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KNAW subsidy strengthens cooperation between Leiden religious scholars and secondary school teachers 11 June 2021
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 co...
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‘Islamic primary schools have been important for Muslim emancipation’ 31 May 2021
The opening of Islamic primary schools has made an important contribution to the emancipation and integration of Muslims in the Netherlands. This is t...
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Mattias Brand awarded Praemium Erasmianum Dissertation Award 2021 20 May 2021
Mattias Brand’s dissertation, The Manichaeans of Kellis: Religion, Community, and Everyday Life (Leiden, 2019) has been selected for one of the five p...
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Sarah Cramsey awarded a KNAW Early Career Partnership 20 May 2021
Dr. Sarah Cramsey, University Lecturer Judaism & Diaspora Studies, has been awarded an Early Career Partnership by the KNAW.
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NWO grant for four humanities projects 18 May 2021
The Dutch Research Council (NWO) has granted four grants to Leiden humanities scholars. They get to spend this money on research on a topic of their c...
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In Memoriam: Wilfred van Soldt (1947-2021) 17 May 2021
We regret to share the news that our colleague, friend, and former professor of Assyriology at Leiden University, passed away on 15 May 2021.
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The Skandapurāṇa Volume V published 17 May 2021
Skandapurāṇa V presents a critical edition of Adhyāyas 92-112 from the Skandapurāṇa, with an introduction and annotated English synopsis.
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Fatiha Azzarhouni: ‘Even during Covid, Ramadan is about fasting' 12 May 2021
Mosques with limited opening hours, fewer family visits and fewer events: for the second time, Ramadan was different due to Covid. Islamologist and de...
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KNAW subsidy for the project ‘Religious studies in secondary education' 12 May 2021
Markus Altena Davidsen and colleagues Michaël van der Meer, Maurits Berger and Kim Beerden received a subsidy from the KNAW-Pilotfund. They will use t...
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Bahar Simsek: ‘Research does not need to be holistic’ 03 May 2021
How does audio-visual material shape the identity of people when those people do not own their own land and are being oppressed? Bahar Simsek delved i...
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ERC Advanced Grant for six Leiden researchers 22 April 2021
The European Research Council (ERC) has awarded an Advanced Grant to six Leiden researchers. It awards these significant grants to established princip...
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Dr. Mattias Brand receives the Gerardus van der Leeuw PhD Dissertation Award 19 April 2021
This March, LUCSoR alumnus Dr. Mattias Brand received the Gerardus van der Leeuw PhD Dissertation Award from the Dutch Association for the Study of Re...
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Are you interested in Morocco? Take a minor in Rabat! 25 March 2021
Students interested in the study of Morocco can enroll in English-taught minor ‘Culture and Society in Morocco’, starting in September at the NIMAR in...
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Leiden’s BA Religious Studies programme ranked #1 in The Netherlands 24 March 2021
The BA Religious Studies programme has been awarded the label 'Topopleiding' (Top Education) in the Keuzegids 2021.
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LUCSoR student perspectives on the Jewish Experience, in podcast form 15 March 2021
In her “Jews and Judaism” lecture class in Fall 2020, Dr. Sarah Cramsey’s students produced 7-minute long podcasts instead of final papers.