785 search results for “islam history” in the Staff website
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Jan Just WitkamFaculty of Humanities
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from Leiden make Ted Ed videos: ‘We want to integrate Islamic history into world history’
What are the origins of the Islamic Empire? And what was daily life like there? Two new Ted Ed animations answer these questions in simple language. Arabists Petra Sijpesteijn and Birte Kristiansen explain what the process of developing the videos was like.
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Edmund HayesFaculty of Humanities
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Unique research on inscriptions offers new insights into history Islam
From the very beginning, the Islam has known an oral tradition. It was only two hundred years ago that Muslims starting writing about the history of Islam, on rocks or other hard materials. Arabic epigraphy (study of inscriptions) turns out to be an essential tool in historical genealogy research. Abdullah…
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‘Islam is a constant in Europe’: new Humanities podcast delves into the history of Islam
‘Islam and Muslims are not something that happened to Europe; they are part of Europe. In fact, Islam is one the biggest constants in European history,’ argues Professor Maurits Berger in the new eight-part History of Islam in Europe podcast series of the Leiden University Faculty of Humanities.
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Mahmood KooriadathodiFaculty of Humanities
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Jelle BruningFaculty of Humanities
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John Islam-van KlinkenICT Shared Service Centre
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Ahab BdaiwiFaculty of Humanities
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Arnold MolFaculty of Humanities
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Three questions to Maurits Berger about his new Islam podcast
Maurits Berger's new English-language podcast, Matters of Humanities: History of Islam in Europe covers no fewer than thirteen centuries of history. In eight episodes, professor of Islam and the West Maurits Berger argues that the Islam and Muslims are an important part of European history: ‘That was…
- Daring questions in Islam
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Nico KapteinFaculty of Humanities
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Back to the roots of Shia Islam: ‘We need to get the full picture.'
When discussing the history of Islam, the focus is almost always on the history of the Sunni majority. University Lecturer in the history of Islam, Edmund Hayes wants this to change. His new ERC-funded project , focuses on the development of the early Shia community.
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Sara BolghiranFaculty of Humanities
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Petra SijpesteijnFaculty of Humanities
- Framing Late Antique Religion Lecture Series
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Peter WebbFaculty of Humanities
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Alireza AsghariFaculty of Humanities
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Nathal DessingFaculty of Humanities
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Large grant for research into Islamic non-conformism
In the coming years, Asghar Seyed Gohrab receives an advanced European Research Council grant of two and a half million euros to spend on his research into non-conformism in Islam. ‘Hopefully I can use this to contribute something to society, to pass something on to future generations.’
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Islamic TV in Indonesia: piety or commodity?
In Indonesia, some Muslim preachers are TV stars with massive followings. Syahril Siddik studied how they operate and how their viewers react. On 9 November, he successfully defended his dissertation in Islamic Studies.
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Maurits BergerFaculty of Humanities
- Histories Connected
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Juliette RodingFaculty of Humanities
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Dennie Oude NijhuisFaculty of Humanities
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Marion PluskotaFaculty of Humanities
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Rehanna NurmohamedFaculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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What can Europe learn from Islamic thought?
Islamic banking, freedom of religion, LGBTQ+ acceptance and education are topics that European Muslims find important for their future. These are the results of a survey by Professor of Islam and the West, Maurits Berger. The survey is the starting point of a citizen project in which Berger wants to…
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Helen SteeleFaculty of Humanities
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Jeroen TouwenFaculty of Humanities
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Anita van DisselFaculty of Humanities
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Feminist fatwas of female Islamic scholars
It matters a lot whether a fatwa is given by a female or male Islamic scholar, discovered doctoral student Nor Ismah.
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Verena MeyerFaculty of Humanities
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Rens TacomaFaculty of Humanities
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Leo LucassenFaculty of Humanities
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Marlisa den HartogFaculty of Humanities
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Leonard Blussé van Oud AlblasFaculty of Humanities
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History Institute Council Meeting
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Luuk de LigtFaculty of Humanities
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Marlou SchroverFaculty of Humanities
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Ariadne SchmidtFaculty of Humanities
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‘Islamic primary schools have been important for Muslim emancipation’
The opening of Islamic primary schools has made an important contribution to the emancipation and integration of Muslims in the Netherlands. This is the conclusion of PhD candidate Bahaeddin Budak in his research into 25 years (1988-2013) of Islamic primary schools in the Netherlands. PhD defence on…
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Anais van ErtveldeFaculty of Humanities
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Anne-Isabelle RichardFaculty of Humanities
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May Shaddel BasirFaculty of Humanities
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Randal SheppardFaculty of Humanities
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Tiffany BousardFaculty of Humanities
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Henk KernFaculty of Humanities
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Willem OtterspeerFaculty of Humanities