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Peter Webb’s EPIC PASTS explores how Muslims viewed their pre-history 02 August 2017Peter Webb is one of the four young Leiden Humanities researchers to receive a Veni grant from the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (N...
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LUCIS funding continued from 2018-2020 30 May 2017We are delighted to announce that the funding of the Leiden University Centre for the Study of Islam and Society (LUCIS) will be continued from 2018 u...
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Call for Applications | LUCIS Summer School | Philology and Manuscripts from the Muslim World 11 April 2017Apply now for the LUCIS Summer School on Philology and Manuscripts from the Muslim world, which will take place from Tuesday 15 August until Friday 25...
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Papyri: the written residue of daily life during the formative period of Islam 30 March 2017How did people experience Islam on a day-to-day basis in the early centuries of Islam? That's where the papyri come in, says professor of Arabic Petra...
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The art of control without repression 21 March 2017How did the Arabs manage to maintain an empire based on Islamic principles for three hundred years? Arab expert Petra Sijpesteijn and her team will b...
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‘Morocco Institute crucial for better understanding of Arab world’ 02 March 2017A better understanding of Morocco and the Arab world is crucial for international relations and for Dutch society. This was the key message of Ministe...
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Minister Bussemaker to open Morocco Institute NIMAR in Rabat 23 February 2017Minister Jet Bussemaker (Ministry of Education, Culture and Science) will open the new headquarters of NIMAR (Netherlands Institute in Morocco) in Rab...
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Martyrs are sometimes women 14 February 2017Women behind the front play an important role in a large proportion of Iranian novels, written on the Iran and Iraq-war (1980-1988). But their martyrd...
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Lorentz Center brings together researchers from all disciplines 19 December 2016For nearly twenty years the Lorentz Center has been a unique venue where researchers from all over the world work in intense collaboration. In an insp...
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Regional context changes Islamic law 12 December 2016Mahmood Kooria shows in his dissertation that Islam often adapts to the regional context. PhD defense 14 December.
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Launch meeting Leiden Islam Academy: gathering knowledge and meeting people 08 December 2016The launch meeting of the Leiden Islam Academy on 7 December in the Academy Building drew just the right audience: a diverse group of people who were...
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Leiden Islam Academy: sharing knowledge and making contact 07 December 2016
The aim of Leiden Islam Academy is to share the broad knowledge of Islam existing in Leiden University with various parties within society, and to bri...
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Blue bra graffiti: masterclass Bahia Shebab 01 December 2016Egyptian artist Bahia Shebab will give a masterclass in Leiden on 13 December. She is one of this year's laureates of the Prins Claus Award and has be...
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Tweets from the desert 22 November 2016Uncovering ancient Arabian inscriptions feels like pioneering detective work, says Arabist Michael Macdonald in a video interview with Leiden Islam Ce...
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Crossing boundaries between religion and psychiatry 27 October 2016
What is the impact of Ramadan on patients with a bipolar disorder? What does it mean to be sensitive to psychiatric patients' religious beliefs? Dris...