624 search results for “history of islam” in the Staff website
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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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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…
- Framing Late Antique Religion Lecture Series
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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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John Islam-van KlinkenICT Shared Service Centre
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Nathal DessingFaculty of Humanities
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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.
- Daring questions in Islam
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Jan Just WitkamFaculty of Humanities
- What's New?! Spring Lecture Series 2024
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Daphne Wong-A-FoeFaculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Islamic TV in Indonesia: piety or commodity?
In Indonesia, some Muslim preachers are TV stars with massive followings. Syahril Siddik studied how they operate and how their viewers react. On 9 November, he successfully defended his dissertation in Islamic Studies.
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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…
- What's New?! Spring Lecture Series 2021
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Edmund HayesFaculty of Humanities
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Ahab BdaiwiFaculty of Humanities
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Marlou SchroverFaculty of Humanities
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Bianca Angelien ClaveriaFaculty of Humanities
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What can Europe learn from Islamic thought?
Islamic banking, freedom of religion, LGBTQ+ acceptance and education are topics that European Muslims find important for their future. These are the results of a survey by Professor of Islam and the West, Maurits Berger. The survey is the starting point of a citizen project in which Berger wants to…
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Mahmood KooriadathodiFaculty of Humanities
- What's New?! Fall Lecture Series 2021
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Lauren LauretFaculty of Humanities
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Marlisa den HartogFaculty of Humanities
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Ann Marie WilsonFaculty Governance and Global Affairs
- Histories Connected
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Manon van der HeijdenFaculty of Humanities
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Esther ZwinkelsFaculty of Humanities
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Mayke KaagAfrika-Studiecentrum
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Catia AntunesFaculty of Humanities
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Louis SickingFaculty of Humanities
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Willem OtterspeerFaculty of Humanities
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Tiffany BousardFaculty of Humanities
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Arnold MolFaculty of Humanities
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Petra SijpesteijnFaculty of Humanities
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Jelle BruningFaculty of Humanities
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Herman PaulFaculty of Humanities
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Turaj AtabakiFaculty of Humanities
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Bart van der SteenUniversitaire Bibliotheken Leiden
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Evelien WalhoutFaculty of Humanities
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Maria Pereira BastiaoFaculty of Humanities
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Alireza AsghariFaculty of Humanities
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Feminist fatwas of female Islamic scholars
It matters a lot whether a fatwa is given by a female or male Islamic scholar, discovered doctoral student Nor Ismah.
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Anais van ErtveldeFaculty of Humanities
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Nico KapteinFaculty of Humanities
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Sara BolghiranFaculty of Humanities
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Ethan MarkFaculty of Humanities
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John KegelAfrika-Studiecentrum
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Jeroen DuindamFaculty of Humanities
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Jos GommansFaculty of Humanities
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Nicolette MoutFaculty of Humanities