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Leiden professor of Turkish languages returns Turkish medal 10 May 2016Erik-Jan Zürcher, professor of Turkish languages and cultures, returns his Turkish medal to protest against the repressive regime of Erdogan's governm...
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Much interest in study trip to Morocco 22 April 2016From 5 to 14 May, the recently reopened NIMAR is organising a study trip to a number of places in Morocco in collaboration with the Leiden Islam Acade...
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Two LUCIS publications available in Open Access 19 April 2016Two books that recently appeared in the Debates on Islam and Society series at Leiden University Press are now available in Open Access through the Kn...
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LUCIS' commitment to the NWA 14 April 2016LUCIS is well connected to the Dutch National Research Agenda (Nationale Wetenschapsagenda/NWA). Both Petra Sijpesteijn and Jan Michiel Otto have a se...
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Driss Moussaoui: Moroccan psychiatrist with a mission 13 April 2016Psychiatrists in Morocco can't ignore Islam. Driss Moussaoui was one of the first modern psychiatrists in this North African country. He delivered the...
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'Peace in the region is dependent on Iran and Saudi Arabia' 17 March 2016The relationship between Iran and Saudi Arabia is worse than ever. According to Iran specialist Maaike Warnaar, it will be difficult to achieve peace ...
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HERA grant awarded to Léon Buskens and international colleagues 17 March 2016Together with internationally esteemed colleagues, Léon Buskens has been awarded a HERA Joint Research Programme Grant for a research project entitled...
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Gabrielle van den Berg receives prestigious VICI grant 15 February 2016
Dr. Gabrielle van den Berg received a prestigious VICI grant from the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) for her project "Turks, t...
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ERC Consolidator Grant for Petra Sijpesteijn 18 January 2016Arabist and papyrologist Petra Sijpesteijn has received a Consolidator Grant from the European Research Council for her research on the early Islamic ...
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ERC Grants for five Leiden researchers 06 January 2016The European Research Council has awarded five Leiden researchers an ERC Consolidator Grant. These subsidies of up to a maximum of two million euros w...
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Five years after the Arab Spring: Is Tunisia the only success? 09 December 2015Five years after the Arab Spring it seems as if the only sign of success is in Tunisia. But is that really the case? The Leiden University Centre for...
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Sharia, stoning and homosexuality 25 November 2015The Sharia, the Islamic legal system, pays greater attention to ethics than may have been thought. This was clear at the annual conference of the Leid...
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The Middle East doesn't exist 01 October 2015On Friday 2 October journalist Sander van Hoorn starts his lecture series ‘The Middle East doesn't exist’, which was organised by the Leiden Universit...
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NWO grant awarded to Karène Sanchez 16 September 2015One of our LUCIS members, Karène Sanchez, has been granted the Internationalisation in the Humanities grant for her project 'Engaging Europe in the Ar...
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From the Sharia to Turkish soap operas 13 May 2015
Knowledge of Islam and of Muslim societies is indispensable when trying to properly understand the globalising world, as well as changing Dutch societ...