News
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‘Morocco Institute crucial for better understanding of Arab world’ 02 March 2017
A 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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Launch meeting Leiden Islam Academy: gathering knowledge and meeting people 08 December 2016
The 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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Two LUCIS publications available in Open Access 19 April 2016
Two 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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Jihadist networks quick to evolve 05 April 2016
The group structure of Jihadist networks changes rapidly, which makes it difficult to monitor them. This is the finding of research by criminologist J...
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HERA grant awarded to Léon Buskens and international colleagues 17 March 2016
Together with internationally esteemed colleagues, Léon Buskens has been awarded a HERA Joint Research Programme Grant for a research project entitled...
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ERC Consolidator Grant for Petra Sijpesteijn 18 January 2016
Arabist 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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The Middle East doesn't exist 01 October 2015
On 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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Islamic courts and women’s divorce rights in Indonesia 02 September 2015
What role do the Islamic courts play in protecting women’s divorce rights? How do they perform with regard to spousal support, child support and marit...
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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...