562 search results for “islam history” in the Student website
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Daphne Wong-A-FoeFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Writing history together in the Transvaal
Alicia Schrikker doesn't usually get involved in urban history. As a senior lecturer, her research field is generally the colonial history of Asia and partly South Africa. So, the fact that she is going to carry out an urban history research project together with colleagues, is something that even she…
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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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Ethan MarkFaculty of Humanities
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Claire WeedaFaculty of Humanities
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So long, Gravensteen: ‘History dripped off the walls’
Historic and iconic yet expensive and cold. It’s with mixed feelings that the university is leaving the Gravensteen building, which dates back to the 12th century. How was it to work and study in this former Leiden prison?
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Ako TsujitaFaculty of Humanities
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Mirjam de BruijnFaculty of Humanities
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Gorillas abducting women leads to new art history
Two statues of gorillas abducting women: they were what led PhD candidate Dick van Broekhuizen to write a new type of history of nineteenth-century sculpture. ‘If you view nineteenth-century art history from a less narrow perspective, the narrative changes completely.’ PhD ceremony on 21 June.
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William Michael SchmidliFaculty of Humanities
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Jiyan IlbrinkFaculty of Humanities
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New professor of Medieval History Philippe Buc: 'I am just like a shepherd'
A shepherd, but also a comparativist and historian with very broad interests. That is how Professor Philippe Buc describes himself. As of 1 August 2021, he will hold the chair of professor of Medieval History at the university. In an introductory interview, Buc introduces himself, his research and his…
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Patrick GouwLeiden University Libraries
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Leonor Alvarez FrancésFaculty of Humanities
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Fatiha Azzarhouni: ‘Even during Covid, Ramadan is about fasting'
Mosques with limited opening hours, fewer family visits and fewer events: for the second time, Ramadan was different due to Covid. Islamologist and deputy director of the Leiden Islam Academie Fatiha Azzarhouni looks back on a special month.
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Jürgen ZangenbergFaculty of Humanities
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Koen Marijt is crazy about history: 'So much has happened within one kilometre of Rapenburg'
Anyone who has taken a walk through the centre of Leiden before might have come across him, an attentive group of tourists gathered around. After studying history, Koen van Toen, or Koen Marijt, started his own business. He now organises historical walks, among other things.
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Lotte: 'It was because of my colleagues that I chose history in Leiden'
Her part-time job as a city guide in Dordrecht opened Lotte Hamm's eyes: not business administration, but history was her dream study. This semester she starts her bachelor's degree.
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Jos RaadscheldersFaculteit Governance and Global Affairs
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Mariana Françozo -
Casper van DijkFaculty of Humanities
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Carola HeinFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Bareez MajidFaculty of Humanities
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Jan-Bart GewaldAfrika-Studiecentrum
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Judith PollmannFaculty of Humanities
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Marika KeblusekFaculty of Humanities
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Matthew BroadFaculty of Humanities
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When Turkish Islamism Meets Social Sciences: Essentialism Upgraded?
Lecture
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Thijs Brocades ZaalbergFaculty of Humanities
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Giles Scott-SmithFaculteit Governance and Global Affairs
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Remco BreukerFaculty of Humanities
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Bram CaersFaculty of Humanities
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Ugur DerinFaculty of Humanities
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Erika RiccobonFaculty of Humanities
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Fransiskus WidiyarsoFaculty of Humanities
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Marijana VujosevicFaculty of Humanities
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Laurens van ApeldoornFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Sara de WitFaculty of Humanities
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Walter Nkwi GamFaculty of Humanities
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Carel SmithFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Jorrit SmitFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Conversation on Islam in Today’s Indonesian Politics
Roundtable
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Exhibition encourages us to reflect on the history of slavery
What is the significance of the history of slavery for our present-day society? A special exhibition in the inner courtyard of the Academy Building features eleven insightful portraits of students and staff, and their answer to this question. The aim of the exhibition’s initiators is to make the subject…
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‘In Leiden you feel history is very close’
Leiden alumnus Makoto Yoshida from Japan studied Dutch history and politics from 1996 to 1997. Now he is back in Leiden with his wife who is currently a student at the Faculty of Humanities. Some things still surprise him. 'Everyone at university uses first names, which was - and still is - unacceptable…
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Rodrigo OchigameFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Crystal EnnisFaculty of Humanities
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Corey WilliamsFaculty of Humanities
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Thomas MaguireFaculteit Governance and Global Affairs
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Simon WillmettsFaculteit Governance and Global Affairs