337 search results for “persian language and culture” in the Library website
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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.
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Fellowships
The fellowship programs support researchers who are interested in doing research using the special collections.
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Honorary doctorates for Belgian virologist Marc van Ranst and German Arabist Beatrice Gründler
Leiden University is awarding an honorary doctorate to virologist Marc van Ranst. Van Ranst has been one of the main advisers of the Belgian government during the Covid pandemic. German Arabist Beatrice Gründler will also receive an honorary doctorate for her work in the field of Oriental Manuscript…
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Judith Naeff
Faculty of Humanities
j.a.naeff@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 70 800 5485
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State Secretary Gräper visits to discuss cultural heritage and opening up collections
How should we address our colonial heritage? And how digital and accessible are our collections? Outgoing State Secretary Fleur Gräper spoke with researchers and heritage specialists about this on 25 January.
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Natalia Donner
Faculty of Humanities
n.r.donner@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 800 950
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Elena Burgos Martinez
Faculty of Humanities
e.e.burgos.martinez@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 5273
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Müge Kinacioglu
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
m.kinacioglu@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 70 800 9500
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Randal Sheppard
Faculty of Humanities
r.c.sheppard@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2656
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Leila Demarest
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
l.demarest@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Sasha Lubotsky
Faculty of Humanities
a.m.lubotsky@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Octogenarian underground poets, political language turned on its head, and more: unofficial poetry from China in Digital Collections
Over 30.000 pages of new material have been added to the online collection of unofficial poetry publications from China in the Leiden Digital Collections. Produced outside the system, these journals and books are hugely influential yet very hard to find. To address this paradox, Leiden University Libraries…
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Gert Oostindie
Faculty of Humanities
g.j.oostindie@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Diederik Smit
Faculty of Humanities
d.e.j.smit@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2705
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Wouter van Beek
Afrika-Studiecentrum
w.e.a.van.beek@asc.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 6641
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Paula Harvey
Faculty of Humanities
p.j.harvey.2@umail.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Liesbeth Minnaard
Faculty of Humanities
e.minnaard@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2358
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Martina Revello Lami
Faculteit Archeologie
m.revello.lami@arch.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1454
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New scholarly monographs in humanities and social sciences available soon in open access
Knowledge Unlatched makes 343 new humanities and social sciences scholarly monographs available in Open Access.
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International Studies
Overview of databases, reference works and websites for research in International Studies
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Journalism and New Media
Overview of databases and reference works for research in journalism and new media.
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Henk te Velde
Faculty of Humanities
h.te.velde@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2697
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Frans Willem Korsten
Faculty of Humanities
f.w.a.korsten@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2196
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Maikel Kuijpers
Faculteit Archeologie
m.h.g.kuijpers@arch.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2386
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Katarzyna Cwiertka
Faculty of Humanities
k.j.cwiertka@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2599
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Karsten Wentink
Faculteit Archeologie
k.wentink.2@arch.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Anne Gerritsen
Faculty of Humanities
a.t.gerritsen@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 4692
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Fan Lin
Faculty of Humanities
f.lin@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2538
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Yasco Horsman
Faculty of Humanities
y.horsman@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2777
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Erik Danen
Science
e.danen@lacdr.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 4486
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Márcia Gonçalves
Faculty of Humanities
m.a.goncalves@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2946
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Earliest Middle Eastern Manuscript Collections in Leiden Now Available in Open Access
Several of the most important manuscript collections in the Leiden University Libraries (UBL) Special Collections, comprising 443 extremely rare and often unique volumes, have been made available in Open Access via Digital Collections. The available manuscript collections include the private collections…
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Digitised Leiden Middle Eastern collections available in Digital Collections
More than 2000 objects from the Middle Eastern collection at Leiden University Libraries (UBL) have been made available online through Digital Collections. These collections mostly consist of written works in Arabic, Persian, Turkish, Hebrew, Aramaic, and Syriac, but also contain printed works and the…
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Lecture series Treasures from the Middle Eastern Manuscript Collections and their Wealth of Knowledge
Persian stories with beautiful miniatures, letters on papyrus from Egyptian traders and medicinal manuscripts translated from Greek and edited in Arabic. Studium Generale organizes a lecture series on the world-famous manuscripts from the Middle East collection of Leiden University Libraries (UBL).…
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Uncatalogued materials from the Middle East now available through Leiden University Libraries’ catalogue
A collection of uncatalogued books from the Middle East is now available through the Leiden University Libraries’ (UBL) catalogue. The collection contains over 12,000 books mainly written in Arabic, but also in multiple other languages from the Middle East, North Africa and Central Asia, including Persian,…
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Research suggestions
The research suggestions below may be suitable for a bachelor's or master's thesis or can be used as additional source material in ongoing research.
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Latin American Studies
Overview of databases, reference works and websites for research in Latin American Studies
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Russian and Eurasian Studies
Overview of databases, reference works and websites for Research in Russian and Eurasian Studies
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Modern Arabic titles in catalogue searchable in Arabic script
Modern Arabic titles in the catalogue of Leiden University Libraries (UBL) can now also be consulted in original Arabic script. Taking away the need to transliterate titles, has made searching for Arabic source materials in the catalogue much easier and more efficient for users.
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Already hundred course reserves requested
Since the UBL introduced a new and improved service for requesting course reserves last summer, many lecturers have used the new service. Today, the UBL processed the hundredth application of a course reserve for Casper de Jonge, university lecturer in Greek Language and Culture at the Faculty of Humanities,…
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Which MPs have Leiden roots?
Twenty-two of the 150 newly elected members of the Dutch House of Representatives studied at Leiden University or did their PhD research here. But who are they and which degrees are most popular?
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Announcement of Scaliger Institute Research Fellowship Winners (1st round)
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 many applications this year from…
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Katharina Riebel
Science
k.riebel@biology.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 5149
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Bente de Leede
Faculty of Humanities
b.m.de.leede@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1646
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Céline Zaepffel
Faculty of Humanities
c.v.zaepffel@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2050
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Film and Literary Studies
Overview of databases, reference works and websites for research in Film and Literary Studies
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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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Van de Sande Fellowship
The Van de Sande Fellow conducts research in the Special Collections of Leiden University Libraries, preferably in one of the areas of interest of the Van de Sande Foundation: the history of pharmacy, botany, medicine. In exceptional cases the fellowship is also available to researchers in the field…
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Drewes Fellowship
The G.W.J. Drewes Fund was invoked to celebrate the transfer of the scholarly legacy of Professor Drewes to the UBL and to mark the opening of the Asia Library in the University Library at the Witte Singel. The fund provides financial support to one or more fellowships at the Scaliger Institute. The…