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668 search results for “is a and the world” in the Library website

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  Jan van Dijkhuizen Associate professor

  Faculty of Humanities

• Giant Robots, Big Ideas - Exploring the World of Mecha in Japanese Animation Event - 28 April 2026

• Giant Robots, Big Ideas - Exploring the World of Mecha in Japanese Animation News - 31 March 2026

  From towering mechanical heroes to city-destroying battles, giant robots have become one of the most iconic images in Japanese animation. On 28 April 2026, Leiden University will host "Giant Robots, Big Ideas", an afternoon event exploring how these spectacular machines reflect deeper questions about…

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  Mayke Kaag Professor

  Afrika-Studiecentrum

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  Abdourahamane Idrissa Abdoulaye University Lecturer Islam in Sub-Saharan Africa

  Afrika-Studiecentrum

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  Carmen van den Bergh University Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Nancy Kula Professor

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Victoria Nyst Associate professor

  Afrika-Studiecentrum

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  Joanne Stolk University lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Olaf Kaper Professor

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Keiko Yoshioka Lecturer and Head of the Japanese language programme.

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Rogier Creemers Assistant professor

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Chibuike Uche Professor

  Afrika-Studiecentrum

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  Peter Bisschop Professor

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Lettie Dorst Associate professor

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Egbert Fortuin Professor

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Petra de Bruijn University Lecturer Turkish Studies

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Casper Wits University Lecturer East Asia Studies

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Matthijs Westera Assistant professor

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Eric Cezne Postdoc

  Afrika-Studiecentrum

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  Florian Schneider Professor

  Faculty of Humanities

• 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.

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  Esther Op de Beek University Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

• 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.

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  Alp Yenen University Lecturer Modern Turkish History and Culture

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Petra Sijpesteijn Professor

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Lidewyde Berckmoes Associate professor

  Afrika-Studiecentrum

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  Alisa van de Haar University lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Remco Breuker Professor

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Steven Denney University lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

• 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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  Ritchie Kolvers Guest

  Faculty of Archaeology

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  Francianne Dos Santos Velho Skills Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Bouke van der Meer Senior University Lecturer

  Faculty of Archaeology

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  Roderick Geerts PhD candidate

  Faculty of Archaeology

• 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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  Jorre The PhD candidate

  Faculty of Science

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  Keara The Guest

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

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  Miguel John Versluys Professor of Classical & Mediterranean Archaeology

  Faculty of Archaeology

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  Walter Nkwi Gam Assistant professor

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Yamila Miguel Associate professor

  Faculty of Science

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  Stephan Raaijmakers Professor

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Nicky Schreuder PhD candidate

  Faculty of Archaeology

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  Manolis Fragkiadakis Postdoc

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Lisa Cheng Professor

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Sander Tetteroo PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

• Drawings

  The collections of drawings consists of around 12,000 drawings of mostly Dutch origin, dating from 1500 until now. The collections is the result of some major purchases, such as the collections of Albertus Welcker (1957) and Adolphus Staring (1969). Almost every Dutch artist is represented with a single…

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  Michael Kerschner Senior researcher

  Faculty of Archaeology

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  Rutger Hoekstra Associate professor

  Faculty of Science