Series

Leiden Yemeni Studies Lecture Series

The Leiden Yemeni Studies Lecture Series brings together experts on various aspects of Yemen’s history, art and archaeology, politics, economics, and sociology, anthropology and literature, creating an interdisciplinary dialogue about the region.

The series is supported by the Horizon-2020 Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions project EMStaD YEMEN.

Programme

24 Feb
Lecture | Leiden Yemeni Studies Lecture Series Redefining the community: The Huthi movement’s attempts to foster a sense of national belonging in Yemen Alexander Weissenburger (Austrian Academy of Sciences)
24 Mar
Lecture | Leiden Yemeni Studies Lecture Series Jewish angels who speak Arabic: Yemeni-Jewish vernacular religion in immigration context Tom Fogel (Tel Aviv University)
28 Apr
Lecture | Leiden Yemeni Studies Lecture Series If You Encounter Strife, Return to Yemen Nathalie Peutz (NYU Abu Dhabi)
26 May
Lecture | Leiden Yemeni Studies Lecture Series (Cancelled) Exploring the Extra-Religious Zaydi Literary Canon through Manuscript Collections of Yemeni Origin Valentina Sagaria Rossi (University of Rome Tor Vergata)
27 Jan
Lecture | Leiden Yemeni Studies Lecture Series War, Governance, and the Environment in Ottoman Yemen, 1870-1924: Revisiting the History of the Late Ottoman Frontier Thomas Kuehn (Simon Fraser University)