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‘Islam is a constant in Europe’: new Humanities podcast delves into the history of Islam News - 7 February 2022
‘Islam and Muslims are not something that happened to Europe; they are part of Europe. In fact, Islam is one the biggest constants in European history,’ argues Professor Maurits Berger in the new eight-part History of Islam in Europe podcast series of the Leiden University Faculty of Humanities.

Nico Kaptein Professor Emeritus Islam in South East Asia
Faculty of Humanities

Three questions to Maurits Berger about his new Islam podcast News - 4 March 2022
Maurits Berger's new English-language podcast, Matters of Humanities: History of Islam in Europe covers no fewer than thirteen centuries of history. In eight episodes, professor of Islam and the West Maurits Berger argues that the Islam and Muslims are an important part of European history: ‘That was…

Large grant for research into Islamic non-conformism News - 22 April 2021
In the coming years, Asghar Seyed Gohrab receives an advanced European Research Council grant of two and a half million euros to spend on his research into non-conformism in Islam. ‘Hopefully I can use this to contribute something to society, to pass something on to future generations.’

‘Islamic primary schools have been important for Muslim emancipation’ News - 31 May 2021
The opening of Islamic primary schools has made an important contribution to the emancipation and integration of Muslims in the Netherlands. This is the conclusion of PhD candidate Bahaeddin Budak in his research into 25 years (1988-2013) of Islamic primary schools in the Netherlands. PhD defence on…

Researchers from Leiden make Ted Ed videos: ‘We want to integrate Islamic history into world history’ News - 9 August 2022
What are the origins of the Islamic Empire? And what was daily life like there? Two new Ted Ed animations answer these questions in simple language. Arabists Petra Sijpesteijn and Birte Kristiansen explain what the process of developing the videos was like.

Maurits Berger Professor of Islam and the West
Faculty of Humanities

Hans Theunissen University Lecturer Turkish Studies/Islamic Art and Material Culture
Faculty of Humanities

Abdourahamane Idrissa Abdoulaye University Lecturer Islam in Sub-Saharan Africa
Afrika-Studiecentrum

Imagining the Unimaginable: Finding the Islamic in Muslim Futures Event - 29 February 2024
Lecture, LUCIS What's New?! Series

Renaming Ambiguity: Modernist Dream Encounters in Islamic Indonesia Event - 11 April 2024
Lecture, LUCIS What's New?! Series

Religious Discourse and Tribal Affiliation in Early Islamic Ifrīqiya Event - 15 February 2024
Lecture, LUCIS What's New?! Series

Between Admiration and Repulsion: The ‘Witch’ in Medieval Islam Event - 12 May 2022
Lecture, LUCIS What's New?! Series

Fatiha Azzarhouni: ‘Even during Covid, Ramadan is about fasting' News - 12 May 2021
Mosques with limited opening hours, fewer family visits and fewer events: for the second time, Ramadan was different due to Covid. Islamologist and deputy director of the Leiden Islam Academie Fatiha Azzarhouni looks back on a special month.

Textual Sources and Geographies of Slavery in the Early Islamic Empire, ca. 600-1000 CE Event - 3 March 2022
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