568 search results for “ancient arabic” in the Staff website
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Archaeologist Mark Driessen’s book and project in royal spotlights
On September 28, 2022, dr.ir. Mark Driessen presented a publication about the ancient Roman frontier in Jordan. Venue for the book launch was the residence of the Dutch Ambassador in Amman. The event was attended by Prince Hassan bin Talal and his wife Princess Sarvath el Hassan, members of the Jordanian…
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Marriage Traditions and the Stem Family in Ancient Egypt
PhD defence
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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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Archaeologist Alex Geurds becomes member of Society of Antiquaries: ‘It is an honor bestowed for life’
Dr Alex Geurds was elected as a Fellow for the Society of Antiquaries, a prestigious and old educational charity based in London. Established in 1707, the society aims at the encouragement and advancement of the study and knowledge of the antiquities.
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Extra information faculties on OER
The faculties Humanities and Science have made a page with extra information on OER.
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DNA study reveals remarkable stability in prehistoric Low Countries populations
For thousands of years, the prehistoric communities of the Low Countries followed their own path, compared with the rest of Europe. An international research team has now published these findings in Nature.
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Adam RamadhanFaculty of Humanities
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Khodadad RezakhaniFaculty of Humanities
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Katarína MokránováFaculty of Humanities
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Ayub AyubFaculty of Humanities
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Francesca RosatiFaculty of Humanities
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Leiden archaeologist works with Kazakhs on numismatic collections
In May of 2023, an agreement was signed between Leiden PhD candidate Jonathan Ouellet and General Director Onggar Akan of the A. Kh. Margulan Archaeological Institute in Almaty. The aim: a detailed study of the numismatic history of Southern Kazakhstan.
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Petra Sijpesteijn elected Corresponding Member of the Austrian Academy of Sciences
In its session of 15 April 2024, the Austrian Academy of Sciences elected professor Petra Sijpesteijn as one of its new Corresponding Members.
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Meet Dr. Jonathan Stökl, LJSA Member
Before coming to Leiden, Dr. Stökl was Reader in Hebrew Bible / Old Testament at Kings College London.
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Ritual at the Gates: Liminality, Transformation and Separation in Ancient Near Eastern Magic
Lecture, LIAS After-Lunch Talk Series
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Joanne StolkFaculty of Humanities
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Olaf KaperFaculty of Humanities
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Liesbeth ClaesFaculty of Humanities
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Meet Prof. dr. Jürgen K. Zangenberg, LJSA Co-Initiator and Member
Prof. Zangenberg came to Leiden in 2006 as Professor for New Testament and Early Christian Literature and is now Chair for the History and Culture of Ancient Judaism and Early Christianity.
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LeidenGlobal Dialogues - Egyptian Mummified Remains in Museums
Lecture
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Daoism on the Irrelevance of Books
Lecture, China Seminar
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Radio Palestine/Israel Challenging Preconceptions: ‘A courageous step in a polarised debate’
The Israel-Palestine conflict regularly sparked intense debates in university lecturer Noa Schonmann's classes. She decided to start a podcast with journalist Rajaa Natour to teach her students to have deep and difficult conversations in a nuanced way.
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Holding the Byvanck Chair in times of corona
Professor Caroline Vout, Cambridge University, was awarded the Leiden University Byvanck Chair in 2020. In a pre-Covid-19 world, the Byvanck Chair would stay in Leiden for seminars, lectures, and research activities. Instead, the pandemic disrupted this schedule. Last month, Vout taught her masterclass…
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Scores of visitors attend open evening at new Middle Eastern Library
Over 200 people paid their first visit to the new Middle Eastern Library on a special open evening. As well as exploring the library, they got to see exhibitions, speed lectures and premieres about Leiden University’s Middle Eastern collections.
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Middle Eastern Culture Market 2021: Evening Edition
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.
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Skin and Beyond: Reading the Surfaces of the Body in Ancient Greek Literature
PhD defence
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OIKOS Crash Course in Greek Palaeography 2026
Course
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Jacques van der VlietFaculty of Humanities
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Koen Donker Van HeelFaculty of Humanities
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Bert van den BergFaculty of Humanities
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Christoph PieperFaculty of Humanities
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Tazuko van BerkelFaculty of Humanities
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Casper de JongeFaculty of Humanities
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Jörn SoerinkFaculty of Humanities
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Jurjen DonkersFaculty of Humanities
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Pam de GrootFaculty of Humanities
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From the ground up: The politics of burial and memory in the early Islamic world
Conference
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Petra Sijpesteijn elected to the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres
The Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres (AIBL), one of the five academies that make up the Institut de France, has elected professor Petra Sijpesteijn as foreign corresponding member (correspondant étranger), to fill the seat of the renowned Egyptologist Edda Bresciani.
- Chinese Linguistics in Leiden (ChiLL)
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Oriental dance beginners/intermediate
Arts and leisure, Arts and leisure
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Seven projects receive funding from JEDI Fund
More focus on diversity in Antiquity, workshops for students with disabilities, and a card game to share stories about diversity: these and other projects will receive funding from the JEDI Fund in 2023.
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Sai EnglertFaculty of Humanities
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Youssef CherifFaculty of Humanities
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Jan Just WitkamFaculty of Humanities
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Shuqi JiaFaculty of Humanities
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Alwin KloekhorstFaculty of Humanities
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Social media
Making use of social media is a good way to meet others or to hear about the latest news and developments. But it also has its downsides: disinformation, trolling, disrespectful comments and even the misuse of (personal) data.
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Archaeologist Jennifer Swerida investigates emergent social complexity in the Omani desert
In June 2024 the Faculty of Archaeology welcomed a new Assistant Professor. Dr Jennifer Swerida, originally from the United States, will strengthen the Faculty’s expertise on the archaeology of West Asia. ‘I explore human-environment relationships inside an ancient oasis and the surrounding land. Previous…
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Qiang 羌, Rong 戎, Yangtong ⽺同, and Tufan 吐蕃 in Ancient Chinese Sources and Their Tibetan Correspondences
Lecture, CHiLL series
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Frans de HaasFaculty of Humanities