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1,100 search results for “islam studies” in the Staff website

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  Shuqi Jia PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  s.jia@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272171

• 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?

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  Christopher Green University lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  c.k.green@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272327

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  Channa Li Guest Researcher

  Faculty of Humanities

  c.li.6@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1766

• Oddly-shaped medieval vessels found all over the Islamic world have puzzled archaeologists for decades. News - 4 December 2023

  'When taking into account all finds in the Islamic world of this enigmatic vessel, it would perhaps be wise not to restrict this container to merely one function.'

• Maurits Berger on Ruetir about national holidays News - 4 January 2023

  Why are the majority of our national holidays based around Christian festivities? Arabist Maurits Berger talks about this in an article on Ruetir.

• Call for papers: Burial and Memory in the early Islamic World News - 8 May 2025

  From 6-8 April 2026 the conference "From the ground up: The politics of burial and memory in the early Islamic world" will take place in Cairo, Egypt. Deadline for sending in your abstract: 21 June 2025.

• Syria, one year after the revolution: The role of women and minorities Event - 8 December 2025

  Lecture, Workshop

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  Loes Oudenhuijsen PhD candidate

  African Studies Centre

  l.w.oudenhuijsen@asc.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Peter Verhagen Guest

  Faculty of Humanities

  p.c.verhagen@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

• ERC Consolidator Grant for Marijn van Putten: How many ways are there to read the Quran? News - 11 April 2022

  How should the Quran be read? The manuscript of this holy book makes different interpretations possible. Researcher Marijn van Putten has been awarded an ERC Consolidator Grant of two million euros to explore centuries-old recitations.

• Sunni constitutional theory in light of an early hadith about obedience Event - 12 November 2025

  Lecture

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  Hosna Sheikhattar External PhD candidate

  Faculty of Law

  h.sheikhattar@law.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Shirley Alexander PhD candidate / guest

  Faculty of Humanities

  s.l.alexander@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Maghiel van Crevel Professor of Chinese Language and Literature

  Faculty of Humanities

  m.van.crevel@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2211

• Research schools

  Many PhD candidates, as well as research master students at the Faculty of Humanities, are members of a research school related to their area of expertise. Research schools aim at the collaboration of researchers from different faculties in the same university (interfaculty schools) or in different…

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  Henk Schulte Nordholt Professor emeritus Indonesian History

  Faculty of Humanities

  schultenordholt@kitlv.nl | +31 71 527 2727

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  Philomeen Dol Team Leader / Foreign Language Teacher

  Faculty of Humanities

  p.h.dol@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 4687

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  Boudewijn Walraven Professor emeritus of Korean language and literature

  Faculty of Humanities

  b.c.a.walraven@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2171

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  Amirardalan Emami

  Faculty of Humanities

  a.emami@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272976

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  Crewe Williams PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  k.c.williams@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272171

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  Xiao Luo PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  x.luo@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272171

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  Francesca Rosati PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  f.rosati@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272171

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  Steven Hagers PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  s.j.hagers@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Xiong Xiong PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  h.xiong@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272171

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  Geoffrey Cain PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  g.n.cain@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Hyojin Pak Guest researcher

  Faculty of Humanities

  h.j.pak@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

• Renaming Ambiguity: Modernist Dream Encounters in Islamic Indonesia Event - 11 April 2024

  Lecture, LUCIS What's New?! Series

• Imagining the Unimaginable: Finding the Islamic in Muslim Futures Event - 29 February 2024

  Lecture, LUCIS What's New?! Series

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  Edegar Da Conceição Savio

  Faculty of Humanities

  e.da.conceicao.savio@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2171

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  Arfi Arfiansyah Affiliated researcher

  Faculty of Law

  a.arfiansyah@law.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727

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  Daphne Wong-A-Foe PhD candidate

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

  d.l.wong-a-foe@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727

• How do European Muslims see their future? News - 30 May 2022

  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…

• Fatiha Azzarhouni: ‘Even during Covid, Ramadan is about fasting' News - 12 May 2021

  Mosques with limited opening hours, fewer family visits and fewer events: for the second time, Ramadan was different due to Covid. Islamologist and deputy director of the Leiden Islam Academie Fatiha Azzarhouni looks back on a special month.

• Anglophone Islam: English-language Islamic curriculum in post-Apartheid South Africa Event - 30 November 2023

  Lecture, LUCIS What's New?! Series

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  Caroline Fernandes Caromano Researcher

  Faculty of Humanities

  c.fernandes.caromano@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Abdourahamane Idrissa Abdoulaye University Lecturer Islam in Sub-Saharan Africa

  African Studies Centre

  a.idrissa.abdoulaye@asc.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 3372

• Book Launch: Provocative Images in Contemporary Islam Event - 15 May 2024

  Lecture

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  Fitri Murfianti PhD

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

  f.murfianti@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Cristiana Strava University lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  c.strava@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 4676

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  Judith Frishman Professor emeritus Judaism

  Faculty of Humanities

  j.frishman@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727

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  Marat Markert Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  m.markert@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 70 800 9934

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  Kiyan Foroutan PhD Candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  k.foroutan@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727

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  Shahab Daneshvar PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  s.daneshvar.2@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272171

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  Irene Hadiprayitno University Lecturer International Studies

  Faculty of Humanities

  i.hadiprayitno@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 7402

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  Rizal Shidiq University Lecturer, Economies in South and Southeast Asia

  Faculty of Humanities

  a.r.shidiq@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5278057

• Matrilineal Islam Event - 13 December 2023

  PhD defence

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  Mubarika Nugraheni PhD Candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  m.d.f.nugraheni@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2171

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  Pilar Jimenez Galindo Guest

  Faculty of Humanities

  m.d.p.jimenez.galindo@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1646

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  Arie van der Kooij Professor emeritus of Biblical Studies

  Faculty of Humanities

  a.van.der.kooij@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2171