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312 search results for “afrika in the world” in the Library website

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  Mayke Kaag

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  Olaf Kaper

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  Petra de Bruijn University Lecturer Turkish Studies

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Egbert Fortuin
• UNESCO World Heritage

  The UBL holds seven collections recognised by UNESCO as documents of universal value and exceptional significance to the world. Six are included in UNESCO's International World Heritage list of documents or Memory of the World Register, one in the Dutch UNESCO register.

• 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.

• The importance of preserving documentary heritage: UNESCO Memory of the World register News - 9 July 2020

  One of the main functions of a University Library is the preservation of documentary heritage. Not just to facilitate research and education, but also because this heritage in many ways represents our collective memory. UNESCO has been registering special and often threatened documents in the international…

• Book Presentation - Bookshop of the World by Andrew Pettegree and Arthur der Weduwen News - 25 March 2019

  On Wednesday 27 March, 17.00 - 18.30, Andrew Pettegree and Arthur der Weduwen will present their book: 'The Bookshop of the World. Searching for markets in the Dutch Golden Age’ at the Lipsius-Building (Cleveringaplaats 1, room 11). Anton van der Lem, curator at the Leiden University Library will introduce…

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  Bouke van der Meer

• Online exhibition - The world’s last picture writing: Naxi Dongba manuscripts News - 11 May 2023

  Manuscripts that look like a comic book, that's how you could describe the manuscripts of the Dongba people from China. The manuscripts are one of the last examples of a so-called pictographic script that can only be interpreted by Dongba priests, shamans, who have knowledge of the ancient Dongba cu…

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  Keara The
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  Alexandra Prégent
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  Miguel John Versluys

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  Gjovalin Macaj Assistant professor

  Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs

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  Annachiara Raia
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  Merlijn van Weerd

• UN World Philosophy Day - a reading list News - 18 November 2020

  Today is World Philosophy Day. We asked three staff members from the Leiden Institute for Philosophy to name three of their favourite works from the Leiden University Library (UBL) collections. What is: the best introduction to philosophy, the best philosophical work published in the last few years…

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  Thijs Vos
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  Bramesada Prasastyoga Knowlegde Valorisation Staff Member

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

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  Arie Boomert

• Panji tales awarded the status of world heritage by UNESCO News - 31 October 2017

  The unique collection of more than 250 ancient tales revolving around the mythical Javanese Prince Panji, which is curated by Leiden University Libraries (UBL), has been acknowledged as world heritage by UNESCO. The UBL is grateful to UNESCO for this exceptionally prestigious award.

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  Liselore Tissen
• Exhibition photographic oeuvre of world traveller Alexine Tinne News - 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 retrospective exhibition of the photographic oeuvre of Alexine Tinne (1835 – 1869). New research into her life and work is the reason for a reappraisal…

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  Babak Rezaeedaryakenari
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  Raafat Shamieh
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  Corinne Hofman Professor of Caribbean Archaeology

  Faculty of Archaeology

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  Ionica Smeets
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  Szilvia Biro
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  Jos Schaeken

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  Karolina Pomorska
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  Zara Ali
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  Corrie Bakels

• Recognizes Manuscripts First Voyage Around the Globe and Hikayat Aceh as World Heritage News - 18 May 2023

  UNESCO has recognized an international set of fifteen manuscripts about Ferdinand Magellan's first circumnavigation of the globe and the three Hikayat Aceh manuscripts as World Heritage. The manuscripts are inscribed in the global UNESCO Memory of the World Register. This list contains documentary heritage…

• World Heritage Status for Letters from Indonesian Women's Rights Advocate Kartini News - 11 April 2025

  UNESCO has recognized a large collection of handwritten letters and the archive of Raden Ajeng Kartini (1879-1904) as documentary world heritage. Kartini opposed gender inequality in feudal Javanese society, including forced marriages, polygamy and lack of education for women.

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  Bionda Kijk in de Vegte
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  Matthias In 't Anker
• Hora est! Exhibition reveals the ritual world of earning a PhD News - 3 June 2025

  A dissertation covered in hot pink faux fur, antique prints of PhD ceremonies, a pot encrusted with sealing wax: the Hora est! anniversary exhibition at Oude UB takes you to the ritual yet idiosyncratic world of PhD ceremonies.

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  Ellen van Reuler
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  Jonah Schulhofer-Wohl
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  Christine Tremblay

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  Marlieke Ernst Strategic knowledge broker

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Maikel Kuijpers

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  Burcu Yildirim
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  Ilone de Vries-Lemaire
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  Lianne Otten
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  Tom Barkhuysen

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  Huub Rottgering Professor

  Faculty of Science

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  Mirjam van Reisen
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  Alwin Kloekhorst