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Making Islam Work: Islamic Authority among Muslims in Western Europe Event - 14 December 2023
Lecture, LUCIS What's New?! Series

Anglophone Islam: English-language Islamic curriculum in post-Apartheid South Africa Event - 30 November 2023
Lecture, LUCIS What's New?! Series

John Islam-van Klinken ICT Developer
ICT Shared Service Centre

Daring questions in Islam

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

‘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.

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…

Unique research on inscriptions offers new insights into history Islam News - 18 November 2021
From the very beginning, the Islam has known an oral tradition. It was only two hundred years ago that Muslims starting writing about the history of Islam, on rocks or other hard materials. Arabic epigraphy (study of inscriptions) turns out to be an essential tool in historical genealogy research. Abdullah…

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

How should we use AI? The Islamic world may have an answer News - 4 April 2023
The secular West is struggling with the rise of AI, but so too is Muslim Southeast Asia. What can we learn from each other?

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

Mayke Kaag Associate Professor/Professor by special appointment Anthropology of Islam in Africa and its Diaspora
Afrika-Studiecentrum

Travelling Islam: The Circulation of Ideas in Africa Event - 24 June 2021
Conference, Travelling Islam Workshop

Online Conference: Wisdom Literature in Early Islam Event - 12 September 2022
Conference

Was Alexandria a Holy City in Medieval Islam? Event - 6 May 2021
Lecture, LUCIS What's New?! Series