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2,051 search results for “islam studies” in the Public website

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  Rizal Shidiq University Lecturer, Economies in South and Southeast Asia

  Faculty of Humanities

• Arabic and its Alternatives Research output

  Arabic and its Alternatives discusses the complicated relationships between language, religion and communal identities in the Middle East in the period following the First World War.

• The Middle East doesn't exist News - 1 October 2015

  On Friday 2 October journalist Sander van Hoorn starts his lecture series ‘The Middle East doesn't exist’, which was organised by the Leiden University Centre for the Study of Islam and Society (LUCIS). ‘If all goes well, people will understand the Middle East that bit less after my lectures.’

• Current guest researchers Netherlands-Flemish Institute in Cairo

• Monotheism in Medieval Islamic Thought Event - 3 February 2025

  Conference

• Punching Back - Gender, Religion and Belonging in Women-Only Kickboxing Research output

  Punching Back is a detailed ethnographic study that demonstrates that young Muslim women who kickbox develop agentive selves by challenging gender norms, challenging expectations, and living out their religious subjectivities.

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  Crewe Williams PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Amirardalan Emami

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Maarten Kossmann Associate professor

  Faculty of Humanities

• Contact Middle Eastern Studies (MA)

  If you have a question, there are various ways to get in touch with us.

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  Jonathan Ouellet Education Officer

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  Daphne Wong-A-Foe PhD candidate

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

• Land, Space, Power: Landscapes of the Early Caliphate Research project

  This NWO-funded VICI project (2025-2030) led by Prof.dr. Petra M. Sijpesteijn examines the place-making processes in the early Islamic Empire.

• What's New Leiden University Centre for the Study of Islam and Society

  What's New is a lecture series organised by LUCIS and the department of Middle Eastern Studies. The lectures focus on current research on Islam and the Middle East.

• Paolo Sartori will be the Central Asia Visiting Scholar in April 2018 News - 12 April 2018

  Paolo Sartori is a Senior Fellow at the Institute of Iranian Studies of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna. In Leiden he will deliver one guest lecture on Twilight of the Persianate: The Vernacularization of Central Asia (18th - early 20th Centuries) on 12 April and a masterclass on How can we…

• Institute for Area Studies: Asia & the Middle East

  The Leiden University Institute for Area Studies (LIAS) is devoted to the study of places in the human world from antiquity to the present time in a comparative and interdisciplinary perspective.

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  Caroline Fernandes Caromano Researcher

  Faculty of Humanities

• Passion in Profession Leiden University Centre for the Study of Islam and Society

  The Passion in Profession series features researchers who are specialised in Islamic, Middle Eastern and Central Asian studies. With the series, LUCIS aims to show what inspires them in their work by highlighting an object or concept that they feel passionate about.

• Nostalgia for the Present Research output

  Ethnography and Photography in a Moroccan Berber Village

• The Excellence of the Arabs Research output

  The Excellence of the Arabs is a spirited defense of Arab identity—its merits, values, and origins—at a time of political unrest and fragmentation, written by one of the most important scholars of the early Abbasid era.

• ‘Morocco Institute crucial for better understanding of Arab world’ News - 2 March 2017

  A better understanding of Morocco and the Arab world is crucial for international relations and for Dutch society. This was the key message of Minister of Education, Culture and Science Jet Bussemaker and Ahmed Aboutaleb, Mayor of Rotterdam, at the opening of the renewed Netherlands Institute in Morocco…

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• Institutes abroad Internationalisation

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  Marat Markert Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Tolga Güneri Project coordinator

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  Remke Kruk Professor emeritus

  Faculty of Humanities

• Framing the Conquest: Bactrian local rulers and Arab muslim domination of Bactria (31-128 AH/651-746 CE) Research output

  On Thursday 28 March 2024 Said Reza Huseini successfully defended a doctoral thesis and graduated.

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  Arie van der Kooij Professor emeritus

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Gabrielle van den Berg Academic director LIAS / professor

  Faculty of Humanities

• KU Leuven joins NISIS partnership News - 19 December 2018

  We are very pleased to announce that KU Leuven joins the partnership of the Netherlands Interuniversity School for Islamic Studies (NISIS). KU Leuven is the first Belgian university to take part in NISIS. Prof. Amr Ryad will take place in the NISIS board as representative.

• International Students NVIC Netherlands-Flemish Institute in Cairo

• Student life Middle Eastern Studies (MA)

  Your time at Leiden is about more than just studying. Some of your best experiences will stem from being a part of our lively and diverse student community, as well as from life in the beautiful city of Leiden.

• December 2023 Netherlands-Flemish Institute in Cairo

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  Kiyan Foroutan PhD Candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Hélène Nut External PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

• NVIC and al-Azhar scholars workshop News - 19 March 2018

  On Sunday the 18th of March, a symposium kicked off with the participation of scholars of Islamic studies at al-Azhar University and their counterparts from Dutch universities.

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  Irene Hadiprayitno University Lecturer International Studies

  Faculty of Humanities

• LUCIS launches Passion in Profession video series News - 6 February 2018

  What inspires scholars who study the history, cultures, religions and languages of the Middle East, North Africa and Central Asia? LUCIS interviewed scholars about their work and research in the video project “Passion in Profession”. The videos are available online now.

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  Corey Williams Senior university lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

• Sub-projects Entangled Universals of Transnational Islamic Charity

  This research comprises various sub-projects.

• Entangled Universals Entangled Universals of Transnational Islamic Charity

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  Yujing Tan Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

• Research themes Leiden University Centre for the Study of Islam and Society

  LUCIS’ research on Islam and society is guided by three overarching themes, which are fundamental to our research programmes.

• Podcasts Dossier: We are Humanities

  From now on, you can listen to the intriguing stories of our staff any time you wish! On this page you can find out more about the new podcast series of the faculty of Humanities.

• Africa reconsidered Research Dossier

  If you follow the western media, you are likely to think of ‘Africa’ as the continent of origin of desperate migrants, a continent of hunger and disease and a breeding ground for international terrorism. But if you want to see the bigger picture, you should look no further than the African Studies scholars…

• Science ON AIR Leiden University Centre for the Study of Islam and Society

  LUCIS works with Science ON AIR to put its researchers in the spotlight. For that purpose, several online videos of LUCIS members have been produced.

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  Guita Winkel Guest

  Faculty of Humanities

• Upcoming Events | Project 0100 One Among Zeroes |0100| Towards an Anthropology of Everyday AI in Islam

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  Shahab Daneshvar PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Daný van Dam University Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities