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Netherlands-Flemish Institute in Cairo
The Netherlands-Flemish Institute in Cairo (the NVIC) was founded in 1971. Nine universities in the Netherlands and Flanders participate in the institute with an aim to stimulating internationalisation of their teaching and research activities in the Middle East.
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Karim El Kafrawi - Disruptive Streetscapes of Central Cairo
This talk will be hosted on Thursday, 23 May 2024 at 6:00 pm.
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The online Egyptology Cairo semester
Due to the Covid-19 pandemic situation, the Archaeology/Egyptology programme for this year comes in a new form. It is all-digital; consisting of virtual museum tours, Arabic classes, and Egyptology lectures!
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Antique Dealing and Creative Reuse in Cairo and Damascus 1850-1890: Intercultural Engagements with Architecture and Craft in the Age of Travel
This beautifully illustrated volume investigates the social life of objects moving between the Middle East and the West, revealing the range of agencies and subjectivities involved in their trade and reuse.
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Safety Survey: NVIC students feel very safe in Cairo
The safety of students is a priority and hence an ever recurring issue at the NVIC. NVIC not only attaches great importance to the safety of its students, but also that its students feel safe.
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Our students at the Museum of Islamic Art in Cairo
On a thursdaymorning our students were guided around a new exhibition in the Museum of Islamic Art in Cairo. This exhibition displayed photographs and documents from the late nineteenth century and early twentieth century Western Arabian Peninsula.
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Cairo Institute Director: ‘I’m keeping the ship afloat’
In March 2020, the Netherlands-Flemish Institute in Cairo suddenly had to repatriate 57 students to the Netherlands and Flanders. Director and Arabic specialist Rudolf de Jong decided to stay in Egypt. ‘A lot of the work carries on.’
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Cairo daily life: Personal reflections of Amsterdam University students
Three students of the Arabic/Islamic BA programme seem to enjoy the Arabic class assignments.
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Fifty years of teaching and research in Egypt: ‘Visit to Cairo a highlight for students’
The Netherlands-Flemish Institute in Cairo (NVIC) is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. Thousands of students and researchers from eight partner universities in the Netherlands and Flanders have been able to gain valuable experience in Egypt through the institute. Good reason for a celebrat…
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fellowship position at Leiden University/Netherlands-Flemish Institute in Cairo
Applications are invited for a postdoctoral fellowship for up to 6 months, connected to the ERC- funded research project Rethinking Disability at Leiden University, in cooperation with the Netherlands-Flemish Institute in Cairo.
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Publications
The NVIC has published a series of scholarly publications in Arabic and several European languages.
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Institutes abroad
The University has institutes in Jakarta, Cairo, Rabat and Istanbul.
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Egypt
This is an Erasmus+ International Credit Mobility project of Leiden University with the American University in Cairo.
- Week 1: 8-13 January 2018
- Week 1–2 (7–15 January)
- Week 1: 8–11 January
- Week 1: 8–14 January
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The pottery workshops in Fustat
Dr Kim Duistermaat (NVIC) en Niels Groot (TU Delft)
- Week 6: 10-16 February 2019
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Research
The Netherlands-Flemish Institute in Cairo provides myriad forms of assistance to researchers from our affiliated institutions. For more information on the current research NVIC is involved in, please select your field of academic interest on the left.
- Week 6: 12-18 February 2017
- Week 5: 4-10 February 2018
- Week 8: 23–28 February
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About NVIC
The Netherlands-Flemish Institute in Cairo is an academic centre providing services for scholars and students from the supporting universities.
- Week 2: 15–21 January
- Week 1: 8-15 January 2017
- Week 6: 11–17 February
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Guest rooms
The guest rooms are located on the top floor of our institute.
- Week 7: 16–22 February
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Deir el-Medina
Update : August 2017
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About the programme
Classics and Ancient Civilizations covers one year and can be studied in four programmes, one of them is Egyptology. When you choose to study this programme, you will both be guided through the broadness of Egyptological sub-disciplines, as well as gradually led to develop your own specific research…
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Services
The NVIC offers a wide range of services for scholars and students, which are available to the staff members, research fellows and students of the participating institutions at reduced cost.
- Former guest researchers
- Week 1: 6-12 January 2019
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FAQ Study Abroad Semester at NVICairo
For Arabic and Islamic Studies and Middle East Studies
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FAQ Study Abroad Semester at NVICairo
For Arabic and Islamic Studies and Middle East Studies
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Reconstructing the Villa of Serenus
Dorothea Schulz & Martin Hense
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William of Orange Medal
Since 1990 Leiden University has awarded the William of Orange medal to individuals of eminent national or international social standing.
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Mrs. Naunakhte & Family
The Women of Ramesside Deir al-Medina
- Week 5: 2–8 February, 2020
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Christian missions and societies in the Middle East: organizations, identities, heritagization (XIXth-XXIth centuries)
The project re-examines the role of the Catholic, Protestant and Orthodox missionaries in the cultural and social developments of the Middle East and their interactions with the indigenous communities, from the nineteenth century until today. It seeks to discover and retrace such ‘entangled histories’…
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Formation of Islam: Topics
The FOI project has a number of topics it aims to investigate. These are: State, Economy, Culture and Papyri. You will find links to bibliographies on this page.
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The Qasr Dakhleh Project
Director: Dr. Fred Leemhuis
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The Modern Arabic Book: Design as Agent of Cultural Progress
Huda Abi-Fares defended her thesis on 10 January 2017.
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Urban Sociolinguistics
From Los Angeles to Tokyo, Urban Sociolinguistics is a sociolinguistic study of twelve urban settings around the world.
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Why Leiden University
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.
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International collaboration
International partnerships in which Leiden University participates.