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254 search results for “archive in historical research” in the Library website

• 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.

• Manuscripts, Archives and Letters

  The Western manuscript, archival and letter collections consist of books and documents written in Latin, Greek and Cyrillic script.

• Online exhibition Borderlands - Ukraine in historical maps News - 16 May 2022

  The war against Ukraine did not start in February 2022, but in the spring of 2014 when Russia suddenly annexed Crimea and supported separatist militias in the Donbas. Last year, president Putin called for a restored geopolitical and spiritual trinity of Greater Russians, Belarusians and Lesser Russians…

• 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…

• Manuscripts, Archives and Letters outside Leiden

• Academic Historical Museum

  Address Academic Historical Museum Academy Building Rapenburg 73 2311 GJ Leiden

• 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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  Laura Llorente Rodriguez Assistant professor

• Archiving email of leading scholars News - 20 June 2017

  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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  Benjamin Suchard Guest researcher

  Faculty of Humanities

• Web-archiving and digital archives: Chinese communities in the Netherlands and Indonesia News - 26 April 2019

  On May 15th, from 15.15 to 17.00 in the Vossiusroom, Leiden University Libraries will host a program on web-archiving and digital archives of Chinese communities in the Netherlands and Indonesia.

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  Marijn van Putten Assistant professor

  Faculty of Humanities

• The Internet Archive takes over foreign dissertations from UBL News - 8 October 2024

  Last month, the UBL announced that it will deselect an extensive collection of foreign dissertations. We are happy to report now that The Internet Archive will be taking over this collection.

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  Pascale Eskes PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

• Donation photo archive of Volkskrant Journalist and Photographer Hans Beynon News - 18 July 2017

  Can you still remember the assassination of Indira Gandhi in 1984, or the Dutch royal state visit to Indonesia in 1971? These are only a few of the dramatic events covered by Hans Beynon, whose archive of 7.000 photos was recently donated to the Leiden University Libraries (UBL) by his family.

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  Milco Wansleeben Lecturer

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  Paul Hudson Associate Professor

  Faculteit Governance and Global Affairs

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  Debora Campos Wanderley Postdoc

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Niels Schoubben Postdoc

  Faculty of Humanities

• Digitized post-medieval western manuscript and archives collection now available in Digital Collections News - 5 October 2020

  Leiden University Libraries (UBL) has digitized more than a thousand individual manuscripts and several complete archives from the post-medieval western manuscript and archives collection and made them available online through Digital Collections. With this, some of the most important archives and masterpieces…

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  Jos Schaeken Interim Vice-dean / Professor of Slavic and Baltic languages and cultural history

  Faculty of Humanities

• South and Southeast Asian Studies

  Overview of databases, reference works and websites for South and Southeast Asian Studies.

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  Hilde Gunnink Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Ingrid Tieken-Boon van Ostade Professor emeritus

  Faculty of Humanities

• Symposium Rediscovered: new technologies on historical artifacts News - 18 October 2018

  Leiden University Libraries (UBL) would like to invite you for the symposium Rediscovered: new technologies on historical artifacts on Friday 16 November, from 10.00-18.00. The symposium will be held in the Vossius room of the UBL at Witte Singel 27.

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  Jan Wim Buisman Guest employee

  Faculty of Humanities

• Memorial Year makes visible the continuing effects of historical slavery News - 1 July 2024

  Research into our history of colonialism and slavery, heart-to-heart conversations at a Keti Koti table, exhibitions, lectures and podcasts that establish the link between present and past. Staff and students participated in the national Slavery Memorial Year in many different ways. What have we learned…

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  Casper van Dijk PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Evelien Walhout Assistant professor

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Bareez Majid Postdoc

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Herman Paul Academic director/ Professor

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Janet Grijzenhout Professor

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Inocêncio Joao Raul Zandamela PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Jiang Wu Postdoc

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Adrien Dadone Postdoc

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Gabe van Beijeren Bergen en Henegouwen Language Skills Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Gijsbert Rutten Professor

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Maarten Kossmann Associate professor

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Manuel Cabal Lopez Assistant professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

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  Jip Barreveld Researcher

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  Alette Jansen PhD-fellow

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

• Historical research shows how Leiden University and city council benefitted from colonialism News - 3 April 2025

  Leiden University contributed to colonialism and slavery through its research and teaching. And governors and residents of Leiden had an active role in colonial networks. These are the findings of two explorative studies presented on 3 April.

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  Linda Tilma Specialist Archive Management

  ASSC

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  Stephanie van Deursen Staff member Archive Management

  ASSC

• Japan Studies: Politics and International Relations

  Overview of reference works, journals and website for research in Politics and International Relations of Japan

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  Hester Groot PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Siavash Rafiee Rad Assistant Professor Persian

  Faculty of Humanities

• Letters

  According to a rough estimate the western manuscripts collections and (private) archives contain some 500,000 letters, of which over 300,000 are catalogued. The letters kept in the University archives are not catalogued; the same holds for most letters kept in the oriental collections. They can be found…

• Newspaper articles (International)

  Leiden’s University Library provides access to a large collection of digital (contemporary) and digitized (historical) newspapers. These newspapers can be found through the library’s catalogue and through the library’s databases. Furthermore, the Dutch National Library offers access to several international…

• Ancient Near East Studies

  Overview of databases, reference works and websites for research in Ancient Near East Studies. Last update: October 2020