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1,391 search results for “ancient arabic” in the Public website

• Correlates of Complexity Research output

  Essays in Archaeology and Assyriology Dedicated to Diederik J.W. Meijer in Honour of his 65th Birthday

• Alumni blog Ancient History: Empires, Societies and Cultures (MA)

  Interested in studying Ancient History at Leiden University? Find out what our alumni said about this master's programme.

• Meet our staff Classics (MA)

• Assyriology (research) (MA)

  The research master's in Assyriology, a specialisation of the Classics and Ancient Civilizations (Research) programme, at Leiden University provides you with a multidisciplinary study of the languages, literatures and cultures of the Ancient Near Eastern world.

• Panel discussions Leiden University Centre for the Study of Islam and Society

  At our regular panel discussions we bring together scholars and other experts to discuss a current topic that captures the interest of the general public as well as academics.

• Islam and history Research Dossier: Islam and Society

  Understanding the history of Islam and Muslim societies sheds a clear light on the complex and changing social structures of the Middle East, including the current trouble spots whose effect spreads all the way to Western Europe.

• Institutes abroad International collaboration

  Our institutes abroad are instrumental for Leiden’s internationalisation activities.

• Institutes abroad Internationalisation

  Our institutes abroad are instrumental for Leiden’s internationalisation activities.

• From hunter-gathering to food production Research output

  Isotopic insights on human diet from the later stone age to Neolithic in Northwest Africa, Morocco

• Urbanism in the Roman frontier provinces Germania Superior, Raetia and Noricum Research project

  What was the nature of the urban network in the Roman provinces of Germania Superior, Raetia and Noricum and how stood this in relation with economic and social developments?

• The Palaeoproteomic Identification of Pleistocene Hominin Skeletal Remains: Research output

  Towards a Biological Understanding of the Middle to Upper Palaeolithic Transition

• Meet our staff Hebrew and Aramaic Studies (research) (MA)

• A Companion to Cities in the Greco-Roman World Research output

  A Companion to Cities in the Greco-Roman World offers in-depth coverage of the most important topics in the study of Greek and Roman urbanism. Bringing together contributions by an international panel of experts, this comprehensive resource addresses traditional topics in the study of ancient cities,…

• Meet our staff Hebrew and Aramaic Studies (MA)

• Education Institute for Area Studies

  LIAS faculty teach and carry out thesis supervision in many programs.

• Egyptology

  LIAS aims to advance the globally conscious vision of area studies, both within and outside the academic community. Focusing on Asia and the Middle East, the institute is a meeting place of multiple fields of inquiry, theories and methods, historical periods, and areas.

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  Remke Kruk Professor emeritus

  Faculty of Humanities

• Career prospects Classics (MA)

• Leiden-Birmingham Strategic Collaboration Fund Research project

  The Leiden–Birmingham Strategic Collaboration Fund provides support for colleagues from Leiden University and the University of Birmingham to undertake a research stay at one of the two partner institutions.

• Science ON AIR Leiden University Centre for the Study of Islam and Society

  LUCIS works with Science ON AIR to put its researchers in the spotlight. For that purpose, several online videos of LUCIS members have been produced.

• Leidse lezingen over de Arabische taal en cultuur Event
• Advisory Council Netherlands-Flemish Institute in Cairo

• NVIC Book Fair Netherlands-Flemish Institute in Cairo

• Online exhibition Papyrological Institute

  TEXTS FROM ANCIENT EGYPT. Highlights from the Collection of the Leiden Papyrological Institute. Online exhibition on the occasion of the 80th anniversary of the foundation ‘Het Leids Papyrologisch Instituut’ in 2015.

• Experimental project Huize Horsterwold Research project

  The project’s main aim was to build a reconstruction of a prehistoric house plan, without using any metal tools. How effective are tools made of stone, flint, bone, antler and wood? What are the constraints imposed by the various building materials? How much labour do we need and how much knowledge…

• Week 2: 14–20 January Netherlands-Flemish Institute in Cairo

• The Role of Law in Libya’s National Reconciliation Research project

  The Role of Law in Libya’s National Reconciliation (RoLLNaR) was a research project that ran from 2017 to 2020. It identified and assessed the role of law – both actual and potential, enabling and constraining – with regard to major challenges of reconciliation in Libya. The project was led by Dr. Suliman…

• Middle East & North Africa The Hague Journal of Diplomacy

• Week 3: 18-24 January 2026 Netherlands-Flemish Institute in Cairo

• Week 8: 22-27 February 2026 Netherlands-Flemish Institute in Cairo

• The Renaissance Battle for Rome Research output

  Competing Claims to an Idealized Past in Humanist Latin Poetry

• Blood, Sweat and Tears Research output

  Blood, Sweat and Tears: The Changing Concepts of Physiology from Antiquity into Early Modern Europe

• 
  Niels Schoubben Postdoc

  Faculty of Humanities

• 
  Bleda Düring Professor

  Faculty of Archaeology

• 
  Maarten Jansen Professor emeritus

  Faculty of Archaeology

• Assyriology (MA)

  The master's in Assyriology, a specialisation of the Classics and Ancient Civilizations programme, at Leiden University provides you with a multidisciplinary study of the languages, literatures and cultures of ancient Mesopotamia and Anatolia.

• Writing and Iconography of Western Oaxaca Research project

  Mexico, between 500 B.C. and A.D. 900

• Why Leiden University Classics and Ancient Civilizations (MA)

  Leiden University provides ambitious students with the most recent and innovative areas of knowledge, and offers them the freedom to develop their own area of expertise.

• About the programme Philosophy (MA) (120EC)

  Learn about the newest research from the researchers who are performing it.

• Meet our staff Assyriology (MA)

• Meet our staff Assyriology (research) (MA)

• Extracurricular Ancient History: Empires, Societies and Cultures (MA)

  Get the most out of your studies at Leiden University by taking part in our extracurricular activities.

• Admission and Application Hebrew and Aramaic Studies (research) (MA)

  Find out how to apply for Hebrew and Aramaic Studies (research) at Leiden University by following our step-by step guide.

• Admission and Application Assyriology (research) (MA)

  Find out how to apply for Assyriology (research) at Leiden University by following our step-by step guide.

• The archaeology of imperial landscapes Research output

  The Archaeology of Imperial Landscapes examines the transformation of rural landscapes and societies that formed the backbone of ancient empires in the Near East and Mediterranean. Through a comparative approach to archaeological data, it analyses the patterns of transformation in widely differing imperial…

• Coping With the Gods Research output

  Inspired by a critical reconsideration of current monolithic approaches to the study of Greek religion, this book argues that ancient Greeks displayed a disquieting capacity to validate two (or more) dissonant, if not contradictory, representations of the divine world in a complementary rather than…

• Papyrological Institute

  The Leiden Papyrological Institute is the only papyrological institute in the Netherlands. The members of our staff publish Greek (and Latin), Demotic (and Abnormal-Hieratic) and Coptic papyri from collections all over the world, including our own collection.

• Mrs. Naunakhte & Family Research output

  The Women of Ramesside Deir al-Medina

• Admission and Application Assyriology (MA)

  Find out how to apply for Assyriology at Leiden University by following our step-by step guide.

• Admission and Application Classics (MA)

  Find out how to apply for Classics at Leiden University by following our step-by step guide.