Leiden University Centre for the Study of Islam and Society
Panel discussions
At our regular panel discussions we bring together scholars and other experts to discuss a current topic that captures the interest of the general public as well as academics.
2020
| 18 March 2020 | Protests, Neoliberalism, and Authoritarianism: Egypt, Iran, Lebanon, and Morocco | 
| 4 March 2020 | Journalistiek in Irak | 
| 5 February 2020 | Iran: Beyond the Headlines | 
2018
| 2 November 2018 | Gulf Migration: Governing Gulf Labour in a Global Labour Market | 
| 4 June 2018 | The Politics of Siege in the Syrian Conflict | 
2017
| May, September & December 2017 | Exchanges on the Middle East series: 7-8 December | Libya: Prospects for Peace and Reconciliation 14-15 September | Turkey and the Middle East 11-12 May | Heritage for Citizenship in Times of Conflict in cooperation with the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs | 
| 3 May 2017 | Negotiating an Arab-American Identity: Voices of Arab Immigrants in the Past & Present | 
| 27 October 2017 | Trump and the Iran Deal | 
| 18 April 2017 | Libya’s long and troubled transition. A discussion of transitional justice: achievements, failures, and possibilities | 
2016
| 23 September 2016 | Yemen as a Battleground: Shifting Power Dynamics in the Gulf and Beyond | 
| 24 May 2016 | “Polder” jihadis | 
| 21 March 2016 | Iran and the Arab World | 
| 12 February 2016 | Tunisia is the way | 
2015
| 10 September 2015 | Libya: Making a Constitution in Turbulent Times: Expectations, Challenges and Alternatives | 
| 24 April 2015 | Making a Constitution for Libya in cooperation with the VVI | 
2014
| 12 December 2014 | Intervening in the Middle East: Redux? | 
| 19 November 2014 | Q&A session with Aldrik Gierveld, Dutch ambassador to Yemen | Challenging Views on Contemporary Yemen | 
| 24 June 2014 | Muslims in Crimea and Today’s Crisis | 
2013
| 4 December 2013 | A conversation with Samir Morcus, former Coptic advisor of the Egyptian former president Mohammed Morsi | 
| 2 December 2013 | The Islamic Republic of Iran: Victim or Renegade? | 
| 23 September 2013 | The Kashmir conflict | 
| 31 May 2013 | Iraq Ten Years On: From US Occupation to Systemized Sectarianism | 
| 10 April 2013 | Al-Qaeda goes to Africa: the conflict in Mali in focus in cooperation with the Marokko Instituut and the African Studies Centre | 
| 1 March 2013 | A Revolution in Progress: The Case of Egypt | 
2012
| 19 November 2012 | Liberal Islam in Turkey | 
| 17 October 2012 | The Crisis in Mali: Political instability and regional radicalization | 
| 8 June 2012 | Unrest in the Sham: Reflecting on Authoritarianism and Resistance in Syria | 
2010
| 2 June 2010 | Ratio en emotie in het islamdebat: islam in de rechtszaal – bescherming van geloven, of van gelovigen? Debat Maurits Berger en Gerard Spong | 
| 29 April 2010 | Ratio en emotie in het islamdebat: Koraninterpretaties en feiten over de zaak Wilders | vraaggesprek tussen prof.dr. Fred Leemhuis en prof.mr. Jan Michiel Otto | 
| 7 April 2010 | Ratio en emotie in het islamdebat: The Interpretation of the Qur’an’ | an interview with Nasr Abu Zayd | 
| 17 March 2010 | Ratio en emotie in het islamdebat: is er één waarheid over de islam? | 
 
