1,191 search results for “middle area” in the Public website
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Institute for Area Studies: Asia & the Middle East
The Leiden University Institute for Area Studies (LIAS) is devoted to the study of places in the human world from antiquity to the present time in a comparative and interdisciplinary perspective.
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Deniz Tat
Faculty of Humanities
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Onur Ada
Faculty of Humanities
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Omer Kocyigit
Faculty of Humanities
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Ugur Derin
Faculty of Humanities
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Erik-jan Zurcher
Faculty of Humanities
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Middle East
Leiden’s expertise on the Middle East spans from ancient history to contemporary tensions in the region. By studying languages, cultures, religions, literature, art, and philosophy in in conjunction, we create an indispensable, in-depth understanding.
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Historiography and palaeography of Sasanian Middle Persian inscriptions
On Tuesday 11 June 2024 Olivia Ramble successfully defended a doctoral thesis and graduated.
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Middle Eastern Studies (research) (MA)
Designed for high-achieving students, Leiden University's master's in Middle Eastern Studies (Research) offers you unmatched resources and expertise.
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Middle Eastern Studies (BA)
Do you want to discover a language and culture that is completely different from the Netherlands? In the Bachelor's programme Middle Eastern Studies you will study the connections between the different cultures in the Middle-East in the past and present. You will be able to choose from the languages…
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Middle Eastern Studies (MA)
Leiden University’s Master’s in Middle Eastern Studies programme is a one-year, full-time Master’s programme that is taught completely in English. Building on a tradition of more than four centuries of studying the Middle East, we offer highly relevant and up to date insights into a wide variety of…
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Middle Eastern Studies (MA)
Are you thinking about studying Middle Eastern Studies? Learn more and watch the programme presentation.
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Understanding Contemporary Islamic Crises in the Middle East
The Issues beneath the Surface
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Middle East Studies
Since 2017, NVIC offers an interdisciplinary semester in Middle East Studies for students of Dutch and Flemish universities, primarily in the fields of International Studies. Half the semester (15 ects) is devoted to Arabic language acquisition, both Modern Standard Arabic and Egyptian Colloquial…
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Belgian Middle Egypt Prehistoric Project
This research project of the Catholic University of Leuven was created in 1976 by Professor Dr Pierre Vermeersch, who assumed its direction until 2003. The present director is Professor Dr Philip Van Peer.
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Modern Middle Eastern Studies (BA)
Do you want to discover a language and culture that is completely different from the Netherlands?
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Middle Eastern Studies (Research MA)
Are you thinking about studying Middle Eastern Studies (Research MA)? Learn more and watch the programme presentation.
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Middle Eastern Library in Leiden
Leiden University Libraries is building a Middle Eastern Library. Learn all about our collections, news, events and the building process.
- Middle East & North Africa
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Leiden Institute for Area Studies
To truly understand complex regions such as the Middle East and Asia, you have to know their culture, history and local societies inside out. Driven by curiosity for other cultures, the Leiden University Institute for Area Studies (LIAS) provides an understanding and analysis of current and historical…
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The Middle Palaeolithic Occupation of Europe
Faculty of Archaeology, University of Leiden
- Workshops @ Middle Eastern Culture Market 2019
- Poetry @ Middle Eastern Culture Market 2019
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The social brain in middle childhood
A neurobiological perspective on individual differences in social competence
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Petra de Bruijn
Faculty of Humanities
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Recalibrating India’s Middle East Policy
After an initial suggestion of a move toward Israel, India’s Prime Minister Modi has signaled a significant recalibration of his government’s engagement with the Middle East region. Now, India seems to be prioritising strong ties with the Gulf states.
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Visual Revolutions in the Middle East
Special Issue in: Visual Anthropology, Volume 29, Issue 3, 2016
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Framing the Conquest: Bactrian local rulers and Arab muslim domination of Bactria (31-128 AH/651-746 CE)
On Thursday 28 March 2024 Said Reza Huseini successfully defended a doctoral thesis and graduated.
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Publications about the Middle Eastern collection
An overview of our exhibition catalogues and research monographs on the Middle Eastern collections.
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Jiequan Yong
Faculteit Archeologie
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Zahra Azhar
Faculty of Humanities
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Interpreting lithic raw material variability in Middle Palaeolithic contexts
A modeling approach with applications to the Bau de l'Aubesier (Southeastern France)
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The Early and Middle Pleistocene Archaeological Record of Greece
Current status and future prospects
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Roman Provinces, Middle Ages and Modern Period
The conquest by Rome brought profound changes to large parts of Europe. Unprecedented infrastructural works were created, towns sprang up, a ribbon of fortresses was laid out along the frontiers.
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Sonic peripheries : middling with/in the event
The basic concern that informs every part of the research is in wonder of what happens when sound happens as an aesthetic force. The emphasis of each query lies on the active occasion, the radical empiricism, the moment of encounter, how the sonic event comes to pass as aesthetic force.
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Christian Missions and Humanitarianism in The Middle East, 1850-1950 - Ideologies, Rhetoric, and Practices
This anthology contributes to a historically grounded understanding of the complex relationship between Christian missions and the roots of humanitarianism and its contemporary uses in a Middle Eastern context.
- Frequently Asked Questions about the Middle Eastern Library
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Lidewij van de Peut
Faculty of Humanities
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in the Arab World: European missionaries and humanitarianism in the Middle East (1850-1970)
From the mid-19th century until the 1970’s, the Middle East witnessed the presence of various European missionaries who played a fundamental role in the birth and the development of humanitarianism. Since these Christian missionaries were well integrated in the local Middle Eastern societies via their…
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Understanding Medieval Latin with the Help of Middle Dutch
Magistri Symonis (?) Questiones secunde partis Doctrinalis Alexandri de Villa Dei First Critical Edition from the Manuscript with Introduction, Appendices and Indexes
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The Early Upper Palaeolithic of the Middle Danube Region
The Early Upper Palaeolithic (EUP) record throughout Europe is characterized by major changes in human behaviour.
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Only the dead can tell us: on ancestor worship, law, social status and gender norms in Ancient Egypt
On Wednesday 3 July 2024 Renata Schiavo successfully defended a doctoral thesis and graduated.
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Studies in the aklu Documents of the Middle Babylonian Period
Nobuaki Murai defended his thesis on 24 January 2018.
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Mubarika Nugraheni
Faculty of Humanities
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Hélène Nut
Faculty of Humanities
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Sarah Holma
Faculty of Humanities
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Al Al Farabi
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Focal Areas
Our research at CWTS is organized in three focal areas. These focal areas represent our core areas of interest, as defined in our knowledge agenda for the period 2023-2028.
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Work areas
We present our plans on five work areas: Students, Inclusive Education, Staff, Research, and Accessible and Inclusive Learning and Working Environment. For each work area, we explain which topics are relevant and what policy measures we (plan to) take.
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The Teaching of Khety and Its Use as an Educational Tool in Ancient Egypt
On Wednesday 23 October 2024 Judith Jurjens successfully defended a doctoral thesis and graduated.