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Women collecting the Middle East: collaborators and collections News - 30 July 2021
Who assembled the collections of museums? The answer to this question seems to point to men as collectors. Apart from for rare exceptions, female collectors hardly seem to exist. Yet there were indeed women collectors. For the project Museums, Collections and Society, researcher Holly O'Farrell will…

Book: The Politics of Cybersecurity in the Middle East News - 2 March 2022
Five questions for James Shires, assistant professor at ISGA, about his new book, The Politics of Cybersecurity in the Middle East. The book is available to order now.

Stereotypes and Misconceptions about the Middle East - The Reading List News - 31 May 2024
The perception of the Middle East is riddled with stereotypes that have had dire consequences on its people. What is myth and what is reality? How did these stereotypes come about? What consequences have they had? All of these questions and more are answered within this reading list.

Peace in the Middle East? Students seek solutions in Peace Academy News - 1 February 2024
Finding solutions to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is the not-inconsiderable task of the new Peace Academy in The Hague. Professor Maurits Berger and twelve students from different conflict zones are starting a creative thinking process that aims to discover the basic conditions for peace in the…

Political elites and regime change in the Middle East and North Africa: accommodation or exclusion? News - 17 March 2022
Political scientist Kevin Köhler (Leiden University) has been awarded a Consolidator Grant by the European Research Council (ERC). This prestigious grant enables him to set up a research group in the coming five years. Köhler and his team will examine how elite conflict affects processes of regime change…

Turaj Atabaki Emeritus Professor by special appointment of Social History of the Middle East and Central Asia
Faculty of Humanities

Cultural contacts between ‘East’ and ‘West’ in the early Middle Ages News - 12 March 2024
With the help of the JEDI fund, Fatima al Moufridji and Thijs Porck went in search of cultural contacts between early medieval England, Northern Africa, and the Middle East. Together they made four knowledge clips that can now be seen on YouTube.

The WPS Agenda and the Middle East: Progress or Procrastination? Event - 30 March 2023
Debate

Programme Middle Eastern Studies (MA)
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Kids Activities @ Middle Eastern Culture Market Event

Middle Eastern Culture Market 2021: Evening Edition News - 25 November 2021
This year, LUCIS adapted the programme of its popular annual Middle Eastern Culture Market into an evening version, featuring a lecture, book discussion, and music.

Khatuns: Sexual Slavery and Marriage Policy in the Turco-Mongol Middle East Event - 6 October 2022
Lecture, LUCIS What's New?! Series

The Politics of Cybersecurity in the Middle East, with James Shires Event - 20 January 2022
Lecture

EAMENA (Endangered Archaeology of the Middle East and North Africa): One database to rule them all? Event - 16 March 2023
Lecture

More education facilities Middle Eastern Studies (BA)
Other facilities

Programme Middle Eastern Studies (research) (MA)
When deciding what to study you undoubtedly read a lot of information about your study programme. Leiden University employs various systems to provide information about programmes and courses and to facilitate communication between lecturers and students.