107 search results for “classical world” in the Library website
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Classics
Overview of databases, reference works and websites for research in Classics
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Bouke van der Meer
Faculteit Archeologie
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Suzan van de Velde
Faculteit Archeologie
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Miguel John Versluys
Faculteit Archeologie
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Ruurd Halbertsma
Faculty of Humanities
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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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Christoph Pieper
Faculty of Humanities
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UNESCO World Heritage
The UBL holds five sets of manuscripts recognised by UNESCO as documents of universal value and exceptional significance to the world. They are included in UNESCO's International World Heritage list of documents (Memory of the World Register).
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Thomas Kluitenburg
Faculty of Humanities
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Bert van den Berg
Faculty of Humanities
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Manfred Horstmanshoff
Faculty of Humanities
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Aliéksey Barreto Malheiros Vianna
Faculty of Humanities
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Joan Booth
Faculty of Humanities
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Patrick Gouw
Universitaire Bibliotheken Leiden
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Leonid Kulikov
Faculty of Humanities
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Hugo Koning
Faculty of Humanities
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Irene O'Daly
Faculty of Humanities
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Jonathan Price
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Jonathan Stökl
Faculty of Humanities
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Frans Willem Korsten
Faculty of Humanities
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Tom van der Reep
Science
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Egidius Smeets
Science
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Paul Meyboom
Faculteit Archeologie
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UN World Philosophy Day - a reading list
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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Anne van Dam
Faculty of Humanities
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Law
Overview of databases, reference works and websites for Law
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Roderick Geerts
Faculteit Archeologie
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Merlijn Veltman
Faculteit Archeologie
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Art & Art History
Overview of databases, reference works and websites for research in Art & Art History
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Exhibition photographic oeuvre of world traveller Alexine Tinne
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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Nicky Schreuder
Faculteit Archeologie
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importance of preserving documentary heritage: UNESCO Memory of the World register
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…
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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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Recognizes Manuscripts First Voyage Around the Globe and Hikayat Aceh as World Heritage
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…
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Middle Eastern Studies
Overview of databases, reference works and websites for research in Middle Eastern Studies
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Philosophy
Overview of databases, reference works and websites for research in Philosophy
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Manuscripts, Archives and Letters
The Western manuscript, archival and letter collections consist of books and documents written in Latin, Greek and Cyrillic script.
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Michael Kerschner
Faculteit Archeologie
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Bart van der Boom
Faculty of Humanities
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Remco Breuker
Faculty of Humanities
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Mahmood Kooriadathodi
Faculty of Humanities
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Honorary doctorate for Arabist Beatrice Gründler
Beatrice Gründler, professor of Arabic Language and Literature at the Freie Universität Berlin, will receive an honorary doctorate in Oriental Manuscript Studies from Leiden University.
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Online exhibition - The world’s last picture writing: Naxi Dongba manuscripts
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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Subject Librarians and Medical Information Specialists
UBL has assigned a Subject Librarian or Medical Information Specialist to each department and program who provides in-depth assistance for researchers and teachers
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Anna-Alexandra Marhold
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Mark Driessen
Faculteit Archeologie
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Mayke Kaag
Afrika-Studiecentrum
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Marlies van Boekel
Faculty Governance and Global Affairs
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Dutch research institutions and Elsevier initiate world’s first national Open Science partnership
VSNU, NFU, NWO and Elsevier have agreed publishing, reading and open science services to support Dutch research and innovation ambitions.