4,430 search results for “modern middle eastern studies” in the Public website
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Medieval and Early Modern Studies (c. 600-1800)
This research cluster explores processes of cultural creation, reception and transformation within a wide range of societal contexts from the early Middle Ages until c. 1800.
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Neanderthals and modern humans
This project focuses on the study of Neanderthal and early modern human behavior, primarily on the basis of stone tools, fauna and spatial patterns
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Banner exhibition graphic works of Harry van Kruiningen about the Epic of Gilgamesh
The Epic of Gilgamesh was a lifelong inspiration to artist Harry van Kruiningen. This tale from Mesopotamia about the adventures of Gilgamesh, the legendary king of Uruk, and his friend Enkidu is one of the oldest surviving epics in world literature. Despite its almost 4,000 year age, it still captures…
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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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Christian Henderson
Faculty of Humanities
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Ugur Derin
Faculty of Humanities
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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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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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Memory in Early Modern Europe 1500 - 1800
For early modern Europeans, the past was a measure of most things, good and bad. For that reason it was also hotly contested, manipulated, and far too important to be left to historians alone.
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Late Ceramic Age Societies in the Eastern Caribbean
Introduction
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Peter Webb
Faculty of Humanities
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Frontiers of the Roman Empire: The Eastern Frontiers
This volume considers the military architecture and its impact on local communities in Rome's eastern frontier, which stretched from the north-east shore of the Black Sea to the Red Sea.
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Alignment in Eastern Neo-Aramaic Languages from a Typological Perspective
On October 31st, Paul Noorlander succesfully defended his doctoral thesis and graduated. The Leiden University Centre for Linguistics congratulates Paul on this great result.
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Erik-jan Zurcher
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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Studies in the aklu Documents of the Middle Babylonian Period
Nobuaki Murai defended his thesis on 24 January 2018.
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Linguistic and Cultural Diversity in Morocco
In the spring semester, NIMAR offers university and HBO students a 30 EC program where students can choose between an intensive Arabic program focusing on Modern Standard Arabic and Moroccan Arabic or a research-focused program in which you conduct ethnographic research.
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Modern and Contemporary Studies (1800−Present)
This research cluster centres on regional, national, and global intersections between a variety of artistic and cultural expressions and their role in society from 1800 onwards.
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Precarious Modernities
Assembling State, Space and Society on the Urban Margins in Morocco
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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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Scores of visitors attend open evening at new Middle Eastern Library
Over 200 people paid their first visit to the new Middle Eastern Library on a special open evening. As well as exploring the library, they got to see exhibitions, speed lectures and premieres about Leiden University’s Middle Eastern collections.
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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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The Early and Middle Pleistocene Archaeological Record of Greece
Current status and future prospects
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Tsolin Nalbantian
Faculty of Humanities
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EMStaD YEMEN: Early Modern State Development in Yemen
How do early modern states organize effective rule in difficult conditions? EMStaD YEMEN focuses on a country that due to its geographical, religious and social complexities is now considered a failed state – Yemen.
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The social brain in middle childhood
A neurobiological perspective on individual differences in social competence
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Women’s Involvement in the Leftist Guerrilla Movements in Iran and Turkey during the 1960s and 1970s
This project compares and contrasts how and why several Turkish and Iranian women were compelled to participate in leftist guerilla movements in the 1960s and 1970s.
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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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A History of Modern Political Thought in East Central Europe Volume I, Negotiating Modernity in the 'Long Nineteenth Century'
A History of Modern Political Thought in East Central Europe is a two-volume project, authored by an international team of researchers, and offering the first-ever synthetic overview of the history of modern political thought in East Central Europe.
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Visual Revolutions in the Middle East
Special Issue in: Visual Anthropology, Volume 29, Issue 3, 2016
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Petra Sijpesteijn
Faculty of Humanities
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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.
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Asian Modernities and Traditions
The research profile ‘Asian Modernities and Traditions’ (AMT) aims to raise the strength and visibility of research, teaching and dissemination on Asian studies at Leiden University.
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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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Modern Dutch Literature (MA)
During the master’s programme in Modern Dutch Literature at Leiden University you will learn to scientifically analyse literary texts, as well as other Dutch cultural texts, such as those found in hiphop songs and diaries.
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Modern Languages (MA)
In the specialisation in Modern Languages you will explore the structure, acquisition, history and use of one or more of these five languages in depth: Chinese, English, French, German and/or Italian.
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Modern European Philosophy (MA)
The master's programme in Modern European Philosophy at Leiden University focuses on the philosophical reflection on human nature and culture, both from a systematic and a historical perspective.
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Early Modernity Matters
This research network aims to promote cross-regional collaboration in the field of cultural history in early modern Asia at the intersections of visual, material, textual and aural culture.
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Christian missions and societies in the Middle East: organizations, identities, heritagization (XIXth-XXIth centuries)
The project re-examines the role of the Catholic, Protestant and Orthodox missionaries in the cultural and social developments of the Middle East and their interactions with the indigenous communities, from the nineteenth century until today. It seeks to discover and retrace such ‘entangled histories’…
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Early modern comparative ethnography
The ‘Locke drawings’ collection and the representation of Brazilian native peoples in global perspective
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Modern Drug Discovery
How are new drugs developed? This question is central to the Minor Modern Drug Discovery (MDD), which covers the entire trajectory from disease to drug molecule and vice versa. The various research groups involved offer a complementary and interdisciplinary perspective by connecting the diverse subjects…
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Frontiers of Modern Physics
This is the physics summer school of Leiden University. It is part of the Leiden Institute of Physics (LION). The summer school is intended for Bachelor (BSc) students in physics. It covers topics from quantum matter and optics, to biological & soft matter physics and cosmology and theoretical physics.…
- What's New?! Fall Lecture Series 2021
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Multidisciplinary studies or the Middle Paleolithic record from Neumark-Nord (Germany)
Band 69 | 2014
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Jiequan Yong
Faculteit Archeologie
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Egypt and the Eastern Mediterranean World: From Constantinople to Baghdad, 500-1000 CE
During the period 500–1000 CE Egypt was successively part of the Byzantine, Persian and Islamic empires. All kinds of events, developments and processes occurred that would greatly affect its history and that of the eastern Mediterranean in general. This is the first volume to map Egypt's position in…