1,001 search results for “islam history” in the Student website
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Jan Just WitkamFaculty of Humanities
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from Leiden make Ted Ed videos: ‘We want to integrate Islamic history into world history’
What are the origins of the Islamic Empire? And what was daily life like there? Two new Ted Ed animations answer these questions in simple language. Arabists Petra Sijpesteijn and Birte Kristiansen explain what the process of developing the videos was like.
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Edmund HayesFaculty of Humanities
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Unique research on inscriptions offers new insights into history Islam
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 Islam, on rocks or other hard materials. Arabic epigraphy (study of inscriptions) turns out to be an essential tool in historical genealogy research. Abdullah…
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‘Islam is a constant in Europe’: new Humanities podcast delves into the history of Islam
‘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,’ argues Professor Maurits Berger in the new eight-part History of Islam in Europe podcast series of the Leiden University Faculty of Humanities.
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Jelle BruningFaculty of Humanities
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Arnold MolFaculty of Humanities
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Three questions to Maurits Berger about his new Islam podcast
Maurits Berger's new English-language podcast, Matters of Humanities: History of Islam in Europe covers no fewer than thirteen centuries of history. In eight episodes, professor of Islam and the West Maurits Berger argues that the Islam and Muslims are an important part of European history: ‘That was…
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John Islam-van KlinkenISSC
- Daring questions in Islam
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Sara BolghiranFaculty of Humanities
- Framing Late Antique Religion Lecture Series
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Back to the roots of Shia Islam: ‘We need to get the full picture.'
When discussing the history of Islam, the focus is almost always on the history of the Sunni majority. University Lecturer in the history of Islam, Edmund Hayes wants this to change. His new ERC-funded project , focuses on the development of the early Shia community.
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Petra SijpesteijnFaculty of Humanities
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Large grant for research into Islamic non-conformism
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 into non-conformism in Islam. ‘Hopefully I can use this to contribute something to society, to pass something on to future generations.’
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Alireza AsghariFaculty of Humanities
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Peace Movements: A Global History
Conference
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Ahab BdaiwiFaculty of Humanities
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Nico KapteinFaculty of Humanities
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Nathal DessingFaculty of Humanities
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Vici for Petra Sijpesteijn: 'Islamic Empire rapidly became unified'
After the death of the Prophet Muhammad, the Islamic Empire expanded at a tremendous pace. Within a hundred years, it stretched from the Atlantic Ocean to the Indian subcontinent. How did such a rapidly conquered territory become one empire? Professor Petra Sijpesteijn has been awarded a Vici grant…
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Rehanna NurmohamedFaculty of Law
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Abdourahamane Idrissa AbdoulayeAfrika-Studiecentrum
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‘Islamic primary schools have been important for Muslim emancipation’
The opening of Islamic primary schools has made an important contribution to the emancipation and integration of Muslims in the Netherlands. This is the conclusion of PhD candidate Bahaeddin Budak in his research into 25 years (1988-2013) of Islamic primary schools in the Netherlands. PhD defence on…
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Maurits BergerFaculty of Humanities
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Call for Papers: Peace Movements - A Global History
From the First World War until the height of the Cold War, actors from the decolonizing world sought to build connections with international peace movements. These efforts produced new networks and practices of solidarity while also exposing tensions over the centrality of decolonization in global struggles…
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Marlou SchroverFaculty of Humanities
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Hans TheunissenFaculty of Humanities
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Leonard Blussé van Oud AlblasFaculty of Humanities
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Marlisa den HartogFaculty of Humanities
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Pioneers in Migration History
Conference, Symposium
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Anita van DisselFaculty of Humanities
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Jeroen TouwenFaculty of Humanities
- Art History Book Launches
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Helen SteeleFaculty of Humanities
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Rens TacomaFaculty of Humanities
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Marion PluskotaFaculty of Humanities
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Dennie Oude NijhuisFaculty of Humanities
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Eileen van der BurghFaculty of Humanities
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Nina Witteman
Faculty of Humanities
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Femme GaastraFaculty of Humanities
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Willem OtterspeerFaculty of Humanities
- Research Seminar Medieval and Early Modern History
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Luuk de LigtFaculty of Humanities
- Ancient History Research Seminars 2025-2026
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Louis SickingFaculty of Humanities
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Ben SchoenmakerFaculty of Humanities
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Randal SheppardFaculty of Humanities
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Geo-Poetics and the Reconstruction of Pre-Islamic Arabian History
Middle East Studies Lecture
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Evelien WalhoutFaculty of Humanities