Asian Library
The Asian Library holds the largest collection on Indonesia worldwide, and some of the foremost collections on South and Southeast Asia, China, Japan and Korea.
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‘Dear Aunt Olga’ exhibition on the ties between Suriname and the Netherlands
The Surinamese-Dutch language, Parbo Beer and, of course, football. The ‘Dear Aunt Olga’ (‘Lieve tante Olga’) exhibition focuses on the shared Surinamese-Dutch culture. Full of cheer and with life experience to spare, ‘icon’ Aunt Olga (95) leads visitors through a shared history and does not shy away…
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Collectie Universitaire Bibliotheken Leiden uitgebreid met verschillende graphic novels en (kranten)strips
Comic books and graphic novels are more important than ever in the Leiden University curriculum. That is why Leiden University Libraries (UBL) is currently working on expansion of its collections in this field. Yasco Horsman, University Lecturer at LUCAS, explains why this expansion is necessary and…