567 search results for “africa in the world” in the Library website
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Mayke KaagAfrika-Studiecentrum
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Chibuike UcheAfrika-Studiecentrum
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Victoria NystAfrika-Studiecentrum
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Nancy KulaFaculty of Humanities
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Maarten MousFaculty of Humanities
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Carmen van den BerghFaculty of Humanities
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(re)Mapping Africa: Colonial cartography collection soon ready for search
Describing almost 1400 maps of Africa in three months. It’s no small task that student assistants Artemis Mantheakis and Beatriz Veiga have been working on within the joint ASCL-UBL Africa Maps Project. The project’s aim is to describe and catalogue a 20th-century map collection of the library of the…
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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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Lettie DorstFaculty of Humanities
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Matthijs WesteraFaculty of Humanities
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Eric CezneAfrika-Studiecentrum
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Rogier CreemersFaculty of Humanities
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Former president South-Africa visits Campus The Hague
Former President Kgalema Motlanthe of South Africa gave a public lecture on Campus The Hague on 7 July. His story was about the economic transformation of Africa.
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Klaas van WalravenAfrika-Studiecentrum
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Irini Sifogeorgakis -
Petra de BruijnFaculty of Humanities
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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.
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Florian Schneider
Faculty of Humanities
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Esther Op de BeekFaculty of Humanities
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Petra SijpesteijnFaculty of Humanities
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Sander TetterooFaculty of Humanities
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Jan-Bart GewaldAfrika-Studiecentrum
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Stefano BellucciFaculty of Humanities
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Robert RossFaculty of Humanities
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The 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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Caroline ArchambaultFaculteit Governance and Global Affairs
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Steven DenneyFaculty of Humanities
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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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Timo McGregorFaculty of Humanities
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Costanza FranceschiniFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Miriam WaltzFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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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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Sara de WitFaculty of Humanities
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Densua MumfordFaculteit Governance and Global Affairs
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Gerald AchoFaculteit Governance and Global Affairs
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Pouwel van SchootenFaculty of Humanities
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Sanayi MarcellineFaculty of Humanities
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Louie Buana
Faculty of Humanities
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Henk Zoomers
Faculty of Humanities
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Eddie Meijer
Faculty of Humanities
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Willem de VriesFaculty of Humanities
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Sulakshana de Mel
Faculty of Humanities
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Rishuai ChenAfrika-Studiecentrum
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Peter PelsFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Marleen DekkerAfrika-Studiecentrum
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Tycho van der Hoog