536 search results for “middle eastern literary” in the Staff website
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Noa SchonmannFaculty of Humanities
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Yemen Amsterdam Library now available
The Yemen Amsterdam Library, or Maktabat al-Yaman al-Amstirdāmīyah, of eminent Yemen specialist Dr C.G. Brouwer has now been fully integrated in the collections of Leiden University Libraries (UBL). Books and other documents from the collection are now available for loan via the UBL Catalogue.
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Banner exhibition graphic works of Harry van Kruiningen about the Epic of Gilgamesh
The Epic of Gilgamesh was a lifelong inspiration to artist Harry van Kruiningen. This tale from Mesopotamia about the adventures of Gilgamesh, the legendary king of Uruk, and his friend Enkidu is one of the oldest surviving epics in world literature. Despite its almost 4,000 year age, it still captures…
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Modern Arabic titles in catalogue searchable in Arabic script
Modern Arabic titles in the catalogue of Leiden University Libraries (UBL) can now also be consulted in original Arabic script. Taking away the need to transliterate titles, has made searching for Arabic source materials in the catalogue much easier and more efficient for users.
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Eli van DuijnenFaculty of Humanities
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Podcast: an introduction to the Persian Book of Kings
How did the mythical kings of ancient Persia live? In this podcast, we delve into the Shahnameh, also known as the Book of Kings.
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Petra de BruijnFaculty of Humanities
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Hans TheunissenFaculty of Humanities
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Women collecting the Middle East: collaborators and collections
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…
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Pioneer Christiaan Weijts: clandestine novelist in literary circles
In a new series we talk to past and present students who were the first in their family to go to university. In this first instalment: novelist and columnist Christiaan Weijts (1976). ‘I always felt as though someone would tap me on my shoulder once they’d discovered my clandestine presence.’
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Hirad RezaiejooFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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Kristin MakszinFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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Mayra NasFaculty of Humanities
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Kyra AlbertsFaculty of Humanities
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Beatrice Gründler: ‘Literary text can help us understand Europe better’
'Consider languages in their shared context.' That is the message of Professor and Arabist Beatrice Gründler, who will receive an honorary doctorate from Leiden University on 8 February. ‘I would like people to learn that Arabic history has a close connection with Europe.’
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Siavash Rafiee RadFaculty of Humanities
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Turaj AtabakiFaculty of Humanities
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Donna de GroeneFaculty of Archaeology
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Jan Meijer
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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New Cluster Zuid building is taking shape
A lot has happened at Cluster Zuid since the highest point of the building was reached in December. See the photo report below.
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Peter LiebregtsFaculty of Humanities
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Bram CaersFaculty of Humanities
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Oussama Macnack
Faculty of Humanities
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Ilios WillemarsFaculty of Humanities
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Mette LangbroekFaculty of Archaeology
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Dusan MaczekFaculty of Archaeology
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Anouk van Vliet
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Jonah Schulhofer-WohlFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Ruth ClemensFaculty of Humanities
- Crisis Middle East: message from Executive Board and support
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Aritri DuttaFaculty of Humanities
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CSC Scholarship
PhD
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Eduard PopFaculty of Archaeology
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Sara BolghiranFaculty of Humanities
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Cristiana StravaFaculty of Humanities
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Liesbeth MinnaardFaculty of Humanities
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Ivo SmitsFaculty of Humanities
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Igor BoogFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Lieke SmitsFaculty of Humanities
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Emmanuelle RadarFaculty of Humanities
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Ahmet Serdar GünaydinFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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Mohamed MuseFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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War in the Middle East: What are the implications?
The US-Israeli strikes on Iran have been welcomed by critics of the regime but have also prompted intense concern. They’ve triggered a dangerous domino effect across the region and beyond. Leiden experts share their insights on the potential consequences.
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Dimiter ToshkovFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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Nike van HeldenFaculty of Humanities
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Chair for Central European Studies at Leiden presents a film at the “Eastern Neighbors” Film Festival in The Hague
On Sunday, November 9 2025, Prof. dr. Sarah Cramsey presented a film at the “Eastern Neighbors” Film Festival in The Hague.
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Hans Oversloot
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Masoud KianiFaculty of Humanities
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Peace in the Middle East? Students seek solutions in Peace Academy
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…
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Gabrielle van den BergFaculty of Humanities