789 search results for “islam history” in the Student website
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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.
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Unique research on inscriptions offers new insights into history Islam
From the very beginning, the Islam has known an oral tradition. It was only two hundred years ago that Muslims starting writing about the history of Islam, on rocks or other hard materials. Arabic epigraphy (study of inscriptions) turns out to be an essential tool in historical genealogy research. Abdullah…
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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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Jelle BruningFaculty of Humanities
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Arnold MolFaculty 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…
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Back to the roots of Shia Islam: ‘We need to get the full picture.'
When discussing the history of Islam, the focus is almost always on the history of the Sunni majority. University Lecturer in the history of Islam, Edmund Hayes wants this to change. His new ERC-funded project , focuses on the development of the early Shia community.
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Petra SijpesteijnFaculty of Humanities
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Alireza AsghariFaculty of Humanities
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Revisiting Islam in Indonesia: Mysticism, Quran Hermeneutics, and Theology – A Symposium
Symposium
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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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Nico KapteinFaculty of Humanities
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Nathal DessingFaculty of Humanities
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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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Peace Movements: A Global History
Conference
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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…
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Hans TheunissenFaculty of Humanities
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Leonard Blussé van Oud AlblasFaculty of Humanities
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Marlisa den HartogFaculty of Humanities
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Anita van DisselFaculty of Humanities
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Jeroen TouwenFaculty of Humanities
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Helen SteeleFaculty of Humanities
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Rens TacomaFaculty of Humanities
- Art History Book Launches
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Study trip Greek and Roman History 2026: Explore the Roman past of the Netherlands
Festival, Study trip Greek and Roman History 2026
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Marion PluskotaFaculty of Humanities
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Nina Witteman
Faculty of Humanities
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Eileen van der BurghFaculty of Humanities
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Femme GaastraFaculty of Humanities
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Willem OtterspeerFaculty of Humanities
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Sancisi-Weerdenburg Lecture: The Achaemenid Persian Empire and World History
Lecture
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Louis SickingFaculty of Humanities
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Randal SheppardFaculty of Humanities
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Geo-Poetics and the Reconstruction of Pre-Islamic Arabian History
Middle East Studies Lecture
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Evelien WalhoutFaculty of Humanities
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Henk KernFaculty of Humanities
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Historians’ Days 2026 'Future of history'
Conference
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Anne-Isabelle RichardFaculty of Humanities
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Verena MeyerFaculty of Humanities
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Nicolette MoutFaculty of Humanities
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John KegelAfrika-Studiecentrum
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Wim WillemsFaculty of Humanities
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Lauren LauretFaculty of Humanities
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Esther ZwinkelsFaculty of Humanities
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Rafal MatuszewskiFaculty of Humanities
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Bianca Angelien ClaveriaFaculty of Humanities
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Manon van der HeijdenFaculty of Humanities