2,414 search results for “persoon and iranian studies” in the Public website
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Gerard Persoon
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
persoonga@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5273451
- Iranian
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Iranian and Central Asian Studies
LIAS aims to advance the globally conscious vision of area studies, both within and outside the academic community. Focusing on Asia and the Middle East, the institute is a meeting place of multiple fields of inquiry, theories and methods, historical periods, and areas.
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Words and Laments: A Narratological Analysis of Esmāʻil Fasih’s War Novel, The Winter of 1983 (Zemestān-e 62)
Saeedeh Shahnahpur defended her thesis on 13 September 2016.
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Indo-Slavic lexical isoglosses and the prehistoric dispersal of Indo- Iranian
On the 2nd of July, Axel Palmér successfully defended a doctoral thesis. Leiden University Centre for Linguistics congratulates Axel on this achievement!
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The prehistoric origin and spread of the Indo-Iranian languages
A linguistic test of hypotheses rooted in genetics and archaeology.
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Encyclopedia of Embroidery from Central Asia, the Iranian Plateau and the Indian Subcontinent
This is the first reference work to describe the history of embroidery throughout Central Asia, the Iranian Plateau and the Indian Subcontinent from the medieval period through to the present. It offers an authoritative guide to all the major embroidery traditions of the region and a detailed examination…
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Like dust on the Silk Road: an investigation of the earliest Iranian loanwords and of possible BMAC borrowings in Tocharian
On the 20th of April, Chams Benoît Bernard successfully defended a doctoral thesis. The Leiden University Centre for Linguistics congratulates Chams on this achievement!
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Anthropologists Erik de Maaker, Tessa Minter and Gerard Persoon on Sentinel Island
Despite repeated warnings, John Chau visited the remote Indian island of North Sentinel. His goal: to convert the North Sentinelese to Christianity. These islanders, however, aren't in for outsiders and killed the missionary upon his arrival. Anthropologists Erik de Maaker, Tessa Minter and professor…
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Jamaseb SoltaniFaculty of Humanities
j.soltani@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009512
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Arash MohammadavvaliFaculty of Humanities
a.mohammadavvali@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Announcement Fellow Program 2022 'The Iranian Highlands'
For 2022, The Iranian-German project 'The Iranian Highlands: Resilience and Integration of Premodern Societies' announces the second round of fellowship grants. The fellowship is open for both iranian and non-iranian researchers, especially in archaeology but also in other interdisciplinary fields focussing…
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Iranian Studies Series describes the full breadth of Persian culture
On 8 December, Leiden University Press will present a new international series on Persian poetry and literature. The series will be edited by Asghar Seyed Gohrab (Middle Eastern Studies).
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The Mermaid and the Lion King - Essays in honour of Hans H. de Iongh.
This liber amicorum is a tribute to Prof. dr. ir. Hans H. de Iongh, associate professsor at the Institute of Environmental Sciences (CML) of Leiden University and guest professor at the University of Antwerp, on the occasion of his retirement on 27 October 2016.
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Iranian regime faces dilemma: ‘You can’t just block social media’
Protests have been raging in Iran for two months since the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini. The role of social media in the protests against the Iranian regime should not be underestimated, says Senior Assistant Professor and Iranian Babak RezaeeDaryakenari.
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Siavash Rafiee RadFaculty of Humanities
s.rafiee.rad@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5273942
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Maaike Warnaar in the news about the Iranian elections
On 29 February there appeared a column by Maaike Warnaar in the Volkskrant on the Iranian elections.
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Rector Magnificus presented with long list of missing Iranians
Hester Bijl, the Rector Magnificus of Leiden University, was handed a ‘shockingly long list’ of names of missing Iranians in her office at the Administration and Central Services department on 13 December 2022.
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Questions mount over reported airstrike on Iranian school
Conflicting reports about an airstrike on a school in Iran are causing international concern. Helen Duffy, Professor of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights was asked to clarify states obligations under international law. In Euro News she called in for a swift and independent investigat…
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19th century Iranian diplomat: French democratic principles found in the Koran
Neither technology, nor Pan-Islamism, but only the codification of law could prevent Iran from falling even further behind the Western world. So wrote the 19th century intellectual Mustashar ad-Dowla in his tract Yak Kaleme. The translation of this work was presented in Amsterdam on 8 December.
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Mission
Area studies is an approach to knowledge that starts from the study of places in the human world from antiquity to the present, through the relevant source languages, with central regard for issues of positionality.
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Poetry and power: the appreciation of the verse in Seljuq and Ilkhanid chronicles : the case of Rāḥat al-Ṣudūr and Jāmiʿ al-Tavārīkh
On Wednesday 20 November 2024 Sara Mirahmadi successfully defended a doctoral thesis and graduated.
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Crewe WilliamsFaculty of Humanities
k.c.williams.2@umail.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
- Middle East Studies Lectures
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Shahab DaneshvarFaculty of Humanities
s.daneshvar.2@umail.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Group interests: rights of indigenous peoples
Industrialised countries extract natural resources in the territories of indigenous peoples, and appropriate the knowledge and culture of these peoples. Leiden anthropologists work to protect the rights of indigenous peoples. Their knowledge and advice enable governments to source sustainable produc…
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The World of Water
The International Course on Water Use and Management in Cagayan Valley The Philippines (2011-2015)
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Martyrs are sometimes women
Women behind the front play an important role in a large proportion of Iranian novels, written on the Iran and Iraq-war (1980-1988). But their martyrdom is an uncommon theme. Saeedeh Shahnahpur will give a lecture on this subject on 16 February.
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Ancient Worlds Network
The Ancient Worlds Network brings together staff and graduate students in LIAS working on the ancient Mediterranean and Near Eastern world.
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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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From respected hermits to ordinary citizens: The conversion of the Baduy, ethnicity, and politics of religion in Indonesia (1977 - 2019)
Mr. Ade Jaya Suryani defended his thesis on 28 January 2021
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Savannah Landscapes for the future
Celebrating 20 years of Environmental Research and Education in Northern Cameroon
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Crossing boundaries
Celebrating 20 years of environmental research in Cagayan Valley and Sierra Madre
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Challenges in survival analysis: sequential analysis, prediction and non- parametric estimation
Overlevingsanalyse is een onderzoeksgebied dat zich richt op het bestuderen van de tijd tot het optreden van een specifieke uitkomst.
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Tracking the Tocharians from Europe to China: a linguistic reconstruction
This project intends to provide an integrated linguistic assessment of the hypothesised migration route of the Tocharians.
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Sonic Recollecting Resonances: Indonesian-Dutch Musical Encounters
Over time Dutch and Indonesian composers, performers and music scholars have inspired each other and they continue to do so. The presence of the Dutch in the Netherlands East-Indies and Indonesia, but also the existence of large diasporic communities in the Netherlands have contributed to a mutual exchange…
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Historiography and palaeography of Sasanian Middle Persian inscriptions
On Tuesday 11 June 2024 Olivia Ramble successfully defended a doctoral thesis and graduated.
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Watañi lāntaṃ
On the 13th of April, Federico Dragoni successfully defended a doctoral thesis. The Leiden University Centre for Linguistics congratulates Federico on this achievement!
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The Layered Heart: Essays on Persian Poetry, A Celebration in Honor of Dick Davis
The Layered Heart : Essays on Persian Poetry is published in celebration of the poet and scholar Dick Davis, dubbed “our pre-eminent translator from Persian” by The Washington Post.
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Christopher GreenFaculty of Humanities
c.k.green@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272327
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Precarize and divide
Stella Morgana defended her thesis on 31 March 2021
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Buddhist Astrology and Astral Magic in the Tang Dynasty
Jeffrey Kotyk defended his thesis on 7 September 2017
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The advent of Abrī: the first wave of paper marbling in the long 16th century (ca. 1496-1616CE)
On Thursday 21 November 2024 Jake Benson successfully defended a doctoral thesis and graduated.
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The Tocharian Trek
A linguistic reconstruction of the migration of the Tocharians from Europe to China
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Nico KapteinFaculty of Humanities
n.j.g.kaptein@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Peter VerhagenFaculty of Humanities
p.c.verhagen@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Ab de JongFaculty of Humanities
a.f.de.jong@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272585
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The Silk Road Language Web
A linguistic prehistory of the Tarim Basin in Northwest China
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Boudewijn WalravenFaculty of Humanities
b.c.a.walraven@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Xiao LuoFaculty of Humanities
x.luo@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727