131 search results for “medieval literature” in the Library website
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New in the library: Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Literature
Library
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Paul Smith
Faculty of Humanities
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Eric van Hoof
Bestuursbureau
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Marcos Neto de Cordova
Faculty of Humanities
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Gabrielle van den Berg
Faculty of Humanities
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Céline Zaepffel
Faculty of Humanities
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Louise Glück is awarded Nobel Prize in Literature
The 2020 Nobel Prize for Literature has been awarded to American poet Louise Glück (1942-). This means the Nobel committee passed by authors like Anne Carson, Jamaica Kincaid en Maryse Condé, many of whom were tipped by academics and literary critics as being strong contenders for the prize in 2020.…
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Frans Willem Korsten
Faculty of Humanities
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Irene O'Daly
Faculty of Humanities
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Weishuo Li
Faculteit Archeologie
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Mette Langbroek
Faculteit Archeologie
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Nina Jaspers
Faculteit Archeologie
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Arnold Mol
Faculty of Humanities
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‘Literature explores all sorts of things that the law is not yet ready for’
As Professor of Literature, Culture and Law, Frans Willem Korsten explores the interplay between literature and law. These are two disciplines that most people wouldn’t immediately connect, but Korsten can see a lot of common ground between them. ‘A fictional story can have a huge impact on law.’
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Nobel Prize in Literature awarded to Abdulrazak Gurnah - a reading list
The 2021 Nobel Prize in Literature has been awarded to Tanzanian author Abdulrazak Gurnah. The Swedish Academy praises Gurnah's "uncompromising and compassionate penetration of the effects of colonialism and the fate of the refugee in the gulf between cultures and continents". The works in the reading…
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Letty ten Harkel
Faculteit Archeologie
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Ahab Bdaiwi
Faculty of Humanities
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Francesco Busti
Faculty of Humanities
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Renske Janssen
Faculty of Humanities
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Anne Sytske Keijser
Faculty of Humanities
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Judith Bosnak
Faculty of Humanities
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Peter Webb
Faculty of Humanities
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Wim Tigges
Faculty of Humanities
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Andries Hiskes
Faculty of Humanities
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Rieneke Sonnevelt
Faculty of Humanities
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Yinzhi Zhang
Faculty of Humanities
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Johannes Müller
Faculty of Humanities
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Ernst van Alphen
Faculty of Humanities
- Curators
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Carmen van den Bergh
Faculty of Humanities
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Teaching with Special Collections
There are several excellent options for teachers and researchers to engage students and other audiences with primary sources. Either by requesting items from the Special Collections for use during lectures or by integrating our educational resources into your lesson plans.
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Nobel Prize in Literature awarded to Annie Ernaux - a reading list
The 2022 Nobel Prize in Literature has been awarded to French writer Annie Ernaux (1940). In an explanation, the Swedish Academy praises Ernaux 'for the courage and clinical acuity with which she uncovers the roots, estrangements and collective restraints of personal memory'.
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Literature on discrimination and racism from the Leiden University Library collections
After large scale protests in the United States following police violence against black American citizens, racism in the Netherlands, too, is once again being widely debated. This renewed and intensified interest in the problems surrounding racism is prompting many to (re)read important works by black…
- Manuscripts, Archives and Letters outside Leiden
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Judith Naeff
Faculty of Humanities
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Sara Polak
Faculty of Humanities
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Collections
The special collections of Leiden University Libraries offer access to worldwide known valuable, rare, and unique materials. The collections are actively complemented and made accessible for research and education.
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Korean - Dutch Literature Night
Reading & Panel Discussion
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History of Science
Overview of databases, reference works and website for research in the History of Science
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Paula Harvey
Faculty of Humanities
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Liesbeth Minnaard
Faculty of Humanities
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Philosophy
Overview of databases, reference works and websites for research in Philosophy
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French Language and Culture
Overview of databases, reference works and websites for research in French language and culture.
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Leiden Papyri and the Economic History of the Early Medieval Islamic World
Lecture, Studium Generale
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Collections
The UBL develop collections which support the needs of faculty and students of the University.
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Research suggestions
The research suggestions below may be suitable for a bachelor's or master's thesis or can be used as additional source material in ongoing research.
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Leiden Literature Lunch Lecture (and reading) - Literary Leiden
Lunch Lecture (and reading)
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Tijmen Baarda
Universitaire Bibliotheken Leiden
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Yasco Horsman
Faculty of Humanities
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Nidesh Lawtoo
Faculty of Humanities