2,487 search results for “persian and iranian studies” in the Public website
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Freedom: what does it mean?
On 5 May we celebrate freedom, a basic human right that should not be taken for granted. We asked international students and staff what it means to them.
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Sasha Lubotsky
Faculty of Humanities
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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 the Hebrew and Aramaic Studies specialisation. When you choose to study this programme you will both be guided through the broadness relevant sub-disciplines, as well as gradually led to develop…
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Asghar Seyed Gohrab: ‘Teaching keeps me young and sharp’
Associate Professor Asghar Seyed Gohrab considers it his role to tell students about Iran, the country where he was born and raised. His research focuses on the connections between the present and the past on the basis of the ‘magical triangle’: Persian literature, politics and religion.
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Once upon a War: Truth and Subversion in Iranian War Literature
Lecture
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Canonisation as Innovation
Anchoring Cultural Formation in the First Millennium BCE
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Central Asia Initiative
The Central Asia Initiative is funded by the Leiden research profile area Asian Modernities and Traditions with the purpose to establish Central Asian Studies at Leiden University.
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Leiden University scientists - Working at Leiden University
Nobody is better qualified to tell you what it is like to work at Leiden University than the employees themselves. Watch the videos and meet your future colleagues. They will be happy to share their experiences with you.
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Support for doctoral research on the history of Zoroastrianism
Last year, LUCSoR welcomed two new Ph.D. students from Iran: Kiyan Foroutan from Ahvaz and Amir Ardalan Emami from Tehran. Kiyan works on a project on the role of the family in medieval and early modern Zoroastrianism in India and Iran (15th-18th centuries). Ardalan works on a much earlier period, the…
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Judith Naeff
Faculty of Humanities
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Sara Polak
Faculty of Humanities
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Case studies in archaeological predictive modelling
ASLU 14
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Leiden Slavery Studies Association
The Leiden Slavery Studies Association (LSSA) is dedicated to promoting a greater understanding of slavery and post-slavery in any period and any geographical region.
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Departments
Leiden Asia Departments
- Global Asia Scholar Series (GLASS)
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Media studies: Film and Photographic Studies
Are you thinking about studying Film and Photographic Studies? Learn more and watch the introduction video and the programme presentation.
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Media studies: Book and Digital Media Studies
Are you thinking about studying Book and Digital Media Studies? Learn more and watch the introduction video and the programme presentation.
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Family language policy among Kurdish–Persian speaking families in Kermanshah, Iran
Lecture, Sociolinguistics & Discourse Studies Series
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The Skandapurāṇa Project
Uniting an international consortium of scholars, the Skandapurāṇa Project comprises a team of researchers working in fields across the Humanities. We are creating a critical edition of a foundational work of purāṇic literature and, in doing so, tracing the dynamics of a textual tradition to better understand…
- Science Diplomacy
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Matthew Frear
Faculty of Humanities
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Melanie Gross
Faculty of Humanities
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Bianca Angelien Claveria
Faculty of Humanities
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Jian Wang
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Descriptive Linguistics
Documenting and describing languages of the world.
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The Constitutional Revolution of 1908 and Its Aftermath in Trabzon
Selim Ahmetoğlu defended his thesis on 12 February 2019.
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Turkish Studies
Welcome to the website of Turkish Studies at Leiden University. On this website you will find information on the work and the activities of the people studying the Ottoman Empire and Turkey at Leiden University.
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Leiden Journal of Pottery Studies 23
Leiden Journal of Pottery Studies 23, 2007
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Study associations
The Faculty of Science has multiple study associations, which organise both study-related and social activities for students.
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Completed Studies
Below you can read about studies we have carried out in the past.
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Student for a Day Security Studies
Study information
- Study Programmes
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Sanjar Gulomov will be Central Asia Erasmus Fellow in December 2018
Sanjar Golomov is a senior scholar at the Al-Biruni Institute in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. In Leiden he will deliver two lectures and one masterclass for MA and PhD students as part of the Erasmus Mobility Plus project between Leiden University and the Al-Biruni Institute. The project is coordinated and…
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Shiʿi studies
While many European universities, Leiden included, have a proud tradition of research into Islamic studies, a topical and thematic focus on Shiʿi Islam in all its dispensation remains a desideratum.
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Study abroad
Leiden University encourages its students to gain an international experience during their studies in Leiden or The Hague.
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Study programme
In the International Studies programme, you will develop the knowledge as well as the critical insights needed to gain regional expertise within a global context. In addition, you will acquire the practical and professional skills that will assist you in setting out on your career, whether you want…
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Leiden Journal of Pottery Studies 21
Leiden Journal of Pottery Studies 21, 2005
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Leiden Journal of Pottery Studies 20
Leiden Journal of Pottery Studies 20, 2004
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Religious Studies
Are you thinking about studying Religious Studies? Learn more and watch the programme presentation.
- Dutch Studies
- International Studies
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Current studies
We always have several ongoing studies running in our labs. Below you can find information about each one.
- Laboratory for Ceramics Studies
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Limin Teh
Faculty of Humanities
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Alies Jansen
Faculty of Humanities
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Stefan Landsberger
Faculty of Humanities
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Fransiskus Widiyarso
Faculty of Humanities
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Surya Suryadi
Faculty of Humanities
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Rishika Dhumal
Faculteit Archeologie
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Policing Studies
The research group Intelligence and Security has been augmented with a team Policing Studies as part of the collaboration agreement with the Dutch National Police. This team is tasked with creating a more academic foundation for the current knowledge surrounding policing studies in the Netherlands,…