LEIDEN, UNIVERSITY OF

at Leiden, the Netherlands; founded 1575 by William the Silent, Prince of Orange. It became a state institution in the 19th cent. It has faculties of theology, law, medicine, science, arts, social science, philosophy, and geography and prehistory.

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Sirach, Scrolls, and Sages: Proceedings of a Second International Symposium on the Hebrew of the Dead Sea Scrolls, Ben Sira, and the Mishnah, Held at Leiden University, 15-17 December 1997
Book by T. Muraoka, J. F. Elwolde; Brill, 1999
Subjects: Bible--O.T--Apocrypha--Ecclesiasticus--Language, Style--Congresses, Dead Sea Scrolls--Congresses, Hebrew Language, Post-Biblical--Congresses, Mishnah--Language, Style--Congresses
...Mishnaic Hebrew held in December 1997 at Leiden University and organized by Prof. T. Muraoka of Leiden and Prof. E. Qimron of Beer Sheva. The...first, held two years before, also in Leiden, and was attended by a greater number of...
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Poets, Patrons, and Professors: Sir Philip Sidney, Daniel Rogers, and the Leiden Humanists
Book by J. A. Van Dorsten; 1962
Subjects: Great Britain--Relations--Netherlands, Humanists, Netherlands--Relations--Great Britain, Rogers, Daniel, Sidney, Philip--Sir--1554-1586
...8 February 1575, the foundation--day of the University of Leiden facing 4 Leiden, Academical Historical Museum. PLATE 2. Drawing...shaking hands with Jan van Hout after the siege of Leiden. Painted by Van Hout in Dousas Album f. 102 v...
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Scholars, Travellers, and Trade: The Pioneer Years of the National Museum of Antiquities in Leiden, 1818-1840
Book by R. B. Halbertsma; Routledge, 2003
...the last part of the history of Leiden University was published by Professor Matthijs...at other possibilities outside Leiden. From the archives it becomes...that the antiquities would leave Leiden. The trustees accepted the alienation...
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The Many Canons of Tibetan Buddhism: Piats 2000 : Tibetan Studies : Proceedings of the Ninth Seminar of the International Association for Tibetan Studies, Leiden 2000
Book by Helmut Eimer, David Germano; Brill, 2002
Subjects: Buddhism--Sacred Books--Congresses, Buddhist Literature, Tibetan--History And Criticism--Congresses, Kanjur--Criticism, Interpretation, Etc--Congresses, Ranicn-Ma-Pa (Sect)--Sacred Books--Congresses, Tanjur--Criticism, Interpretation, Etc--Congresses
...Morgenlandes. 37,2). * * * On the occasion of the 9th Seminar of the International Association for Tibetan Studies, Leiden University, two meetings were concerned with questions of Kanjur and Tanjur history and transmission. In a session dealing...
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Territory and Identity in Tibet and the Himalayas: Piats 2000 : Tibetan Studies : Proceedings of the Ninth Seminar of the International Association for Tibetan Studies, Leiden 2000
Book by Katia Buffetrille, Hildegard Diemberger; Brill, 2002
Subjects: Tibet (China)--Congresses
...then, the Thangmi may have been just that. Acknorvlecl??ement.s I am grateful to the Research School CNWS of Leiden University, the Netherlands, for financial and administrative support. Thanks also to George van Driem, Alan Macfarlane...
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The Hebrew of the Dead Sea Scrools an Ben Sira: Proceedings of a Symposium Held at Leiden University 11-14 December 1995
Journal article by Martin G. Abegg Jr.; Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society, Vol. 42, 1999
...Proceedings of a Symposium Held at Leiden University 11-14 December 1995 by Martin...Proceedings of a Symposium held at Leiden University 11-14 December 1995...and J. F. Elwolde. STDJ 26. Leiden: Brill, 1997, 222 pp., $81...
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The Leiden Legacy: Concepts of Law in Indonesia
Journal article by Mason C. Hoadley; SOJOURN: Journal of Social Issues in Southeast Asia, Vol. 21, 2006
Subjects: Books--Book reviews, The Leiden Legacy: Concepts of Law in Indonesia (Book)--Book reviews
...xvi, 269 pp. The Leiden Legacy is a particularly...within and between Leiden and Utrecht University schools of thought...be the adat of the Leiden legacy, its predecessors...Asian Languages, Lund University, Sweden.
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The Cutting Edge: West Central African 19th Century Throwing Knives in the National Museum of Ethnology, Leiden
Journal article by William J. Dewey; African Arts, Vol. 41, 2008
Subjects: Books--Book reviews, The Cutting Edge: West Central African 19th Century Throwing Knives in the National Museum of Ethnology Leiden (Book)--Book reviews
...By A.M. Schmidt and P. Westerdijk Leiden: National Museum of Ethnology and C...at the National Museum of Ethnology in Leiden, Holland, from January to July of 2007...Dewey WILLIAM J. DEWEY teaches at the University of Tennessee. His work on African metal...
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Young Rembrandt: The Leiden Years, 1606-1632
Journal article by Linda Stone-Ferrier; Renaissance Quarterly, Vol. 60, 2007
Subjects: Books--Book reviews, Young Rembrandt: The Leiden Years, 1606-1632 (Book)--Book reviews
...author, especially on the Leiden years, are quite speculative...Bailly discusses a work by a Leiden artist produced twenty years...subject, young Rembrandt in Leiden, or even his amended subject...production. LINDA STONE-FERRIER University of Kansas
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Arminius on the Assurance of Salvation: The Context, Roots, and Shape of the Leiden Debate, 1603-1609
Journal article by Arnoud Visser; Renaissance Quarterly, Vol. 61, 2008
Subjects: Arminius on the Assurance of Salvation: The Context, Roots, and Shape of the Leiden Debate, 1603-1609 (Book)--Book reviews, Books--Book reviews
...Arminiuss colleagues within the Leiden faculty of theology and to...between Arminius and the other Leiden theologians are his emphasis...in doctrinal analysis of the Leiden theologians. Attention for...scholasticism. ARNOUD VISSER University of St Andrews
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Small Town Boy: We Are Used to Thinking of Rembrandt Van Rijn as Holland's Greatest Painter, Yet as a Young Man He Wasn't Even the Top Artist in the Small Town of Leiden. William Cook Revisits the Master's Early Struggles
Magazine article by William Cook; New Statesman, Vol. 135, April 17, 2006
Subjects: Art exhibitions, Art--Exhibitions, Artists--Works, Rembrandt--Works
...The street plan is the same. Leiden has a population of fewer than...the right time. By 1606, Leiden was the second town of the...quickly recovered. The first university in the Netherlands was founded...industry took a while to reach Leiden) but the Latin School where...
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School of Science
Magazine article by Connie Van Cleef; The Architectural Review, Vol. 205, March 1999
Subjects: Architects--Practice, Architecture, Modern--Design and construction, Egeraat, Erick van--Practice, Laboratories--Design and construction, Leiden University--Buildings, facilities, etc.
...block of laboratories for Leiden University combines dynamic forms...and textural contrasts. Leiden is one of the Netherlands most respected universities, with a reputation for...the historic centre of Leiden, the laboratories now...
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Hortus Conclusus
Magazine article by Connie Van Cleer; The Architectural Review, Vol. 209, January 2001
Subjects: Botanical gardens--Design and construction, Henket, Hubert-Jan--Services, Landscape architects--Services, Landscaping industry--Competitions, Leiden, Netherlands--Civic improvement and public works
...Spanish army in 1573. Leiden -- then the second...to start the first University in the Republic, as...from leading Italian universities, it was decided to...rectify the mess, the University of Leiden organized a limited...180 years ago in the Leiden Hortus Botanicus.
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Evangelical Christianity at University
Magazine article by Charles Foster; Contemporary Review, Vol. 291, Winter 2009
Subjects: Books--Book reviews, Rites of Passage and Student Evangelicals (Nonfiction work)--Book reviews
...undergraduate at Durham University, he was met by a smiling...Aberdeen, Trinidad, Leiden, Oulu in Finland, and at various US universities. The result is this absorbing...overdue study. Going to university is often a rite of passage...best organised in some universities, but demographically significant...extent to which a particular university experience is a rite of...
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In Memoriam: Karel Frederik Liem
Magazine article by Peter Szatmary; Phi Kappa Phi Forum, Vol. 90, Summer 2010
Subjects: Colleges & universities
...Netherlands, Liem earned bachelors and masters degrees from University of Indonesia and a doctorate in zoology from University of Illinois. Early in his career he taught at Leiden University in the Netherlands and then at University of Illinois College...
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BLOOMING LOVELY; Blaze a Trail through Holland, from Historic Leiden to the Dazzling Tulip Fields of Lisse, Says VICTORIA GOOCH
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), April 29, 2009
...through Holland, from Historic Leiden to the Dazzling Tulip Fields...would have been tulips from Leiden, because it is here you should...400 years ago began using the university grounds to cultivate strange...today, the medieval centre of Leiden, just under 20 miles from...
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The Birthday of Her Majesty Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands
Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, April 28, 2005
...Council of State. She began her university studies the same year, at Leiden University. In her first years...was an active member of the Leiden Women Students Association...doctorate from her alma mater, Leiden University. In her acceptance...
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SURVEYS ARE GOOD AND BAD FOR YOU; Every Day Another Lifestyle Survey Comes out. and Every Day It Contradicts Another Survey That's Just Come out. So What Can We Believe? NICK BROWNLEE Presents a Survey of the Surveys and Concludes Only That It's Enough to Drive You Mad!
Newspaper article by Nick Brownlee; The People (London, England), October 17, 1999
...Addiction Centre. And, according to Keele University, a pint of beer is a rich source of silicon...are more likely to be rude, says the University of New South Wales. And a survey by Leiden University in Holland reveals a good belly laugh...
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By Train, Plane or Car, We riskDVT after Just 4 Hours
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), August 22, 2006
Subjects: Automobiles
...with clotting, called factor V Leiden. The risk rose almost tenfold...Dr Suzanne Cannegieter, from Leiden University Medical Centre in the Netherlands...are carriers of the factor V Leiden mutation, or are particularly...
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Her Majesty, Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands Birthday
Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, January 31, 2007
...classics in 1956. Princess Beatrix began her university studies that year at Leiden University. There she attended lectures in sociology...and Brussels. She was an active member of the Leiden Women Students Association. In the summer of...
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Leiden, University Of
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
LEIDEN, UNIVERSITY OF at Leiden, the Netherlands; founded 1575 by William the Silent, Prince...Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia University Press...
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Leiden
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
LEIDEN or Leyden both: li d n...The famous State Univ. of Leiden is there (founded 1575...the 17th and 18th cent. The university is particularly noted for...dates from Roman times, and Leiden has had an important textile...
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John of Leiden
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
JOHN OF LEIDEN c.1509 1536, Dutch Anabaptist...or Buckholdt. John of Leiden was attracted to the extreme...death in the siege, John of Leiden assumed leadership and set...Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission...
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Colleges and Universities
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...powerful. In the Middle Ages, universities were usually begun through...migrations of students from other universities. The migrations were sometimes...France; similarly, the university at Leipzig was founded...national movement. Medieval universities often had many thousands...1365), Uppsala (1477), Leiden (1575), and Moscow...
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Leyden
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
LEYDEN Netherlands: see Leiden . ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.
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