Series

WHAT's NEW?! Spring Lecture Series

WHAT's NEW?! is a lecture series organised by LUCIS and the department of Middle Eastern Studies. The lectures focus on current research on Islam and the Middle East.

Starting on February 8th, a lecture will take place every Thursday at 17:15. Islam and Middle East experts share their fresh insights on topics ranging from the Rohingya persecution to Turkey's political discourse. The lectures are free to join for everyone and are followed by drinks. See you there!

Programme

08 Feb
Lecture | Contemporary History and International Relations Research Seminar (CHIRRS) Muslim World as Geopolitics, Race, and Anti-Colonial Internationalism Cemil Aydin (UNC Chapel Hill)
15 Feb
Leiden Lectures on Arabic Language and Culture (2018) Feelings Matter: Emotions in Medieval Arabic Julia Bray
22 Feb
Lecture Gender, Religion and Kickboxing: The empowerment-paradigm in sport participation Jasmijn Rana
01 Mar
Lecture Godless Imagination of Islam in the Soviet Interwar Posters, 1918-1940 Vladimir Bobrovnikov
08 Mar
Lecture 'Who did this to us': The Discourse on Turkey's Internal and External Enemies Ugur Derin
15 Mar
Lecture Ethnic Cleansing in Myanmar: How Could This Happen? Gerry van Klinken
12 Apr
Lecture Ottoman Masculinities at Stake: Popular Erotic Narratives in Early Twentieth-Century Ottoman Turkish Literature
19 Apr
Lecture Contemporary Modernist Shi'i Reform in India: Notes from Mumbai and Kargil Radhika Gupta
26 Apr
Lecture Islam’s Pre-History: The functions of pre-Islam in Muslim imaginations Peter Webb
03 May
Lecture “Students as suspects?” Counter-Radicalisation in the Education Sector and the Diffusion of Suspicion Francesco Ragazzi