543 search results for “islam in africa” in the Student website
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appointed Professor of the Anthropology of Politics and Governance in Africa
Mayke Kaag has been appointed Professor of the Anthropology of Politics and Governance in Africa at the Institute of Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology (CADS) on behalf of the African Studies Centre Leiden (ASCL).
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Book Launch: Provocative Images in Contemporary Islam
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Mirjam de BruijnFaculty of Humanities
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John Islam-van KlinkenICT Shared Service Centre
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Nathal DessingFaculty of Humanities
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New research programme for urgent challenges in Africa
Leiden University and four other Dutch universities will appoint 51 PhD candidates to conduct solution-oriented research for and with the African continent.
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Amadou AdamouFaculty of Humanities
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Africa and Palestine
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Anika Altaf
Afrika-Studiecentrum
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Antonio FrankAfrika-Studiecentrum
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Karin NijenhuisAfrika-Studiecentrum
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W van KesselAfrika-Studiecentrum
- Daring questions in Islam
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Maurits BergerFaculty 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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Chibuike UcheAfrika-Studiecentrum
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Sara BolghiranFaculty of Humanities
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Nico KapteinFaculty 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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Jan-Bart GewaldAfrika-Studiecentrum
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Alireza AsghariFaculty of Humanities
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Stefano BellucciFaculty of Humanities
- Framing Late Antique Religion Lecture Series
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Jan Just WitkamFaculty of Humanities
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Rijk van DijkAfrika-Studiecentrum
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Back to the roots of Shia Islam: ‘We need to get the full picture.'
When discussing the history of Islam, the focus is almost always on the history of the Sunni majority. University Lecturer in the history of Islam, Edmund Hayes wants this to change. His new ERC-funded project , focuses on the development of the early Shia community.
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ASCL Seminar: The COVID-19 Pandemic Response and Africa's New Era of Austerity
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Said Reza HuseiniFaculty of Humanities
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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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Former president South-Africa visits Campus The Hague
Former President Kgalema Motlanthe of South Africa gave a public lecture on Campus The Hague on 7 July. His story was about the economic transformation of Africa.
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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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Rehanna NurmohamedFaculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Ahab BdaiwiFaculty 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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LUCIR Lecture: Russia in Africa
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Researchers 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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David EhrhardtFaculty Governance and Global Affairs
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Harry WelsAfrika-Studiecentrum
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Mayke KaagAfrika-Studiecentrum
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Access to Africa Commons (until 17 July)
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- What's New?! Spring Lecture Series
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How do European Muslims see their future?
Professor of Islam and the West Maurits Berger wants to use citizen science to answer this question. On the futureofislam.eu website, he is inviting European Muslims to complete an anonymous survey about how they see their future and the role of Islam in this. He will present the first findings at the…
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Making Islam Work: Islamic Authority among Muslims in Western Europe
Lecture, LUCIS What's New?! Series
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Anglophone Islam: English-language Islamic curriculum in post-Apartheid South Africa
Lecture, LUCIS What's New?! Series
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Loes OudenhuijsenAfrika-Studiecentrum
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Michel DoortmontAfrika-Studiecentrum
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Julia FoudraineAfrika-Studiecentrum
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Caroline ArchambaultFaculty Governance and Global Affairs
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Gunnar Weimann
Faculty Governance and Global Affairs
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Abdourahamane Idrissa AbdoulayeAfrika-Studiecentrum