253 search results for “middle eastern literary” in the Library website
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Donation of early twentieth-century glass negatives and prints from the Arabian Peninsula
On Thursday 11 November, Jan Jaap Hooft and Marjon Hooft donated a special collection of glass negatives and photographic prints from the Arabian Peninsula to Leiden University Libraries (UBL). The collection is part of the estate of their grandfather Jan Albert Hooft (1883-1972). Hooft held a position…
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New in the Leiden collections: the Amsterdam Yemen Library
The collections of Leiden University Libraries (UBL) have been enriched with the Maktabat al-Yaman al-Amstirdāmīyah, or Amsterdam Yemen Library. This collection, which exists of about a thousand books, journals and maps, is the largest coherent Yemen collection in The Netherlands and was brought together…
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Esther EdelmannFaculty of Humanities
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Jacobine Melis -
Lettie DorstFaculty of Humanities
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Searching for book reviews
Book reviews give you a quick overview of the main arguments, quality and structure of a book.
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Opening hours
An overview of all Leiden University Libraries' opening hours
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Ernst van AlphenFaculty of Humanities
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Nadine AkkermanFaculty of Humanities
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Leiden University Libraries participates in international research project Mediating Islam in the Digital Age
An international consortium of research institutes, universities and non-academic partners in six European countries, including Leiden University, has been awarded with a research grant from ERC Marie Curie ITN for the project Mediating Islam in the Digital Age (MIDA). On behalf of Leiden University…
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Bo WangFaculty of Humanities
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Yunnan YeFaculty of Humanities
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Religious Studies
Overview of databases, reference works and websites for research in religious studies.
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Art & Art History
Overview of databases, reference works and websites for research in Art & Art History
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Archaeology
Overview of databases and reference works for research in Archaeology.
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Fellowships
The fellowship programs support researchers who are interested in doing research using the special collections.
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Dorine SchellensFaculty of Humanities
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Paul SmithFaculty of Humanities
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Prior Fellows
Overview of the Scaliger, Brill, Elsevier, Van de Sande, Juynboll, Drewes, Isaac Alfred Ailion, Arminius, Van Gulik and Lingling Wiyadharma Fellows who have conducted research in the Special Collections of the University Library.
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Linguistics
Overview of databases, reference works and websites for research in Linguistics
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Goran BouazizFaculty of Humanities
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Lotte FikkersFaculty of Humanities
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Astrid Van WeyenbergFaculty of Humanities
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Jori SnelsFaculty of Humanities
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Subject Librarians and Medical Information Specialists
UBL has assigned a Subject Librarian or Medical Information Specialist to each department and program who provides in-depth assistance for researchers and teachers
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Announcement of Scaliger Institute research fellowship winners
With support of several companies, including Brill Publishers, Elsevier and private foundations, Leiden University Libraries (UBL) and the Scaliger Institute welcome around 15 to 20 Fellows and guest per year to consult and examine material in the Special Collections. The Scaliger Institute received…
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Swargajyoti GohainFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Amit KurienFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Noortje van SwietenFaculty of Humanities
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Maurits BergerFaculty of Humanities
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Announcement of Scaliger Institute Research Fellowship Winners
With support of several publishers and private foundations, Leiden University Libraries (UBL) and the Scaliger Institute welcome around 15 to 20 Fellows and guests per year to consult and research materials from our Special Collections. The Scaliger Institute received applications this year from domestic…
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Youssef CherifFaculty of Humanities
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Medieval manuscripts available in Digital Collections
Leiden University Libraries (UBL) has made more than five hundred medieval handwritten text sources available online via Digital Collections. This makes a third of her collection of Western medieval manuscripts – one of the largest and the most important in the Netherlands – available in high resolution…
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Exhibition photographic oeuvre of world traveller Alexine Tinne
In collaboration with the The Hague Historical Museum and photographer Dagmar van Weeghel, Leiden University Libraries (UBL) is the first to present a retrospective exhibition of the photographic oeuvre of Alexine Tinne (1835 – 1869). New research into her life and work is the reason for a reappraisal…
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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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Donation for digitisation of Leiden Hebrew manuscripts
Leiden University Libraries (UBL) has received considerable funding from the National Library of Israel (NLI) and the Friedberg Jewish Manuscript Society (FJMS) for the digitisation of a collection of 166 Hebrew manuscripts. The digitised manuscripts will be made available to the public in the course…
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Maria BoletsiFaculty of Humanities
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Carmen van den BerghFaculty of Humanities
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Tingting HuiFaculty of Humanities
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Bram IevenFaculty of Humanities
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Michael NewtonFaculty of Humanities
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Mitchell van VurenFaculty of Humanities
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Thijs WittyFaculty of Humanities