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- Kids Activities @ Middle Eastern Culture Market
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Léon BuskensFaculty of Humanities
l.p.h.m.buskens@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 212 53 76 68500
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Maria RiepFaculty of Archaeology
m.riep@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272171
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Literary café
Lipsius, Cleveringaplaats 1, 2311 BD, Leiden
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Discover Leiden University's new Middle Eastern Library and take a closer look at our Middle Eastern collections
An evening program in the University Library and Middle Eastern Library in Leiden for everyone who has something to do with the Middle East; from Tajikistan to the Mahreb and from Istanbul to Sanaa. View the oldest books and clay tablets from the collection and listen to the most fascinating stories…
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Shahab DaneshvarFaculty of Humanities
s.daneshvar.2@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
- Middle East Studies Lectures
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Shuqi JiaFaculty of Humanities
s.jia@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Hominin diversity in Eastern Asia
Conference
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Middle Eastern Culture Market 2021: Evening Edition
This year, LUCIS adapted the programme of its popular annual Middle Eastern Culture Market into an evening version, featuring a lecture, book discussion, and music.
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Lecture series Treasures from the Middle Eastern Manuscript Collections and their Wealth of Knowledge
Persian stories with beautiful miniatures, letters on papyrus from Egyptian traders and medicinal manuscripts translated from Greek and edited in Arabic. Studium Generale organizes a lecture series on the world-famous manuscripts from the Middle East collection of Leiden University Libraries (UBL).…
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Podcast: this is how you create a dictionary for an unknown Middle Eastern language
Leiden scholars succeeded in making Arabic accessible to Western academic communities as early as the sixteenth century. But how did they approach this problem?
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Crystal EnnisFaculty of Humanities
c.a.ennis@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 5635
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Earliest Middle Eastern Manuscript Collections in Leiden Now Available in Open Access
Several of the most important manuscript collections in the Leiden University Libraries (UBL) Special Collections, comprising 443 extremely rare and often unique volumes, have been made available in Open Access via Digital Collections. The available manuscript collections include the private collections…
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47th Symposium on Old English, Middle English and Historical Linguistics (#SOEMEHL47)
Conference
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Scores of visitors attend open evening at new Middle Eastern Library
Over 200 people paid their first visit to the new Middle Eastern Library on a special open evening. As well as exploring the library, they got to see exhibitions, speed lectures and premieres about Leiden University’s Middle Eastern collections.
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Jamaseb SoltaniFaculty of Humanities
j.soltani@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 70 800 9512
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Modern Literature from the Middle East - The Reading List
The Middle East has a rich literary tradition, which is steadily gaining a foothold in the West. Modern literary works deal with contemporary issues, such as the legacy of colonialism, the struggles between traditionalism and modernity, the place of women in society and the war in Israel/Palestine.
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Erik-jan ZurcherFaculty of Humanities
e.j.zurcher@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Training course Leading from the middle
Management, Leadership
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Jelle BruningFaculty of Humanities
j.bruning@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1396
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dating back thousands of years moved: ‘From receipts to the oldest literary works’
How do you move 3,000 fragile clay tablets that date back thousands of years? This was the challenge faced by staff from the Netherlands Institute for the Near East (NINO). After years of preparation, the Liagre Böhl collection has been moved on trolleys to its new home.
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Christian HendersonFaculty of Humanities
c.j.v.henderson@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 4995
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Stereotypes and Misconceptions about the Middle East - The Reading List
The perception of the Middle East is riddled with stereotypes that have had dire consequences on its people. What is myth and what is reality? How did these stereotypes come about? What consequences have they had? All of these questions and more are answered within this reading list.
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Lidewij van de PeutFaculty of Humanities
l.e.van.de.peut@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Workshop Early Photography of the Middle East - In Contact with Collections
On Thursday, May 16, Leiden University Libraries is organizing a workshop on early photography of the Middle East. In the workshop, curator Maartje van den Heuvel shows photos of three adventurous Dutch nineteenth-century travel and photography pioneers. They created beautiful photos and photo albums…
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Middle Eastern Library and African Library soon to be accessible from Herta Mohr Building
Facility
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Evening of the Middle Eastern Collections & Middle Eastern Library
Arts and culture
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mat ImmerzeelFaculty of Humanities
m.immerzeel@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 70 800 9512
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Marina CalculliFaculty of Humanities
m.calculli@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5277599
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Literary Leiden
Quietly read a book in our new reading nook, listen to interesting and bizarre stories set in early twentieth-century Leiden, walk past literary locations in Leiden and watch the best film adapted from a Leiden novel as decided on by you. April is Literary Leiden month! A month in which we pay special…
- Symposium on Old English, Middle English and Historical Linguistics in the Low Countries (SOEMEHL)
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Exhibition Early Photography of the Middle East
From Persia and Arabia to North Africa: as early as the nineteenth century, there were Dutch people who used the camera themselves in various regions of the Middle East.
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Tsolin NalbantianFaculty of Humanities
t.nalbantian@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2985
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Rachel Beckles WillsonFaculty of Humanities
r.beckles.willson@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Zahra AzharFaculty of Humanities
z.azhar@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Deniz TatFaculty of Humanities
d.tat@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 7100
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Chair for Central European Studies at Leiden presents a film at the “Eastern Neighbors” Film Festival in The Hague
On Sunday, November 9 2025, Prof. dr. Sarah Cramsey presented a film at the “Eastern Neighbors” Film Festival in The Hague.
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Valentina AzzaràFaculty of Archaeology
v.m.azzara@arch.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
- What's New?! Spring Lecture Series 2022
- What's New?! Fall Lecture Series 2022
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Cahit Mete OguzFaculty of Humanities
c.m.oguz@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5275477
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Eli van DuijnenFaculty of Humanities
e.g.van.duijnen@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 3565
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Podcast: The Tragic Fate of Egyptologist Herta Mohr
Leiden University recently named a new building for Egyptologist Herta Mohr. But who was she?
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Petra SijpesteijnFaculty of Humanities
p.m.sijpesteijn@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2027
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Podcast: Ancient cuneiform tablets reveal their secrets
Leiden scholars study clay tablets from ancient Mesopotamia. But what exactly does the cuneiform script say?
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Alp YenenFaculty of Humanities
a.a.yenen@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272943
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Leiden University Press
Leiden University Press publishes academic books and journals, primarily in the field of humanities and social and behavioural sciences. The press focuses on Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies, History (Global, Military, Environmental) Archaeology, Asian Studies, Environmental Studies, Literary Studies,…
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Leiden University's world-renowned collection of Middle Eastern Manuscripts
Lecture, Studium Generale
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Reviews of Nationalism in Times Literary Supplement and Foreign Affairs
Eric Storm’s book Nationalism: A World History has been reviewed in the Times Literary Supplement and Foreign Affairs.