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Research
Overview of the main research projects at the Leiden Papyrological Institute.
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Weneya´a – “quien habla con los cerros”
This study documents and translates the Saa (Zapotec) cultural heritage of the Bene’ Ya’a/En’ne I’ya peoples, the Zapotec inhabitants of the Sierra Norte of Oaxaca.
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Markus Davidsen: 'We need to implement ideas that improve an entire programme'
Three Humanities lecturers received the Senior Teaching Qualification (SKO) this year. University lecturer Markus Davidsen is one of them. What does he think makes for good teaching?
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Reza Shaker Ardekani
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
r.shaker.ardekani@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Radhika Gupta
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
r.gupta@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Lionel Laborie
Faculty of Humanities
l.p.f.laborie@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 3546
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Yasmin Ismail
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
y.ismail@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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The Dakhleh Oasis Project
Update : March 2020 A.J. Mills
- Week 6-7 (15-26 February)
- Week 1: 6-12 January 2019
- Week 3: 19–25 January, 2020
- Week 1–2 (7–15 January)
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Living and Dying with the State
The state, and specifically the idea of nationality, is almost all-determining in social life in the Netherlands. It determines how people identify, how we interact with each other, and what (in)equality in society looks like. However, ultimately, the idea that we can divide people into different nationalities…
- The Belgian Archaeological Mission to Elkab
- Week 4: 29 January – 4 February
- Week 7: 16–22 February
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A double-edged sword: religious discourses and LGBTQIA+ inclusion
The role of religion in the identity construction of LGBTQIA+ folks
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From Sasanian Mandaeans to Sabians of the Marshes
This historical study argues that the Mandaean religion originated under Sasanid rule in the fifth century, not earlier as has been widely accepted. It analyzes primary sources in Syriac, Mandaic, and Arabic to clarify the early history of Mandaeism.
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In memoriam Harold M. Hays (1965-2013)
It is with profound sadness that we have learned of the passing of our colleague and friend, Dr Harold M Hays. Harold passed away on Wednesday 20 November, in his sleep, as a result of heart failure.
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Everyday Lived Islam in Europe
This book offers a new direction for the study of contemporary Islam by focusing on what being Muslim means in people’s everyday lives.
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About this minor
Everything you need to know about the minor Islam: Religion and Society.
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Towards a Historical Contextualisation of the Ancient Egyptian Perspectives of the Inner Body, Sickness, and Healing
PhD defence
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Canonisation as Innovation
Anchoring Cultural Formation in the First Millennium BCE
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From Single Sign to Pseudo-Script
An Ancient Egyptian System of Workmen’s Identity Marks
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Narrative and Belief
How do religious narratives persuade their readers to believe their message? And how can it be that some readers even come to treat fantasy and science fiction as authoritative religious texts? These are the core questions treated in Markus Davidsen’s new book Narrative and Belief: The Religious Affordance…
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Research
LIAS has a School of Asian Studies (SAS), a School of Middle-Eastern Studies (SMES) and a School of Religious Studies (LUCSoR). These designations, and the fields within them, remain foundational to our work. At the same time, the academic community benefits from the presence of cross-regional networks…
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Research Areas
The Centre is the proud home of several research programmes.
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Contact
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Religious Studies (BA)
What moves an individual, a society or a culture? How does religion relate to politics, economics and morals? Religion is everywhere and often plays, unnoticed, a large role in the daily lives of yourself and others.
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Managing Diversity: Supervising Functions in Managing Colonial Workplaces
Managing Diversity: Supervising Functions in Managing Colonial Workplaces
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A Brief History of Islam in Europe
Thirteen Centuries of Creed, Conflict and Coexistence
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Streaming Piety: Religion in Turkish Television Drama
Lecture, LUCIS What's New?! Series
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Digital guest lectures for secondary school students: 'The interdisciplinary collaboration gives me energy'
Can a robot perform a religious ritual just like a monk? And what exactly is a religious ritual? Robots and religion seem to be two different subjects, but according to university lecturer Elpine de Boer, both can make us think about what it means to be human and what we consider to be of value. Together…
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Online exhibition
TEXTS FROM ANCIENT EGYPT. Highlights from the Collection of the Leiden Papyrological Institute. Online exhibition on the occasion of the 80th anniversary of the foundation ‘Het Leids Papyrologisch Instituut’ in 2015.
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Resilient Diversity: the Governance of Racial and Religious Plurality in the Dutch Empire, 1600-1800
Resilient Diversity: the Governance of Racial and Religious Plurality in the Dutch Empire, 1600-1800
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Lara Weiss: ‘Egypt is not just pyramids and mummies’
Egyptologist Lara Weiss is curator at The National Museum of Antiquities and has been leading the VIDI research project 'Walking Dead' since 2017. The exhibition 'Saqqara: Living in a necropolis', which will be on display at the museum starting March 10 next year, is part of the project.
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‘Relationship between the state and religious and ideological beliefs in Belgium has reached its best-before date’
In Belgium, officially recognised religions receive financial support from the state. Partly as a result, there is no clearly implemented secularism (separation of church and state) though this is considered to be a guiding notion in modern constitutional theories. PhD candidate Alain Vannieuwenburg…
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Islam in Southeast Asia
Southeast Asia is a term to denote a collection of at present eleven nation-states with an enormous diversity in languages, cultures and religions. Muslims can both take a majority and a minority position.
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Public Reason Secularism: A Defense of Liberal Democracy
On 25 October 2018, Tu Zhang defended her thesis 'Public Reason Secularism: A Defense of Liberal Democracy'. The doctoral research was supervised by prof. P. Cliteur.
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Moving Bodies: Diversity, Skill and Embodiment
How are social structures of gender, religion and race/ethnicity learned and embodied in practices of movement?
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Rituals of Initiation and Consecration in Premodern Japan
Power and Legitimacy in Kingship, Religion, and the Arts Volume 87 in the series Religion and Society
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About the programme
The Research MA Classics and Ancient Civilizations covers two years and can be studied in four tracks: Classics is one of them. While diving into the literary, cultural and intellectual worlds of Greece and Rome, you will be involved in current research, and stimulated to reflect on the significance…
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Florian Theissen successfully defends his PhD thesis
On 30 November 2023, Florian Theissen successfully defended his PhD thesis, 'Sincerely Believing in Freedom'.
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Babesch Supplement 16
The Supplementa series of BABESCH is designed as a platform for thematic publications, in juxtaposition to the annual and varied mix of contributions offered by the journal itself. The thematic publications will include proceedings of colloquia, collections of particular studies by one or more authors,…
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From Universe of Visnu to Universe of Siva
Around the sixth and seventh centuries, South and Southeast Asia saw a great religious change: Saivism largely took over from Vaisnavism. We’re going to look at the way in which Saivism, the religion of the god Siva, presented itself with respect to Vaisnavism. In particular we’ll investigate the role…
- Week 1: 8–14 January
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Publications
The NVIC has published a series of scholarly publications in Arabic and several European languages.
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Markus Davidsen wins 2021 Impact Prize
Markus Davidsen, assistant professor of Religious Studies, is the winner of the 2021 Impact Prize. He is receiving the prize of 1,000 euros for the material he has developed for religious education in secondary schools.
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The Secular Outlook
The Secular Outlook describes what moral and political secularism means. It paints the image of a world view in which state and religion are kept well separated.