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Three questions to Maurits Berger about his new Islam podcast 04 March 2022
Maurits 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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Nicole van Os wins Academy Kiss 01 March 2022
Nicole van Os won the Academy Kiss 2022. Van Os, study coordinator and advisor who also chairs the Delegation of Workers' Organizations in The Local C...
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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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‘Migration is more about hope than economy’ 18 December 2021
Afghans who came to the Netherlands in a hurry, refugees who were used as leverage by Belarus and boat refugees who tried to reach Europe in an increa...
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Middle Eastern Culture Market 2021: Evening Edition 25 November 2021
This year, LUCIS adapted the programme of its popular annual Middle Eastern Culture Market into an evening version, featuring a lecture, book discussi...
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Unique research on inscriptions offers new insights into history Islam 18 November 2021
From the very beginning, the Islam has known an oral tradition. It was only two hundred years ago that Muslims starting writing about the history of I...
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Islamic TV in Indonesia: piety or commodity? 09 November 2021
In Indonesia, some Muslim preachers are TV stars with massive followings. Syahril Siddik studied how they operate and how their viewers react. On 9 No...
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Coming this fall: Al-Babtain visiting professor Hugh Kennedy 31 August 2021
This fall, LUCIS will have the pleasure of welcoming Professor Hugh Kennedy from SOAS University of London to Leiden. He is the fourth Abdulaziz Saud ...
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In memoriam Sjoerd van Koningsveld (1943-2021) 02 August 2021
We are saddened by the news of the unexpected passing of prof.dr. Pieter Sjoerd van Koningsveld on 28 July 2021.
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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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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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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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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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Large grant for research into Islamic non-conformism 22 April 2021
In the coming years, Asghar Seyed Gohrab receives an advanced European Research Council grant of two and a half million euros to spend on his research...
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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...