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764 search results for “museum collective and society” in the Library website

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  Martin Berger Assistant professor

  Faculty of Archaeology

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  Claire Perrette PhD candidate

  Faculty of Archaeology

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  Raphaël Gerssen Student assistant

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Pieter ter Keurs Professor emeritus Museums, Collections and Society

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Susanne Boersma Postdoctoral researcher

  Faculty of Humanities

• National Museum of Taiwan Literature donates to Leiden Chinese Queer Collection News - 10 December 2025

  On the occasion of the Workshop organized last July to officially launch the Leiden Chinese Queer Collection (LCQC), the National Museum of Taiwan Literature (NMTL) donated 30 titles of Taiwanese LGBTQ+ literature to support this initiative. These works where published between 1971 and 2022 by authors…

• Academic Historical Museum

  Address Academic Historical Museum Academy Building Rapenburg 73 2311 GJ Leiden

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  Elizabeth Rodriguez Estrada PhD candidate

  Faculty of Archaeology

• Special Collections

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  Willem van Wijk Lecturer

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

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  Caroline Fernandes Caromano Researcher

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Lucas da Costa Maciel Postdoc

  Faculty of Archaeology

• Collections

  The UBL develop collections which support the needs of faculty and students of the University.

• 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.

• Japanese and Korean Special Collections

  The special collections from Japan and Korea are located at the central library building at Witte Singel, where it forms a part of the Asian Library.

• Experience the Japan collections

  Old maps, beautifully coloured drawings, early photographs, rare books, and even a genuine love letter. Leiden University Libraries (UBL) holds an important and diverse Japan collection. From January through December 2026, we will organize various public activities around the Japan collections.

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  Laurie Kalb Cosmo University lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

• Cartographic Collections

  In addition to the Bodel Nijenhuis Collection, the map collections of the former library of the Royal Tropical Institute (KIT), and the map collection of the Royal Netherlands Institute of Southeast Asian and Caribbean Studies (KITLV), the collection of Maps and Atlases includes several smaller sub…

• Special Collections

  Special books, drawings, photos and other source material in the UBL collections can be found at the Special Collections department. You can’t borrow these materials, but you can request them via the catalogue and consult them in the library. Planning your first visit to the Special Collections reading…

• Carel’s Universe: Leiden museums depict Carel Stolker’s rectorship News - 22 January 2021

  Ten Leiden museums and heritage institutions have curated the online exhibition ‘Carel’s Universe’. They selected objects from their collections that symbolise retiring Rector Magnificus Carel Stolker and the research in Leiden. With direct references, playful associations and the odd nod and wink.

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  Hoko Horii Assistant professor

  Faculty of Law

• Chinese Special Collections

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

• Southeast Asian Special Collections

  The Southeast Asian Special Collections contain text and audiovisual materials pertaining to the languages, histories, philosophies, religions, literatures, and (material) art of the region. The focus lies on the Malay world, in particular on the Nederlands-Indies/Indonesia. Apart from books and periodicals…

• Asian Special Collections

  The Asian special collections comprise tens of thousands of rare books, thousands of manuscripts, maps, prints, drawings and photographs, and hundreds of archives.

• Accessing Special Collections

  The Special Collections of Leiden University Libraries contain a world-renowned and vast collection of old prints, manuscripts, archives, prints, drawings and photography. Our collections are accessible to Leiden researchers and students, as well as external researchers and other interested parties.

• 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.

• Middle Eastern Special Collections

  The Middle Eastern Special Collections form the nucleus of the entire range of Oriental heritage collections of Leiden University Libraries.

• 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.

• How to use Digital Collections

  Digital Collections contains over 500,000 digitized primary sources, reference works and digital born materials held by Leiden University Libraries. In this repository you will find digital facsimiles of prints, drawings, photographs, maps and archival documents; digital facsimiles of manuscript books…

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  Fang-I Chu

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

• Internship at the Special Collections

  Would you like to work with the Special Collections during your studies?

• Manuscript Facsimiles Collection

  The Special Collections Reading Room houses a collection of 800+ facsimiles of Western manuscripts originating mostly from Medieval Europe. They enable students to consult a 3D version very close to the original manuscripts kept worldwide, especially those with contents or from cultural traditions that…

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  Gabriel Spautz Vieira PhD candidate

  Faculty of Archaeology

• 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…

• Hebrew, Semitic and Armenian Special Collections

  The Library of Leiden University holds c. 550 manuscripts and an extensive collection of rare printed books in Hebrew, Aramaic, Syriac, the languages of Ethiopia, South Arabic, Coptic and Armenian, as well as a collection of rare books on the Jewish World.

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  Anne Land-Zandstra Associate professor

  Faculty of Science

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  Tommy van Avermaete Subject Librarian

  Leiden University Library

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  Stephan Raaijmakers Professor Communicative AI

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Renske Janssen Researcher

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Susanne Roodhuijzen Knowledge Broker

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

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  Hester Bergsma Head of Research Policy & Support Team

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

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  Sybille Lammes Professor New Media and Digital Culture

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Marika Keblusek Associate professor

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Csilla Ariese Researcher

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Mies Grijns Guest postdoc

  Faculty of Law

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  Verena Meyer University lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Mariana De Campos Francozo Associate Professor

  Faculty of Archaeology

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  Gina van Ling Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Ruurd Halbertsma Guest researcher

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Karin de Wild University Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities