231 search results for “arabic he literature” in the Student website
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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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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".
- What's New?! Fall Lecture Series 2023
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Pepita HesselberthFaculty of Humanities
- Middle East Studies Lectures
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“Dizzy with Wonder:” Early Cinema and the Birth of Movie-Fandom in Egypt, 1896-1935
Lecture
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Palestinian-Israeli Coexistence in the Middle East
Debate
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New Director of Netherlands-Flemish Institute in Cairo wants to increase the institute’s visibility
Egyptologist Marleen De Meyer has been appointed the new Director of the Netherlands-Flemish Institute in Cairo (NVIC). Dr De Meyer has worked for the institute, which promotes Egyptian, Dutch and Flemish collaboration in the field of education and research, since 2016.
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Leiden Classics: Leiden University’s first women students
It was not until 1878 that the first female students enrolled at Leiden University, but the discussion on whether women were suited to study was by no means over. 8 March is International Women's Day. BBC correspondente Kim Ghattas will deliver a lecture on 6 March on the struggle by Arabic women for…
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Update Executive Board: Dark clouds over the humanities
The Schoof cabinet has presented its budget. As expected, higher education is facing severe cuts. In the coming period, the Executive Board will regularly look at the consequences of what it deems an irresponsible policy.
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Zeineb Romdhane: Student and Minister for New Democracy
A shadow cabinet has just been formed. This one consists of students from all the Dutch universities. They will be keeping politicians on their toes in the coming year, and want to show that progress cannot be made without academic research and teaching. Master’s student Zeineb Romdhane is Minister…
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A platform for a complex conflict: ‘Friction is good’
Yousef Sweid was called a ‘stinking Arab’ in the sandpit at his Jewish kindergarten in Haifa. In a packed lecture hall, the Palestinian-Israeli actor performed a powerful excerpt from his show ‘Between the River and the Sea’.
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Ummahāt al-Khulafā’: Mothers of the Marwanid and Abbasid Caliphate
Lecture, LUCIS What's New?! Series
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Demystifying Alexandria: Insights from Alexandria about 21st century Orientalism and (post-)Colonialism
Lecture, LUCIS What's New?! Series
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When did Bureaucrats become “Christian"? Religious Identity as a lens for the Social and Economic backgrounds of Administrators during the Umayyad
Middle East Studies Lecture
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War, Governance, and the Environment in Ottoman Yemen, 1870-1924: Revisiting the History of the Late Ottoman Frontier
Lecture, Leiden Yemeni Studies Lecture Series
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Book Presentation of Beyond the Mulatta: Haunted Hybridity in Advertising
Book Presentation | Studium Generale Lecture
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The ties that bound early Islamicate society
Middle East Studies Lecture
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Demonstration, security and university ties: Executive Board answers University Council’s questions
The University Council meeting on 2 June was largely dominated by the demonstration, occupation and policing in The Hague last month.
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Blade Runner 2025?
Lecture, Studium Generale
- Leiden Yemeni Studies Lecture Series
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Uni-visions: Hope, heat and wonder in 2075
Arts and culture, Studium Generale
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From Leiden student and petrol station attendant to diplomat of the football world
As Secretary General of the Royal Dutch Football Association, Gijs de Jong travels the world. The career of this Leiden public administration graduate tells the story of a petrol station attendant who became one of the top diplomats in Dutch football.
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Care and the Jewish Experience
Conference, Second Conference of the Leiden Jewish Studies Network
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Working in the Netherlands for non-EU
Career and apply for jobs
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Redefining the community: The Huthi movement’s attempts to foster a sense of national belonging in Yemen
Lecture, Leiden Yemeni Studies Lecture Series
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Making Concentric Circles: The Performative Aspects of Sufi Devotional Practices and Modes of Constructing a Reality
Lecture, LUCIS What's New?! Series
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If You Encounter Strife, Return to Yemen
Lecture, Leiden Yemeni Studies Lecture Series
- What's New?! Spring Lecture Series 2025
- What's New?! Spring Lecture Series 2023
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Update: Executive Board responds to coalition agreement
The three parties currently forming a government – D66, CDA and VVD – have presented a new coalition agreement, in which they announce their intention to reverse the substantial funding cuts to higher education. This is encouraging news, although many uncertainties remain. The Executive Board will closely…