465 search results for “anthropology of islam” in the Student website
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Mark WestmorelandFaculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Sharia Transformations: Cultural Politics and the Rebranding of an Islamic Judiciary
Lecture, LUCIS Keynotes
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Two Cultural Anthropology students awarded Pieter de la Court Medal 2021
Claire van den Helder (fourth-year Cultural Anthropology student) and Orestes Kyrgiakis (second-year Cultural Anthropology student) won the Pieter de la Court Medal 2021. The Pieter de la Court Medal is an initiative for students by students and is awarded annually to students who voluntarily contribute…
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Felix AmekaFaculty of Humanities
- GLASS-Islam Series | Eva Troelenberg
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Anar Ahmadov awarded fellowship at Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study
Anar Ahmadov, Assistant Professor of Political Economy at LUC, has been awarded NIAS Individual Fellowship by the Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study in the Humanities and Social Sciences (NIAS-KNAW).
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Azeb AmhaAfrika-Studiecentrum
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Asma MehanFaculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Maarten JansenFaculteit Archeologie
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Meet the members of the Cultural Anthropology OLC 2021-2022
Benjamín Maldonado, Orestes Kyrgiakis, Roos Capel and Iskra Cvitković are the new student members of the Programme Committee (OLC). The board advises the Executive Board and the Faculty Board about educational matters, such as the determination of the Course and Examination Regulations and the evaluation…
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a Western Mosque: Colonial Continuities in Dutch Perspectives on Islamic Architecture
Lecture, LUCIS What's New?! Series
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Textual Sources and Geographies of Slavery in the Early Islamic Empire, ca. 600-1000 CE
Conference
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The Processes of Conversion to Islam in Contemporary Spain: From the Betrayal of Spain to Community Insertion
Lecture, LUCIS What's New?! Series
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Annachiara RaiaFaculty of Humanities
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Places of worship
Many Leiden University buildings have a quiet room that can be used for meditation and prayer. You can request the key at the reception of the building in question.
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Elmer VeldkampFaculty of Humanities
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Janine UbinkFaculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Rosalinde SpittersFaculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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What Constitutes Being Muslim in Indonesia: Islamic Expressions, Politics of Contestation and Accommodation in Bima
Lecture, LUCIS What's New?! Series
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In memoriam Sjoerd van Koningsveld (1943-2021)
We are saddened by the news of the unexpected passing of prof.dr. Pieter Sjoerd van Koningsveld on 28 July 2021.
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Raymond Corbey interviewed about new book on the missionary's perspective on New Guinean ritual art
Protestant missionaries have provided the earliest and most detailed sources regarding the ritual art of the Papuan peoples of the Geelvink Bay. Raymond Corbey brings these sources to bear on circa 300 ritual objects and their itineraries in the book KORWAR - Northwest New Guinea ritual art according…
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Ian Simpson’s Leiden Experience: ‘Engaging with heritage can be a matter of cultural survival’
Ian Simpson is a relatively new face at the Faculty of Archaeology. Starting as an assistant professor in the Heritage and Society department in 2018, he is one of the faculty’s members in critical heritage studies and looks both at the past as well as the future. ‘I study how heritage can be employed…
- What's New?! Spring Lecture Series 2022
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Study programme
When deciding what to study you undoubtedly read a lot of information about your study programme. Leiden University employs various systems to provide information about programmes and courses and to facilitate communication between lecturers and students.
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On the Question of the Islamic Influence on Familial Notions in Late Medieval Zoroastrianism
Lecture, LUCIS What's New?! Series
- What's New?! Fall Lecture Series 2021
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Bringing a community together with soup
As part of her Anthropology studies, Leiden student Marleen Kop has made a short documentary about the importance of Leiden-Noord’s ‘soup time’. Her chosen method was participative observation – she spent months helping residents prepare the soup – and the film can now be viewed online.
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Religious associations
There are several religious student associations at Leiden University, as well as the Leiden Student Ekklesia.
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Raymond Corbey’s Leiden experience: Meet the ‘embedded philosopher’
Raymond Corbey holds a chair in both Philosophy of Science and Anthropology at the Faculty of Archaeology, to which he has been attached since 1993. The faculty’s 'embedded philosopher', as Dean Kolen likes to call him, is hard to pin down in terms of the usual specialties at the faculty because of…
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Photo Exhibition 'Anthropology at a Glance'
Arts and Culture, Photo exhibition
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Fieldwork NL Conference 2021 | Cultural Anthropology
Conference
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The Significance of Ajami Sources in the Study of Muslim Africa
Lecture, LUCIS Keynotes
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Natives of Borno: Islamic Knowledge and African American Literature
LUCIS Lecture | MENA Cultures & Global Aesthetics
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Timetables
Schedules
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Timetables
Schedules
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Bart Barendregt professor by special appointment
Bart Barendregt has been appointed professor by special appointment per January 2020. “Anthropology of Digital Diversity has the potential to show that there are always multiple directions and different solutions to the challenges the digital transition to us all is.”
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Who’s that Horse? Early Islamic Works that helped shape the Stereotype of the Mounted Arab (Bedouin)
Lecture, LUCIS What's New?! Series
- Unfolding Finitudes: Current Ethnographies of Aging, Dying and End-of-Life Care | Online Webinar Series
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Localizing Islam: Self-Education among Young Muslims in Northern Europe
Lecture, LUCIS What's New?! Series
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How Islamists Navigate a Secular World [CANCELLED]
Lecture, LUCIS What's New?! Series
- What's New?! Spring Lecture Series 2021
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Sara BolghiranFaculty of Humanities
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Maurits Berger: ‘Every researcher should do a social project’
Maurits Berger worked as a lawyer in Amsterdam and as a journalist and researcher in Egypt and Syria. Since 2008, he has been a Professor of Islam in Leiden. Now he finally gets to do what he really wants: bringing his social knowledge and experience with Islam to the academic world. His call to the…
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Tahir Abbas in various media on radicalisation
Tahir Abbas, Associate Professor in Terrorism and Political Violence at ISGA, explained how polarisation and social exclusion were at the root of radicalisation around the world. Papers ‘The News’ and ‘Dawn’ wrote articles about it.
- Framing Late Antique Religion Lecture Series
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Andrew Littlejohn awarded Hunt Postdoctoral Fellowship
Dr. Andrew Littlejohn has been awarded a Hunt Postdoctoral Fellowship by the Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research. The fellowship provides funds for early-career scholars to write and publish significant monographs that will impact the development of anthropology.
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After graduation
You’ve graduated. What’s your next step? Leiden University offers many options for students who have just finished their Bachelor’s or Master’s degree.
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After graduation
You’ve graduated. What’s your next step? Leiden University offers many options for students who have just finished their Bachelor’s or Master’s degree.
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Winter School: Digital Visual Engagements in Anthropological Research
Course, Winter school
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Minors
Most Bachelor’s programmes at Leiden University have a major-minor structure, with 15 to 30 study credits (EC) reserved for elective credits. One way to earn elective credits is by doing a minor.