Projects
- Clusius project
- Since 2004, the research project into Leiden botanist Carolus Clusius (1526-1609) has been sponsored by the Scaliger Institute. This is a collaboration of several researchers and departments within Leiden University and other (European) universities.
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- Scaliger correspondence
- Project regarding an important Leiden humanist correspondence: the exchange of letters of Josephus Justus Scaliger (1540-1609).
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- Lipsius correspondence
- Project regarding an important Leiden humanist correspondence: the exchange of letters of Justus Lipsius (1547-1606).
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- Modernism in theology
- The collections of Leiden University library contain a large number of pamphlets and small pieces of writing which discuss Modernism in theology at the end of the 19th and start of the 20th century.
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- Sacred books
- The coming years, the Scaliger Institute wil organise a number of activities on the topic Sacred books.
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- The arts of learning
- The programme Sources of Knowledge is a co-ordinating theme by means of which the Scaliger Institute aims to increase the coherence of research and teaching around the Special Collections.
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