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'Especially now, in-depth knowledge about Judaism and Jewish history is important' 27 November 2023The newly established Leiden Jewish Studies Association aims to bring together Leiden scholars working on Judaism. The first annual conference will ta...
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Professor bids farewell with roadshow in Indonesia: 'One big celebration of recognition' 12 October 2023Whereas most outgoing professors are offered a congress, Nico Kaptein's former students and PhD students took a bigger approach. They treated him not ...
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Bas van Rijn defends PhD dissertation on afterlife research 22 September 2023On 22 September, LUCSoR alumnus Bas van Rijn successfully defended his PhD dissertation entitled “The Experimental Culture of Afterlife Research: Atte...
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Four Comenius teaching awards for Leiden lecturers 27 June 2023Two lecturers from Leiden University have received a Comenius teaching award of 100,000 euros as part of the Senior Fellows programme. And a further t...
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Markus Davidsen: 'We need to implement ideas that improve an entire programme' 23 February 2023Three Humanities lecturers received the Senior Teaching Qualification (SKO) this year. University lecturer Markus Davidsen is one of them. What does h...
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Six top-rated programmes at Humanities 24 November 2022Six programmes in the Faculty of Humanities have been awarded the designation 'top programme' by the Keuzegids. These are the bachelor’s in German Lan...
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Sarah Cramsey appointed professor: ‘I want to uncover the underrepresented stories in history’ 08 November 2022Sarah Cramsey was appointed professor by special appointment of Central European Studies at the Institute of History on 14 September. 'I am keen to in...
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Lara Offermans and Marijn Bethlehem win the LUCSoR thesis prizes (2019-2021) 31 October 2022The Leiden University Centre for the Study of Religion (LUCSoR) and the Beheerstichting Theologische Fondsen hand out two thesis prizes each year, one...
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What can Europe learn from Islamic thought? 22 July 2022Islamic banking, freedom of religion, LGBTQ+ acceptance and education are topics that European Muslims find important for their future. These are the ...
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How do European Muslims see their future? 30 May 2022Professor of Islam and the West Maurits Berger wants to use citizen science to answer this question. On the futureofislam.eu website, he is inviting E...
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European grant for research into Indian scriptures: ‘This is what our understanding of Hinduism is based on’ 26 April 2022Professor Peter Bisschop has been awarded an ERC Advanced Grant. He will invest the 2.5 million euros in his research into puranas: ancient texts, com...
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In Memoriam: Prof. Henk Jan de Jonge (1943-2022) 21 April 2022With the passing of Henk Jan de Jonge on 16 April 2022, Leiden University has lost one of its most characteristic, learned and devoted professors.
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Three questions to Maurits Berger about his new Islam podcast 04 March 2022Maurits Berger's new English-language podcast, Matters of Humanities: History of Islam in Europe covers no fewer than thirteen centuries of history. I...
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‘Islam is a constant in Europe’: new Humanities podcast delves into the history of Islam 07 February 2022
‘Islam and Muslims are not something that happened to Europe; they are part of Europe. In fact, Islam is one the biggest constants in European history...
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Markus Davidsen wins 2021 Impact Prize 24 January 2022Markus Davidsen, assistant professor of Religious Studies, is the winner of the 2021 Impact Prize. He is receiving the prize of 1,000 euros for the ma...