Middle Eastern Studies (research) (MA)
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Dr. J. Bruning
Jelle Bruning is a University Lecturer at the Leiden University Institute for Area Studies. Jelle Bruning specializes in the social and intellectual history of early-Islamic Egypt (ca. 640-1000 CE). He works extensively with documentary sources in Arabic, Coptic, and Greek and contemporary literary texts. View his full profile here.
Prof. dr. L.P.H.M. Buskens
Léon Buskens is an anthropologist studying law and culture in Muslim societies. One of his main research interests is how Muslims shape Islam in everyday life, in relation to other practices and to religious teachings. He has a longstanding interest in Morocco, and has more recently also started to do some research in Indonesia (focusing on Maluku and Papua) for comparative purposes. View his full profile here.
Prof.dr. P.M. Sijpesteijn
Petra Sijpesteijn is professor of Arabic. Her research concentrates on recovering the experiences of Muslims and non-Muslims living under Islamic rule, using the vast stores of radically under-used documents surviving from the early Islamic world. Starting in 2017, she manages an international research project entitled "Embedding Conquest: Naturalising Muslim Rule in the Early Islamic Empire (600-1000)", funded by the European Research Council. View her full profile here.
Dr. Alp Yenen
Alp Yenen is University Lecturer. He works primarily on the political history of modern Turkey and the Middle East. He is specialised on the turn of the 20th century, First World War, Interwar period, and the Cold War period. He also comments and consults on contemporary politics in Turkey. View his full profile here.
Dr. Marina Calculli
Marina Calculli is a university lecturer. Her research sits at the intersection of International Relations, History, Law and Political Theory. She concentrates on Middle East security, political violence, and the role of religious and secular ideas in world politics. View her full profile here.