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811 search results for “histories” in the Library website

• De Boekenwereld

  De Boekenwereld is a Dutch language journal on the history of the book and prints. The journal is published by Amsterdam University Press in collaboration with the Royal Library, Allard Pierson|Special Collections of the University of Amsterdam and Leiden University Libraries. Each partner is responsible…

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  Ksenia Fedorova University Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Masoud Kiani External PhD candidate / Guest

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Sarah Wolff Professor

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Rik van Gijn Associate professor

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Aris Politopoulos Assistant professor

  Faculty of Archaeology

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  Eelco van der Maat Assistant professor

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Susanna de Beer Senior University Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Corrie Bakels Emeritus professor

  Faculty of Archaeology

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  Krista A. Milne Assistant professor

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Anne Gerritsen Professor

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Jacqueline Vel Affliated researcher

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

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  Elena Paskaleva Assistant Professor Critical Heritage Studies of Asia and Europe

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Paul Smith Professor Emeritus

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Jan van Dijkhuizen Associate professor

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Wil Roebroeks Professor emeritus

  Faculty of Archaeology

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  Gerlov van Engelenhoven University lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

• Rare Books

  Some books have particular features such as design, unique illustrations and descriptive annotations. These features can be of interest for specific research.

• Latin American Studies

  Overview of databases, reference works and websites for research in Latin American Studies

• Philosophy: Global and Comparative Perspectives

  Overview of databases, reference works and websites in western languages for research in Comparative Philosophy

• International Studies

  This Subject Guide will provide you with an overview of useful databases and online resources available within and outside the University Library. This subject guide is your starting point, aiding you in finding sources for any research field within the field of International Studies and International…

• Early Printed Books

  In the course of over four centuries the book collections have been greatly enlarged thanks to the bequests and grants or the purchases from the propriety of scholars or private collectors. Sometimes it concerned collections with thousands of early printed books, such as the purchase of the library…

• Chinese Special Collections

  The Chinese Special Collections are part of the Asian Library. Items can be consulted at the Special Collections Reading Room.

• Dutch studies

  Overview of databases, reference works and websites for research in Dutch language and culture.

• Catalogue

  The Leiden University Libraries (UBL) catalogue contains millions of (e-)books, (e-)journals, manuscripts, letters, and other materials available at the UBL.

• South and Southeast Asian Studies

  Overview of databases, reference works and websites for South and Southeast Asian Studies.

• Group visits

  The University Library (UB) offers guided group visits, introducing our collections and the rich history of the library.

• Fellowships

  The fellowship programs support researchers who are interested in doing research using the special collections.

• Subject guides

• Caribbean Studies

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

• 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…

• Library organisation

  Leiden University has several library locations. These libraries are part of one organisation: Leiden University Libraries (UBL). The UBL includes the University Library, the Social and Behavioural Sciences Library, the Law Library, the Science Library, the Asian Library, the Middle Eastern Library, the African…

• 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.

• Geographical Information Systems

  Geographic information systems (GIS) are computer-based systems for editing and displaying spatial data. GIS tools allow users to create interactive queries, analyze spatial relationships, patterns or trends and visualize the output of all these efforts.

• Early Printed and Rare Books

  What we now call ‘early printed books’ used to be ‘modern’ works in former centuries.

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  Zane Kripe Lecturer

  Faculty of Science

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  Peter Pels Emeritus hoogleraar

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

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  Constant Hijzen Research Fellow

  Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs

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  Remko Offringa Professor

  Faculty of Science

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  Maurits Berger Professor

  Faculty of Humanities

• Photographs

  The photographs collection of Leiden University Librarie (UBL) contains specimens of almost all photographic processes from the history of the medium, rare objects and artistic highlights. Together, they shed light on the history of photography as a technique, a means of scientific, historic and personal…

• 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.

• Prints

  The collection of prints was started through a donation from the aristocrat Jean Theodore Royer, who bequeathed some 20,000 prints to the university in 1815. The collection has expanded through further donations and some major purchases. The nucleus consists of Dutch graphic art from 1500 until now.…

• Literary Studies

• University and student life

  During the year 2021 and 2022 Leiden University Libraries illuminated the rich past of its university and its students by organising the thematic programme "University and Student life". Several online exhibitions, boekensalons and public lectures were organised around this theme, especially for the…

• Manuscripts, Archives and Letters

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

• Physics

  Overview of databases, reference works and websites for research in Physics.

• Afrikastudies

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

• Introduction to Digital Humanities

• Chinese Studies

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