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171 search results for “scripts bg leiden” in the Library website

• Searching for items in non-Latin script

  Leiden University Libraries hosts materials in hundreds of different languages, including many languages that are written in non-Latin scripts.

• Searching for items in non-Latin script

  Leiden University Libraries hosts materials in hundreds of different languages, including many languages that are written in non-Latin scripts. Since 2015, all items are catalogued in the original scripts. Therefore, you may use for instance Arabic, Persian, Russian, Hebrew, Japanese, Korean or Chinese…

• Exhibition on scripts at Oude UB: Pseudo or Don’t News - 9 October 2023

  What is writing? And what looks like writing, but isn’t? The Pseudo or Don’t pop-up exhibition explores the boundaries of scripts. The exhibition will run at Oude UB from 9 to 26 October.

• 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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  Ben Haring Senior University Lecturer Egyptology

  Faculty of Humanities

• Middle Eastern Special Collections

  The Middle Eastern Special Collections form the nucleus of the entire range of Oriental heritage collections of Leiden University Libraries.

• Research Software

  The composition and maintenance of Research Software is an increasingly important task in the development of research projects.

• University Library

  Visiting address Postal address Witte Singel 27 2311 BG Leiden 071 - 5272814 (General) 071 - 5272857 (Special Collections) Postbus 9501 2300 RA Leiden Courier services Witte Singel 27 2311 BG Leiden Goods deliveries Maliebaan 30 2311 CC Leiden

• Manuscript Facsimiles Collection

  The Special Collections Reading Room houses a collection of 800+ facsimiles of Western manuscripts originating mostly from Medieval Europe. They enable students to consult a 3D version very close to the original manuscripts kept worldwide, especially those with contents or from cultural traditions that…

• Publications

  Leiden University Libraries (UBL) works together with authors and publishers regularly and supports publication of books about the collections. Publications can be obtained from bookshops or publishers. You can also order publications via email (plaatsing@library.leidenuniv.nl). Please give the following…

• Hebrew, Semitic and Armenian Special Collections

  The Library of Leiden University holds c. 550 manuscripts and an extensive collection of rare printed books in Hebrew, Aramaic, Syriac, the languages of Ethiopia, South Arabic, Coptic and Armenian, as well as a collection of rare books on the Jewish World.

• Asian Special Collections

  The Asian special collections comprise tens of thousands of rare books, thousands of manuscripts, maps, prints, drawings and photographs, and hundreds of archives.

• Get Started with Preprinting Event - 11 June 2026

  Workshop

• Ethical Sharing of Fieldwork Data Event - 10 June 2026

  Workshop

• Cleaning Data with OpenRefine Event - 9 June 2026

  Workshop

• CDS Open Hour: Hands-on Support Event - 12 June 2026

• Exhibitions

  Library exhibitions, both online and physical, give an idea of the breadth of our collections.

• Medieval Manuscripts

  With its more than 1400 bindings and over a thousand fragments Leiden’s collection of medieval manuscripts (up to ca. 1550) is the largest in the Netherlands.

• Manuscripts, Archives and Letters

  The Western manuscript, archival and letter collections consist of books and documents written in Latin, Greek and Cyrillic script.

• African Library

  The African Library is located on the ground floor of the new Herta Mohr Building at Witte Singel.

• Book Publishing: Platforms, Contracts and Negotiations Event - 12 June 2026

  Workshop

• Automated Text Recognition Using Transkribus Event - 10 June 2026

  Workshop

• All about Caps, Read & Publish Deals Event - 12 June 2026

• Islamic World Special Collections

  The main focus of the Islamic World Special Collections is on the Middle East and North Africa, with smaller holdings from Indonesia, the Indian Subcontinent and Central Asia as far as Xinjiang, China.

• 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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  Matthieu Schaller Assistant professor

  Faculty of Science

• Purchased with support from the Friends

  As a Friend, you contribute to the acquisition, digitisation and restoration of important objects.

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  Guadalupe Cañas Herrera Postdoc

  Faculty of Science

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  Vikram Radhakrishnan PhD candidate

  Faculty of Science

• Scaliger Institute

  The Scaliger Institute facilitates research in Special Collections by initialising projects, organising symposia, publishing research results and fellowships.

• From Data Creator to Data Reuser: Distance Matters Event - 22 May 2026

  Lecture

• Towards Persistent Identification of Research Instruments Event - 9 June 2026

  Workshop

• Introduction to Network Theory Using Gephi Event - 9 June 2026

  Workshop

• Centre for Digital Scholarship Summer Training Week 2026 Event - 8 June 2026

  Workshops, lectures

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  Sylvia Le Dévédec Assistant Professor

  Faculty of Science

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  Anouk Spelt

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  Klara Beslmüller
• Middle Eastern Studies

  Overview of databases, reference works and websites for research in Middle Eastern Studies

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  David Kühling Guest employee

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

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  Olga Ceran Postdoc

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

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  Katie Hudson Data Steward/Research Support Officer

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

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  Antoinette Haverhals PhD candidate

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

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  Willemijn Plomp Data Steward

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

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  Francesca Arici Assistant professor

  Faculty of Science

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  Rüya Koçer Associate professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

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  Thaddeus Bergé Policy officer

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

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  Simone Mulder Guest

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

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  Erica Hyatt PhD candidate

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

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  Sander van Rijn PhD candidate

  Faculty of Science

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  Alysa Eijkelenboom PhD candidate

  Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs