News
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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.
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Beyond plastic: why humanities scholars study waste 22 February 2021
In a new series of articles, we explore how the humanities study topics related to sustainability. First up: waste. How and why study waste as a human...
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Ab de Jong new academic director of LIAS: ‘Feels like home’ 19 January 2021
Ab de Jong, professor of Comparative Religion, was appointed as the new the academic director of the Leiden Institute for Area Studies (LIAS) with eff...
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‘It’s a complete stalemate in Belarus’ 07 January 2021
What with coronavirus, the American elections and the Brexit botheration, we had almost forgotten that something miraculous happened in 2020: the repr...
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LIAS alumnus Dr Ruixuan Chen awarded Ernst Waldschmidt Prize 21 December 2020
Dr Ruixuan Chen, an alumnus of the LIAS and now assistant professor in Buddhist Studies at Heidelberg, has been awarded the Ernst Waldschmidt Prize. T...