498 search results for “islamic history” in the Staff website
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Book Launch: Capitalism in Contemporary Iran
Lecture
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This was 2022! An overview of Humanities in the news
After two years of corona restrictions, it was ‘back to normal’ in 2022. Migration, elections, the history of slavery, Russia, and Ukraine were much-discussed topics. We compiled an overview of the most-read news items and other events of the past year.
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The whole world knows the way to the Leiden institute in Morocco
A delegation from Leiden University visited the Netherlands Institute Morocco (NIMAR) in Rabat at the end of February.
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Religiosity and Knowledge in Muslim Context in West Africa: Reconfiguring the Relationship between Boko and Adini
Lecture, LUCIS Keynotes
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ERC Advanced Grant for six Leiden researchers
The European Research Council (ERC) has awarded an Advanced Grant to six Leiden researchers. It awards these significant grants to established principal investigators for ground-breaking, high-risk research.
- Support for earthquake-hit Turkey and Syria
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Check it out: NIMAR contributes to COBRA museum exhibition
This summer, the COBRA Museum will be focusing on Moroccan art. 'The other story' exhibition presents for the first time Moroccan modernism in the Netherlands. The Netherlands Institute Morocco (NIMAR) contributed to its exhibition
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Statement from the Executive board: taking care of one another
The world is currently beset by many problems. The armed conflict and continuing violence in Israel and the Palestinian territories is resulting in numerous casualties. This is giving rise to many emotions and reactions worldwide, and also greatly affecting our own university community. We have seen…
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Freedom: what does it mean?
On 5 May we celebrate freedom, a basic human right that should not be taken for granted. We asked international students and staff what it means to them.
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LUCDH Lunchtime Speaker Series: Colonial Korean Print Shops through Computer Vision
Lecture
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Unknown Past: Leila Murad, the Jewish-Muslim Star of Egypt
Lecture, LUCIS What's New?! Series
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Herstory and the female gaze: event on International Women's Day
Debate
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Vici grants for seven researchers from Leiden University
From research on stellar winds to sign language: an impressive seven researchers from Leiden University will receive a prestigious Vici grant from the Dutch Research Council (NWO).
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Workshop Early Photography of the Middle East - In Contact with Collections
Workshop
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LUCIS Summer School 2022 | Philology and Manuscripts from the Muslim World
Course, LUCIS Summer School
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Call 6th meeting reading group "The Role of Experience"
Course
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Collegecolumn: Waarom onze samenwerking met Indonesië zo belangrijk is
Samen met een groep enthousiaste wetenschappers bezocht ik deze maand verschillende universiteiten en andere kennisinstellingen tijdens een kennismissie in Indonesië.
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Opening exhibition: Silk Road Cities
Exhibition
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Revolutionary Historiography: How Leftist Debated the Historical Sociology of the Ottoman Empire in Cold War Turkey
Lecture, LUCIS What's New?! Series
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Conservation and study of the Pahari collection of drawings and paintings
Lecture, VVIK lecture
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Courage and Disregard
Cleveringa Lecture
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Roundtable: International Relations and the Idea of Merit
Conference, Roundtable
- Worlds to Discover: Manuscripts from the Muslim World
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KNAW subsidy strengthens cooperation between Leiden religious scholars and secondary school teachers
Markus Altena Davidsen was 'extremely happy' when he heard that he and his colleagues had been awarded a grant from the KNAW pilot fund for science communication. Together with partners from all over the country, they are working on a book that should inspire secondary schools to renew their education…
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Peace in the Middle East? Students seek solutions in Peace Academy
Finding solutions to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is the not-inconsiderable task of the new Peace Academy in The Hague. Professor Maurits Berger and twelve students from different conflict zones are starting a creative thinking process that aims to discover the basic conditions for peace in the…
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These were Leiden University’s interdisciplinary milestones of 2023
Connecting worlds, enhancing research and teaching, and providing innovative solutions to complex social issues: that is the idea behind interdisciplinary research. In that respect, a huge amount happened at Leiden University in 2023.
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Ñii Ñu’u - Sacred Skin
Film screening and Q&A
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India in the Making of the Global Esoteric: 1200-2000
Conference
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How to Study a Polymath
Lecture, LUCIS What's New?! Series
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The CHP in local government: Democratic enclaves within authoritarian neoliberalism?
Lecture, Annual Roundtable on Contemporary Research Trends in Turkish Studies 2022
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Dies Natalis all about innovating and connecting
‘We could share our knowledge more with others and apply it more widely,’ said Annetje Ottow, President of the Executive Board, while presenting the new Strategic Plan on the University’s 447th Dies Natalis. The new Strategic Plan therefore focuses on innovating and connecting, among disciplines and…
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Fifty years of teaching and research in Egypt: ‘Visit to Cairo a highlight for students’
The Netherlands-Flemish Institute in Cairo (NVIC) is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. Thousands of students and researchers from eight partner universities in the Netherlands and Flanders have been able to gain valuable experience in Egypt through the institute. Good reason for a celebrat…
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Reading list - our favourite books this summer
Did you also read a lot this summer? We made some real headway on our bookshelves. After all, nothing beats reading a beautiful or thrilling book outside. In this reading list, you'll find our favourite books for the summer of 2022. If you have any suggestions, let us know via Twitter, Facebook or I…
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Gig economy and digital labour in Iran: what space for workers’ rights between public discourses and legal practices?
Lecture, Research Seminar
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Manifesting Minutes and Mapping Cosmographies: Time and Place in Early Modern Deccan
Lecture, Annual Leiden Terra Incognita Lecture
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Global Challenges: The Regime of Lukashenka
Lecture
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Political Symbolism and Conspiracies in Turkish State-Sponsored Historical TV Series: A Case Study of Payitaht Abdulhamid
Lecture, LUCIS What's New?! Series
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Globalizing the Northern Muslim World: the Mongol Exchange and the Horde
Lecture, LUCIS What's New?! Series
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With kind regards: October 2022
Lecture
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Telling Stories: Narrative Traditions from South and Southeast Asia
Roundtable
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LUCDH Lunchtime Speaker Series: What Use are Networks Anyway?
Lecture
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Qahramon Yakubov will be Central Asia Erasmus Fellow in April 2023
Lecture
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The Gulag Legacy - Memory of Stalinism in Today's Russia
Lecture
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With kind regards: 1 November 2022
Lecture
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In the Making #1: Rabih Mroué, Sand in the Eyes
Lecture, Conversation
- LIAS Lunch Talk Series
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Families in Transit: Child-bearing, Child-rearing and Inheritance during Displacement
Conference
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Dies Natalis 2023
University ceremony