920 search results for “islam history” in the Staff website
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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
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Ann Marie WilsonFaculteit Governance and Global Affairs
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Dario FazziFaculty of Humanities
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Book Launch: Explorations in Islamic Archaeology
Book Launch
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Jeffrey Fynn-PaulFaculty of Humanities
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Wim van den DoelAdministration and Central Services
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Rebekka GrossmannFaculty of Humanities
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Jos GommansFaculty of Humanities
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Steven LauritanoFaculty of Humanities
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Awarded ERC Consolidator Grant for groundbreaking research on Pre-Islamic Arabia
Dr Peter Webb (LIAS) has been awarded an ERC Consolidator Grant for his project Geo-Poetic Analysis of Pre-Islamic Arabia (GeoPo).
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Peter MeelFaculty of Humanities
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New podcasts on Islam in South and Southeast Asia
As part of the final project for the Islam in South and Southeast Asia course (taught by Dr Verena Meyer), students were tasked with creating podcasts that delve into significant cultural and historical topics related to the region. Two students, Roma Bhiekhemsing and Shaneeva Bean, have chosen to share…
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Bente de LeedeFaculty of Humanities
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Joost AugusteijnFaculty of Humanities
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Gabrielle van den BergFaculty of Humanities
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Nira WickramasingheFaculty of Humanities
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Miko FlohrFaculty of Humanities
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Bart van der SteenLeiden University Libraries
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Jeroen DuindamFaculty of Humanities
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Catia AntunesFaculty of Humanities
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Leiden University Press
Leiden University Press publishes academic books and journals, primarily in the field of humanities and social and behavioural sciences. The press focuses on Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies, History (Global, Military, Environmental) Archaeology, Asian Studies, Environmental Studies, Literary Studies,…
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Elisabeth DietermanFaculty of Humanities
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Marcel KeurentjesFaculty of Humanities
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Oddly-shaped medieval vessels found all over the Islamic world have puzzled archaeologists for decades.
'When taking into account all finds in the Islamic world of this enigmatic vessel, it would perhaps be wise not to restrict this container to merely one function.'
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Fragments of a decentered 19th century history of Banjarmasin, South Kalimantan
Histories Connected: Seminar
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Herman PaulFaculty of Humanities
- What's New?! Spring Lecture Series 2022
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Maurits Berger on Ruetir about national holidays
Why are the majority of our national holidays based around Christian festivities? Arabist Maurits Berger talks about this in an article on Ruetir.
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How should we use AI? The Islamic world may have an answer
The secular West is struggling with the rise of AI, but so too is Muslim Southeast Asia. What can we learn from each other?
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Alistair KeffordFaculty of Humanities
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Call for papers: Burial and Memory in the early Islamic World
From 6-8 April 2026 the conference "From the ground up: The politics of burial and memory in the early Islamic world" will take place in Cairo, Egypt. Deadline for sending in your abstract: 21 June 2025.
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Symposium: Through the Hands of Signers: History of sign language emergence, transmission, and change
Conference
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Petra Sijpesteijn: 'Membership of foreign academies is incredible recognition'
When Petra Sijpesteijn became a member of the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres, she was the only Dutch member with an appointment at a Dutch university. Two years later, she is also the only Dutch member of the Austrian Academy and officially joined the British Academy on 7 October.
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Coming this fall: Al-Babtain visiting professor Hugh Kennedy
This fall, LUCIS will have the pleasure of welcoming Professor Hugh Kennedy from SOAS University of London to Leiden. He is the fourth Abdulaziz Saud Al-Babtain Cultural Foundation Visiting Professor in Arabic Culture at Leiden University.
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Hosna SheikhattarFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Gert OostindieFaculty of Humanities
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Doreen MüllerFaculty of Humanities
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Fitri MurfiantiFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
- What's New?! Fall Lecture Series 2022
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Petra de BruijnFaculty of Humanities
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ERC Consolidator Grant for Marijn van Putten: How many ways are there to read the Quran?
How should the Quran be read? The manuscript of this holy book makes different interpretations possible. Researcher Marijn van Putten has been awarded an ERC Consolidator Grant of two million euros to explore centuries-old recitations.
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Kim BeerdenFaculty of Humanities
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Marieke BloembergenFaculty of Humanities
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Robert RossFaculty of Humanities
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12,000 year old dice and what they tell us about the history of play
The Conversation published an article on the oldest dice authored by Aris Politoupolis, Angus Mol and Walter Crist. In this article they discuss how the oldest dice are d2's, or double sided dice comparable to a coin toss. These double sided dice are 12.000 years old and therefore much older then the…
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Paul van TrigtFaculty of Humanities
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Nadia BourasFaculty of Humanities
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Tsolin NalbantianFaculty of Humanities