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The reception of Hafiz / druk 1

the sweet poetic language of Hafiz in nineteenth and twentieth century persia

|| Paperback || Bahman Solati || Leiden University Press

"For us non-Iranian readers of Hafiz's 14th-century ghazal poems, Iranian

attitudes toward the premier lyric poet in the 1,000-year history of Persian

literature, are almost as intriguing as Hafiz's poetry itself. First is the

inclination of Iranian readers to find deep, spiritual meaning in that poetry.

Second is their personal identification with what they perceive as Hafiz's

philosophy. Third is their linking of Iranian cultural identity with Hafiz's life and works to the point where some educa...

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Philippine Confluence

Iberian, Chinese and Islamic Currents, c. 1500-1800

2020 || Paperback || Jos Gommans e.a. || Leiden University Press

Situated at the crossroads of the Indian and Pacific Oceans, the Spanish Philippines offer historians an intriguing middle ground of connected histories that raises fundamental new questions about conventional ethnic, regional and religious identities. This volume adds a new global perspective to the history of the Philippines by juxtaposing Iberian, Chinese and Islamic perspectives. By navigating various underexplored archival resources, senior and junior scholars from Asia, Europe and the A...

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Atlas of Material Life

Northwestern Europe and East Asia, 15th to 19th century

2020 || Paperback || Peer Vries e.a. || Leiden University Press || met inkijkexemplaar

Large-scale comparative economic history of westernmost and easternmost Eurasia is of importance for the understanding of global history. The book provides a description of material life in North-western Europe and East Asia, for the period from the late fifteenth to the late nineteenth centuries, with a focus on developments in Great Britain and the Dutch Republic on the one hand and China and Japan on the other hand. Like an atlas it provides information, in an accessible format, on the mai...

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Losing Our Minds, Coming to Our Senses

Sensory Readings of Persian Literature and Culture

2021 || Paperback || M. Mehdi Khorrami e.a. || Leiden University Press || met inkijkexemplaar

By bringing sensory studies to the study of Persian literature and culture, 'Losing Our Minds, Coming to Our Senses: Sensory Readings of Persian Literature and Culture' inaugurates a new chapter for Iranian and Persian studies. This volume offers a diverse set of readings across periods, genres and forms throughout Persian literary history, demonstrating the value of sensory studies as an approach to Persian cultural production, literary or otherwise. The book’s chapters conceptualize senso...

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Middle High German Legends in English Translation

2021 || Hardcover || Jef Jacobs e.a. || Leiden University Press || met inkijkexemplaar

This book contains five legends from the German Middle Ages, presented in the Middle High German source language, with a modern English translation. These include the narratives of Veronica, Vespasian, Theophilus, Mary Magdalene and the miraculous history of the True Cross. Thisoutstanding and timely translation of these Middle High German texts will make them more accessible to an English speaking academic community.

The introduction provides an overview of Germanic legend research, discusses...

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Animals In Dutch Travel Writing

1800-Present

2023 || Hardcover || Rick Honings e.a. || Leiden University Press

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Automating Governance in China?

Data-Driven Systems in the Scoring Society

2025 || Hardcover || Haiqing Yu e.a. || Leiden University Press

This book considers the interplay between the affordances of technologies, the experiences and processes of technological systems, and the process of learning and adaptation by state actors as part of governance reform in China. It offers detailed studies of specific projects and applications that are automated or quasi-automated in organising and governing social, economic, and cultural lives in the world’s largest techno-authoritarian regime. Written by scholars from six countries across ...

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Archeological Studies Leiden University Pots, Farmers and Foragers

how pottery traditions shed a light on social interaction in the earliest Neolithic of the Lower Rhine Area

2010 || Paperback || B. Vanmontfort e.a. || Leiden University Press

In 'Pots, Farmers and Foragers' leveren de bijdragen van 24 Europese wetenschappers het bewijs voor een nieuwe synthese van de complexe interactie tussen de samenlevingen in het westelijk deel van de Noord-Europese Vlakte tijdens het vroege Neolotisch.

In de studie naar de eerste fase van neolitisering speelt aardewerk een sleutelrol. De meest ontwikkelde noord-westelijke nederzetting in de uitbreiding van de Centraal-Europese lineaire aardewerkcultuur tijdens de tweede helft van het zesde mil...

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A key to the treasure of the Hakim / druk 1

artistics and humanistic aspects of Nizami Ganjavi's Khamsa

2011 || Paperback || Johann-Christoph Bürgel e.a. || Leiden University Press

Deze "sleutel" om de 'Khamsa' te ontsluiten bestaat uit dertien essays door specialisten op het gebied van Perzische Studies. Elk essay richt zich op een ander aspect van de 'Khamsa', een verzameling van vijf lange gedichten geschreven door de Perzische dichter Nizami van Ganja.

Nizami (1141-1209) woonde en werkte in Ganja, in het huidige Azerbeidzjan. Hij wordt algemeen erkend als een van de belangrijkste dichters van het middeleeuwse Perzië. Hij schreef poëzie op het breukvlak mystiek, ro...

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Writing in context / druk 1

insular manuscript culture 500-1200

|| Paperback || Erik Kwakkel || Leiden University Press

Dit boek bevat zes studies geschreven door prominente onderzoekers van het insulaire boek. De leidraad wordt gevormd door het handschrift als fysiek object, hoewel er ook aandacht is voor schrift op en in andere objecten.

Verschillende aspecten van de Engelse schriftcultuur van voor 1200 komen aan de orde: van de layout in de Angelsaksische oorkonden (Kathryn Lowe) tot de overgang van Angelsaksische naar een Normandische-Geinspireerde schriftstijl (Teresa Webber). Twee hoofdstukken presenter...