221 search results for “museums 2C collections and society” in the Library website
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Merlijn Veltman
Faculteit Archeologie
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Ludo Waltman
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Anne-Laura van Harmelen
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Symposium The ‘Holy Land’ and Modernity: the Frank Scholten Collection in Context
Leiden University Libraries (UBL), the Netherlands Institute for the Near East (NINO) and the Nederlands Fotogenootschap would like to invite you for the symposium ‘Holy Land’ and Modernity: the Frank Scholten Collection in Context’ and hands-on viewing of Frank Scholten photographs and albums on Monday…
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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…
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Post-medieval Manuscripts and Private Archives
The domain of the post-medieval manuscripts and private archives covers the period from about 1550 to the present. A clear distinction with the medieval manuscripts, however, is difficult to make. There are many undated manuscripts and it is often difficult to date them even within a decade or a quarter…
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Stefan Landsberger
Faculty of Humanities
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Zane Kripe
Science
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Leiden Knowledge Centre for Photography
Leiden is a knowledge hub, unique in its kind in the Netherlands, for academics, professionals, students and all other people who are specialized or interested in photography. The city and university offer:
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Hagar Taha
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Diederik Meijer
Faculteit Archeologie
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Michiel Westenberg
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Anke Klein
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Franco Donati
Science
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Ancient Near East Studies
Overview of databases, reference works and websites for research in Ancient Near East Studies. Last update: October 2020
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Manuscripts, Archives and Letters: further information
A collection consists of items and parts that have been collected by one or more individuals or institutions not responsible for their formation. An archive has been created by one or more individuals or institutions.
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Leiden University Open Access Policy
The Executive Board has decided that Leiden University will endorse Open Access.
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Sandra van Dijk
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Annemarie Samuels
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Lisa Schreuders
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Erik Bähre
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Andrea Evers
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Tarlach McGonagle
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Theological pamphlets reveal passionate religious debate
They might not have had Twitter, but they did have brochures (pamphlets), the Roman Catholics and ‘modern’ Protestants between 1840 and 1870. In these, they launched a passionate attack on each other’s ideas. Ineke Smit has catalogued the brochures from the collection of the University Library and outlined…
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Hanna Swaab
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Afshin Ellian
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Ineke van der Ham
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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NIMAR Rabat
Address 3, Avenue Mohamed El Fassi (ex. Av. Marrakech) 10010 Hassan, Rabat Marocco Tel: +212 5376 68500 E-mail: nimar@hum.leidenuniv.nl
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Christoph Niessen
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Valerio Gentile
Faculteit Archeologie
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Femke Bakker
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Paul Wouters
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Rehanna Nurmohamed
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Archiving email of leading scholars
One of the tasks of Leiden University Libraries is to manage academic heritage, including letters and scholarly archives of leading researchers. Much of this material is nowadays created digitally and email is one of the main forms of communication. Hence, the UBL launched a pilot for acquiring and…
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Embed information literacy in your course
Knowing where scientific information can be found and how to use it is of great importance for getting through university. In collaboration with teachers, UBL guides students in information literacy skills: from assessing information to setting up a literature review and citation management.
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Leiden University Archives
Under agreement with the Dutch National Archives (2011), all static archives created by Leiden University are kept as a loan in the University Library. In this way, users can study the history of the university and library in conjunction with other relevant archives, collections and items.
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‘Rembrandt has come home’
Rembrandt Year is concluding with a major exhibition at Museum De Lakenhal. There are still numerous other activities such as lectures, the University Rembrandt Route and the screening of a critical documentary.
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Paul Cliteur
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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UBL signs Digital Heritage Network Manifesto
Leiden University Libraries (UBL) signed the manifesto of the Dutch Digital Heritage Network (NDE) this November, during Digital Heritage Month, thereby joining the network. The manifesto calls on archives, libraries, museums, and other cultural institutions to make their digital collections more visible,…
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Exhibition The Intolerant Republic
The Dutch Revolt or Eighty Years’ War and the Dutch Golden Age have traditionally been described in the national historiography as glorious periods; with the Dutch Revolt being depicted as a heroic battle for independence and the Dutch Golden Age as an unparalleled political, economic and cultural success…
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conference IFLA 2023 - Empire, Indigeneity, and colonial heritage collections: confronting difficult pasts, enabling just futures
Satellite conference
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Urban Studies
Overview of databases, reference works and websites for research in Urban Studies
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Loans for exhibitions
Museums, libraries and similar institutions can request materials for exhibitions from the Special Collections.
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Caribbean Studies
Overview of databases, reference works and websites for research in Caribbean Studies
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Winners of Fellowship for Digital Scholarship sponsored by Elsevier
Leiden University Libraries (UBL) and the Scaliger Institute are glad to welcome the first two Fellows for Digital Scholarship in fall 2019. The Fellowship for Digital Scholarship was established in 2019 with generous support from Elsevier.
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Biology
Overview of databases, reference works and websites for research in Biology
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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).