614 search results for “medieval islamic history” in the Student website
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Ahab BdaiwiFaculty of Humanities
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Arnold MolFaculty of Humanities
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John Islam-van KlinkenICT Shared Service Centre
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Alireza AsghariFaculty of Humanities
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Claire WeedaFaculty of Humanities
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from Leiden make Ted Ed videos: ‘We want to integrate Islamic history into world history’
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.
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Unique research on inscriptions offers new insights into history Islam
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…
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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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New professor of Medieval History Philippe Buc: 'I am just like a shepherd'
A shepherd, but also a comparativist and historian with very broad interests. That is how Professor Philippe Buc describes himself. As of 1 August 2021, he will hold the chair of professor of Medieval History at the university. In an introductory interview, Buc introduces himself, his research and his…
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Robert SteinFaculty of Humanities
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‘Islam is a constant in Europe’: new Humanities podcast delves into the history of Islam
‘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.
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Jan Just WitkamFaculty of Humanities
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Three questions to Maurits Berger about his new Islam podcast
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…
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Antheun JanseFaculty of Humanities
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Jerem van DuijlFaculty of Humanities
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Ed HayesFaculty of Humanities
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'Rome after Rome': a unique student-scholar exploration of early medieval Rome
Debates about the ‘end’ of the Roman era, how, when, and even if it ended, are still very much alive and raging. However, what happened after the (long) late antique period is a lesser-known and lesser-studied subject. The post-Roman past needs, however, as much energetic investigation and discussion.…
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Peter HoppenbrouwersFaculty of Humanities
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Hans JanssenFaculty of Humanities
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Rachel SchatsFaculteit Archeologie
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Jacobine MelisFaculteit Archeologie
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Jeroen OosterbaanFaculteit Archeologie
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Hans MolFaculty of Humanities
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Mahmood KooriadathodiFaculty of Humanities
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Large grant for research into Islamic non-conformism
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.’
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Louis SickingFaculty of Humanities
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Sara BolghiranFaculty of Humanities
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Between Admiration and Repulsion: The ‘Witch’ in Medieval Islam
Lecture, LUCIS What's New?! Series
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Petra SijpesteijnFaculty of Humanities
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Jelle BruningFaculty of Humanities
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Writing Global History
Research symposium
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Using a camera to look into a book's spine: ‘You might just find that one rare text’
What do you do if you have a book from the sixteenth or seventeenth century, but you suspect that the binding contains a fragment of a medieval manuscript? University lecturer Thijs Porck has received an NWO grant to experiment with a camera attached to a tube. 'The project boils down to keyhole surgeries…
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Roosje PeetersFaculty of Humanities
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Maia CasnaFaculteit Archeologie
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Irene O'DalyFaculty of Humanities
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Nico KapteinFaculty of Humanities
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‘Islamic primary schools have been important for Muslim emancipation’
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…
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Epko BultFaculteit Archeologie
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Elizabeth den HartogFaculty of Humanities
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Rehanna NurmohamedFaculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Nina JaspersFaculteit Archeologie
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Or PORATHFaculty of Humanities
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Krista MurchisonFaculty of Humanities
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Nathal DessingFaculty of Humanities
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Medieval manuscripts made available in Europeana
Over 600 manuscripts and early prints have been made digitally available by Leiden University Libraries (UBL) via the Europeana platform. In the project 'The Art of Reading in the Middle Ages’ (ARMA), seven European heritage institutions added 30,000 digitised medieval items to Europeana’s database…
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Was Alexandria a Holy City in Medieval Islam?
Lecture, LUCIS What's New?! Series
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Elena PaskalevaFaculty of Humanities
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Said Reza HuseiniFaculty of Humanities