309 search results for “middle eastern literary” in the Student website
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Jacqueline VelFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Anna NotsuFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Liesbeth ClaesFaculty of Humanities
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Matthew FrearFaculty of Humanities
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Joanne StolkFaculty of Humanities
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Keuzegids Master’s guide: which programmes score above average?
Four of Leiden University’s master’s programmes score above average across the board according to the Keuzegids Masters 2026 guide.
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Wil RoebroeksFaculty of Archaeology
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Corrie BakelsFaculty of Archaeology
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Frans TheuwsFaculty of Archaeology
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Literature and Spaces of Conflicts: The Lebanese War Novel as Urban and Architectural History
Lecture, LUCIS What's New?! Series
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Construction work starts on new accommodation for international PhDs
Work has begun on an accommodation complex for international PhD candidates and postdocs at the Leiden Bio Science Park.
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Huge interest from prospective students (and their parents) on Bachelor’s Open Day
Presentations, city tours, themed cafés and information fairs − there was plenty to discover on the Bachelor’s Open Day last Saturday. Around 6,000 prospective students and 4,000 parents visited faculties in Leiden and The Hague to soak up the atmosphere and imagine how it would be to study at Leiden…
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Honorary doctorates for Belgian virologist Marc van Ranst and German Arabist Beatrice Gründler
Leiden University is awarding an honorary doctorate to virologist Marc van Ranst. Van Ranst has been one of the main advisers of the Belgian government during the Covid pandemic. German Arabist Beatrice Gründler will also receive an honorary doctorate for her work in the field of Oriental Manuscript…
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Hora Hester Bijl! Farewell to a rector who steered the university through turbulent times
The university bid farewell to its Rector Magnificus, Hester Bijl, on 13 January during the ‘Hester’s Highlights’ symposium.
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Ummahāt al-Khulafā’: Mothers of the Marwanid and Abbasid Caliphate
Lecture, LUCIS What's New?! Series
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Driving Gigs in Oman: Women and Techno-Fixes in the Platform Economy
Lecture, LUCIS What's New?! Series
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Annachiara RaiaFaculty of Humanities
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Pepita HesselberthFaculty of Humanities
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Sara PolakFaculty of Humanities
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Rick HoningsFaculty of Humanities
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Nanne TimmerFaculty of Humanities
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Book presentation: Israelite Religion
Lecture, Book presentation
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Martina Revello LamiFaculty of Archaeology
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Alwin KloekhorstFaculty of Humanities
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Caroline WaerzeggersFaculty of Humanities
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Kim BeerdenFaculty of Humanities
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Mark DriessenFaculty of Archaeology
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Syria, one year after the revolution: The role of women and minorities
Lecture, Workshop
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Critical thinking? Or rather generous thinking?
‘Critical thinking’ is an expression all academics have heard of: it’s the first learning objective in the Leiden Vision on Teaching and Learning. It’s both a historical topic with roots that reach back a long way and a topical problem too. The question on everyone’s lips is whether critical thinking…
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Veni grants for 22 researchers from Leiden University
An impressive 22 research projects by Leiden researchers have been awarded Veni funding from the Dutch Research Council (NWO).
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Telling the story of Gaza
Lecture, Book presentation and Q&A
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Lecture by Professor Tahera Qutbuddin: Between This World and the Next: Moving Reflections on Mortality and Morality in the Orations of Ali ibn
Lecture | Leiden Lectures on Arabic Language & Culture
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Keuzegids: six top bachelor's programmes at Leiden University
Leiden University has six top bachelor's programmes according to Keuzigids universiteiten 2025, a consumer guide to university programmes. This puts Leiden in fourth place of the broad-based universities.
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Love, war and... football: 2024 in Leiden stories
A new government, conflicts around the world and obviously a lot of science: these are the five stories about Leiden University that you enjoyed reading in 2024.
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Major Leiden symposium on TB bacteria
More than 1.3 million people worldwide die of tuberculosis (TB) each year, making research on its prevention and control essential. Researchers from various disciplines in Leiden are studying TB. A symposium on 24 March will highlight different activities in the hope of boosting nationwide collabora…
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Vici grants for seven researchers from Leiden University
From research on stellar winds to sign language: an impressive seven researchers from Leiden University will receive a prestigious Vici grant from the Dutch Research Council (NWO).
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PhD candidate Diego Salama: ‘UN peacekeeping operations have become increasingly important in Israel-Palestine conflict’
From 1967 to 1982, the United Nations undertook several peacekeeping operations in the Middle East. In his thesis from the Institute for History, Diego Salama examines how these operations were connected and their impact on the region.
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University historian Pieter Slaman: ‘I can point to valuable constants and experiments that went too far’
As University historian, Pieter Slaman researches the University’s past, but he’s equally interested in its present. ‘It’s useful to be familiar with issues from the past. Not to be rooted in the past because some developments from history are things you definitely don’t want to repeat.’
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Frans Willem KorstenFaculty of Humanities
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Sara BrandelleroFaculty of Humanities
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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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Jürgen ZangenbergFaculty of Humanities
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Corinne HofmanFaculty of Archaeology
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Erik de MaakerFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Ann BrysbaertFaculty of Archaeology
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Hutspot, herring and... science: Community engagement with Leiden’s research at 3 October University
Amid the many traditions of Leiden’s 3 October Festival, a relative newcomer is beginning to take hold: the Science Market. At market stalls, the people of Leiden could explore or even participate in Leiden’s research – performing an ‘operation’ in the street, for example.
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Alumni meet in Brussels: ‘We’re at a crossroads in European history’
Alumni who live and work in Brussels met on 18 February at the annual Leiden Alumni in Brussels Event. As well as celebrating Leiden University’s 450th anniversary, they also looked at the challenges Europe faces.
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Student tower opened
The 289 students who recently moved into the tower on Kolffpad at the Leiden Bio Science Park are sitting pretty. A self-contained unit in the middle of the campus yet surrounded by green, with a launderette, games room and study area on the ground floor, and, coming soon, a branch of Coffee Star.
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Art Academy students design 450th anniversary logo
Students from the Royal Academy of Art The Hague (KABK) designed the 450 lustrum logo.