920 search results for “islam history” in the Staff website
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Overhandiging tweede deel 'A History of Russian Law'
Vijf jaar na de overhandiging van ‘A History of Russian Law’, overhandigde emiritus hoogleraar Ferdinand Feldbrugge op 16 januari het tweede deel van zijn unieke overzichtswerk aan decaan van de Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid Joanne van der Leun.
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Professor Bleda Düring interviewed for podcast Tides of History
The Tides of History is a history podcast that takes listeners into the past while trying to identify how it echoes today. The current season centers around the Iron Age and the new episode features an interview with our own Bleda Düring.
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Ying Zhang looks for the person behind the history
The Chinese History chair has a long, rich history within Leiden University. Since 1 February, this position has been held by Ying Zhang. ‘Leiden University brings together a legendary range of Asian knowledge.’
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Nadine Akkerman discusses Spycraft on BBC and History Extra Podcasts
Nadine Akkerman recently appeared as a guest on a BBC podcast and the History Extra podcast to discuss her book Spycraft. In these interviews, she delved into the fascinating world of espionage, sharing insights from her research and highlighting key themes from her work.
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Exhibition encourages us to reflect on the history of slavery
What is the significance of the history of slavery for our present-day society? A special exhibition in the inner courtyard of the Academy Building features eleven insightful portraits of students and staff, and their answer to this question. The aim of the exhibition’s initiators is to make the subject…
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One history, different memories. Does this always lead to conflict?
Different groups can have different memories of the same historical event. This can lead to conflict but does not have to. How is this, and how can countries and people reconcile with the past?
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‘As an ambassador you witness history as it unfolds’
Carmen Gonsalves has been the Dutch ambassador to Chile since this autumn. She studied history in Leiden. How useful has her degree been and what’s it like to be an ambassador? ‘Diplomacy is fascinating.’ We spoke to her just before the presidential elections.
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Krista Murchison in History Today on medieval pen-twisters
Minims are letters that are made up of short, vertical pen strokes, such as 'm', 'i', 'n' and 'u'. In Gothic script, there is often little distinction between letters composed of minims. Assistant professor of medieval literature Krista Murchison has written an article in History Today on the hidden…
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[CANCELLED] Mechanisms of Social Dependency in the Early Islamic Empire
Middle East Studies Lecture
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Petra Sijpesteijn elected Fellow of the British Academy
Professor Petra Sijpesteijn has been elected as an International Fellow of the British Academy, a prestigious recognition that highlights her exceptional contributions to the study of early Islamic history.
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Rodrigo OchigameFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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(CANCELLED) Incorporating Scientific Materialism in an Islamic Worldview: The Perspective of Abdullah Cevdet
Lecture, LUCIS What's New?! Series
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‘History has long been written mainly from a male perspective’
Historian Seran de Leede delved into the life of Lie Alma (1909–1990), the courageous woman from the Dutch province of Drenthe who spoke out against fascism in the 1930s and remains a source of inspiration to this day.
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Crystal EnnisFaculty of Humanities
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Corey WilliamsFaculty of Humanities
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Krista Murchison receives Veni grant for ‘Righting and Rewriting History’
Krista Murchison, University Lecturer at the Leiden University Centre for the Arts in Society, received a Veni grant of 250.000 euros. Her Veni-project will explore the ‘immaterial archive’ and its social and historical significance by digitally recreating manuscripts that were destroyed during World…
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Two ERC Consolidator Grants for Leiden researchers
Research on quantum computers and Islamic charities: two Leiden researchers have received a Consolidator Grant from the European Research Council.
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Nadine Akkerman’s 'Spycraft' in Harper’s Magazine: ‘Diverting history‘
In Harper’s Magazine, reviewer Dan Piepenbring discusses the latest book by professor Nadine Akkerman and Pete Langman. ‘Spycraft’ showcases how and why messages were ciphered in sixteenth- and seventeenth-century England.
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Thomas MaguireFaculteit Governance and Global Affairs
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Simon WillmettsFaculteit Governance and Global Affairs
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Was There Indeed a Decline of Ambiguity in Islamic Modernity? Deathbed Emotions as a Case Study
Lecture | LUCIS What's New?!
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Patricio SilvaFaculty of Humanities
- Worlds to Discover: Manuscripts from the Muslim World
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Tobias van der WalFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Isabelle DuijvesteijnFaculty 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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and Global Imagination in the first Islamic Description of the New World (Tarih-i Hind-i Garbī / History of the West Indies), 16th-20th centuries
Lecture, Global Questions Seminar
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Egbert KoopsFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Dick van BroekhuizenFaculty of Humanities
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Dirk AlkemadeFaculty of Humanities
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Gabe van Beijeren Bergen en HenegouwenFaculty of Humanities
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Technical problems are history with the Teacher Support Desk
For many teachers, they are a lifesaver: the people at the Science Teacher Support Desk. When a teacher has technical problems, they come to the rescue immediately. Veerle Warnders is one of them and she tells us what is so great about her job.
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Haneen OmariFaculty of Humanities
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Taking Theology Seriously: Islamic Media and the Revolutionary Struggle for a “New Egypt”
Lecture | LUCIS Keynote
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Our perspective on history is changing and our museums are changing too
Museums have long focused on power, wealth and a few famous figures. But that is changing, says Valika Smeulders, head of the history department at the Rijksmuseum. What this change comprises and how it has come about is the subject of her keynote speech at the D&I Symposium on 11 January.
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Curator of the National Museum Marion Anker: ‘History can cause friction'
Marion Anker is a junior curator at the Rijksmuseum, the National Museum of the Netherlands. She studied History in Leiden and Amsterdam. Together with her team, she organised the controversial exhibition ‘Revolusi! Indonesië onafhankelijk!’ What did studying History teach her?
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The Unseen Saints of Islam: Sufi Ritual and Religious Worldmaking in Java
PhD defence
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Philippe BucFaculty of Humanities
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Spycraft in History Today’s and The Economist’s Books of the Year
Spycraft, by professor Nadine Akkerman and Pete Langman has been selected by History Today and The Economist as one of 2024’s best books
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Berkhoff appointed professor by special appointment: ‘Focus on Ukrainian history a milestone’
As of 1 September , Karel Berkhoff has been appointed professor by special appointment in Ukrainian History. In this position, made possible in part by the KNAW, he will focus primarily on dark moments in recent Ukrainian history: the persecutions that have taken place in the first half of the twentieth…
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Miel GrotenFaculty of Humanities
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Keuzegids Masters 2025: History and Classics and Ancient Civilizations score well above average
Two Humanities research masters and one master’s programme score well above average in the Keuzegids Masters: the research master History, the master and research master Classics and Ancient Civilizations.
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LEF grant for legal history research into limitation of marine liability
In July 2021 the Leiden Empowerment Fonds (LEF) awarded a research grant of €13,500 for research into the history of maritime law in early modern times.
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New history of Leiden presented to the mayor: ‘Always been an incredibly diverse city’
Professor Ariadne Schmidt and Associate Professor Arie van Steensel (University of Groningen) have produced A Companion to Medieval and Early Modern Leiden, the first English-language history of Leiden. Mayor Peter Heijkoop received the first copy.
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Khizar JawadFaculty of Humanities
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Wim BlockmansFaculty of Humanities
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Tamsin PrideauxFaculty of Humanities
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Daniele Paolini
Faculty of Humanities