795 search results for “histories” in the Library website
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Exhibition Maps: navigation and manipulation
Are maps objective or do they convey hidden messages that you would miss at first glance? A map is always a simplification of reality. Mapmakers reduce, distort and select. This allows the reader to be guided literally and figuratively. Leiden University Libraries (UBL) and the Museum Volkenkunde jointly…
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And the winners are:
With support of several companies, including Brill Publishers and private foundations, Leiden University Libraries and the Scaliger Institute welcome around 15 to 20 Fellows and guest per year to consult and examine material in the Special Collections. The Scaliger Institute received a large number…
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Book Presentation - Bookshop of the World by Andrew Pettegree and Arthur der Weduwen
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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Japan Studies: Gender and Women's Studies
Overview of reference works, journals and website for research in Gender and Women’s studies of Japan
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Digitized post-medieval western manuscript and archives collection now available in Digital Collections
Leiden University Libraries (UBL) has digitized more than a thousand individual manuscripts and several complete archives from the post-medieval western manuscript and archives collection and made them available online through Digital Collections. With this, some of the most important archives and masterpieces…
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Crowdfunding for Leiden Chinese Queer Collection
Help us develop and expand the recently established Leiden Chinese Queer Collection (LCQC, 莱顿华语酷儿文献收藏) at Leiden University Libraries (UBL).
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Yemen Amsterdam Library now available
The Yemen Amsterdam Library, or Maktabat al-Yaman al-Amstirdāmīyah, of eminent Yemen specialist Dr C.G. Brouwer has now been fully integrated in the collections of Leiden University Libraries (UBL). Books and other documents from the collection are now available for loan via the UBL Catalogue.
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Online exhibition – Yemen through the Dutch lens
Northern Yemen; a highland region often in the news as the center of the Houthi regime, has a political, social, and intellectual history spanning more than a millennium. This exhibition showcases some of the findings of the Early Modern State Development in Yemen project, based at Leiden University,…
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Coming-out day – A reading list
In the past few decades, LGBTQ+ acceptance has come a long way. Coming out, however, is still a difficult experience for many people on a personal level. Everyone’s story is different and not everyone belongs to a clear denomination within the LGBTQ+ spectrum. That is why learning about the personal…
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Critical Caribbean Thought on Colonial Legacies
The Caribbean as we know it today is fundamentally a product of colonial activity and globalisation. Practically everyone that inhabits the Caribbean has ancestors from different continents due to colonial activity, which profoundly affects the area to this day. Caribbean writers, both in the Caribbean…
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Warfare: technology and ethics - a reading list
While the United States continues to carry out drone strikes, and China conducts large-scale cyber and information operations, Ukrainian and Russian soldiers live in trenches, and NATO sends tanks to the Donbas front to force a breakthrough. Has war changed dramatically in recent decades as a result…
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Ruben van UdenFaculty of Law
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Jamaseb SoltaniFaculty of Humanities
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Johanna Berkheij-DolFaculty of Humanities
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Angus MolFaculty of Humanities
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Laura BertensFaculty of Humanities
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Elizabeth den HartogFaculty of Humanities
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Wil RoebroeksFaculty of Archaeology
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Eline Westra
Faculty of Humanities
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Frederic LensFaculty of Science
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Ilios WillemarsFaculty of Humanities
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Sybille LammesFaculty of Humanities
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Alette VonkFaculty of Humanities
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Michael NewtonFaculty of Humanities
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Gijs DreijerFaculty of Humanities
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Arthur CrucqFaculty of Humanities
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Andrea Reyes ElizondoSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Robbert StriekwoldFaculty of Humanities
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Nicholas KontovasFaculty of Humanities
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Crewe WilliamsFaculty of Humanities
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Jesse SarneelFaculty of Humanities
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Alexandra PrégentFaculty of Humanities
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Kitty ZijlmansFaculty of Humanities
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Laura PlezierFaculty of Humanities
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Ton van HaaftenFaculty of Humanities
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Enes SütütemizFaculty of Humanities
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Robert ZwijnenbergFaculty of Humanities
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Ugur DerinFaculty of Humanities
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Arnold ZiegelaarFaculty of Humanities
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Jef SchaepsLeiden University Library
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Anastasia NikulinaFaculty of Archaeology
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Helen WestgeestFaculty of Humanities
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Lucas GahrmannFaculty of Humanities
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Yasmin Saghafi Ameri
Faculty of Humanities
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Nora JulmiFaculty of Humanities
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Sarah NelsonFaculty of Humanities
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Onur AdaFaculty of Humanities
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Yunnan Ye
Faculty of Humanities
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Zahra AzharFaculty of Humanities
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Laura Berdikhojayeva
Faculty of Humanities