1,170 search results for “islam studies” in the Student website
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Nico KapteinFaculty of Humanities
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Jan Just WitkamFaculty of Humanities
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Nathal DessingFaculty of Humanities
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Jelle BruningFaculty of Humanities
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Maurits BergerFaculty of Humanities
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Ahab BdaiwiFaculty of Humanities
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Arnold MolFaculty of Humanities
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John Islam-van KlinkenISSC
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Petra de BruijnFaculty of Humanities
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Léon BuskensFaculty of Humanities
- Daring questions in Islam
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Petra SijpesteijnFaculty of Humanities
- Framing Late Antique Religion Lecture Series
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Haneen OmariFaculty 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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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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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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Elena PaskalevaFaculty 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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‘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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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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Hans TheunissenFaculty of Humanities
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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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Ian SimpsonFaculty of Archaeology
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Researchers 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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Verena MeyerFaculty of Humanities
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Ugur DerinFaculty of Humanities
- Middle East Studies Lectures
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Sara BolghiranFaculty of Humanities
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Ab de JongFaculty of Humanities
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Tsolin NalbantianFaculty of Humanities
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Shuqi JiaFaculty of Humanities
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Lecture by Al-Babtain Visiting Fellow Salwa El-Awa
Dr. Salwa El-Awa delivers a talk on Wednesday, November 2nd, on "Ambiguity in the Qur'an".
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Edmund HayesFaculty of Humanities
- What's New?! Spring Lecture Series 2022
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Crystal EnnisFaculty of Humanities
- What's New?! Fall Lecture Series 2022
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Judith FrishmanFaculty of Humanities
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Onur AdaFaculty of Humanities
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How should we use AI? The Islamic world may have an answer
The secular West is struggling with the rise of AI, but so too is Muslim Southeast Asia. What can we learn from each other?
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Christian HendersonFaculty of Humanities
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Erik-jan ZurcherFaculty of Humanities
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Judith NaeffFaculty of Humanities
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Loes OudenhuijsenAfrika-Studiecentrum
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Oddly-shaped medieval vessels found all over the Islamic world have puzzled archaeologists for decades.
'When taking into account all finds in the Islamic world of this enigmatic vessel, it would perhaps be wise not to restrict this container to merely one function.'
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Maurits Berger on Ruetir about national holidays
Why are the majority of our national holidays based around Christian festivities? Arabist Maurits Berger talks about this in an article on Ruetir.
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ERC Consolidator Grant for Marijn van Putten: How many ways are there to read the Quran?
How should the Quran be read? The manuscript of this holy book makes different interpretations possible. Researcher Marijn van Putten has been awarded an ERC Consolidator Grant of two million euros to explore centuries-old recitations.
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Hosna SheikhattarFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid