2,790 search results for “history of the contemporary middle east” in the Staff website
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for research into Het Dorp: ‘We are going to tell the lesser-known history’
It is one of the most famous moments in Dutch TV history: the twenty-three hour long marathon broadcast of Open het Dorp. But what happened to the commune for people with disabilities after that? Monika Baár and Paul van Trigt received a NWO grant of 750,000 euros to map the development of Het Dorp.
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Marie-leen RyckaertFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
m.l.e.ryckaert@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009589
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The Sayan Tradition among the Tengger People of East Java
PhD defence
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Ranwa Alamsi
Faculty of Humanities
r.alamsi@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Sytske HofsteeFaculty of Humanities
s.hofstee@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Bamdad Aminzadehgoharrizi
Faculty of Humanities
b.aminzadehgoharrizi@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Borka Balogh
Faculty of Humanities
b.e.balogh@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5277627
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Klaas Douwes
Faculty of Humanities
k.douwes@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Sophia Pekowsky
Faculty of Humanities
s.m.pekowsky@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5273940
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Karl Erik SchøllhammerFaculty of Humanities
k.e.schollhammer@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Joris Dormans
Faculty of Humanities
j.dormans@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Sini HassinenFaculty of Humanities
s.k.hassinen@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Ancient History Research Seminar, Student Presentations
Lecture, Ancient History Research Seminar
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Warja Tolstoj wins Ted Meijer prize
Warja Tolstoj, alumna Art History, has been awarded the 2021 edition of the Ted Meijerprijs. Named after the former director of the KNIR (Royal Netherlands Institute in Rome), the prize is awarded yearly to the best MA/ReMa thesis or PhD in the Humanities.
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Introducing: Marion Pluskota
Marion Pluskota is the new post-doc on Manon van der Heijden's 'Crime and Gender' project.
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Sacred Serpents of the Mekong: Nāga Myths and Magic in Contemporary Thailand
Lecture, VVIK lecture
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Social media
Making use of social media is a good way to meet others or to hear about the latest news and developments. But it also has its downsides: disinformation, trolling, disrespectful comments and even the misuse of (personal) data.
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Introducing: Jeffrey Fynn-Paul
This summer, Jeffrey Fynn-Paul started as a lecturer at the Institute's Social and Economic History section.
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Jesse Millek
Faculty of Humanities
j.m.millek@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Alisee Devillers
Faculty of Humanities
a.k.m.devillers@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Kiki FreriksFaculty of Humanities
k.r.freriks@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272258
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Jacobus Kornelis KleinFaculty of Humanities
j.k.klein@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272037
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Wouter Hofland
Faculty of Humanities
w.g.hofland@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Marijke Tieleman
Faculty of Humanities
m.tieleman@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271666
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Georg Cyrus
Faculty of Humanities
g.c.cyrus@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Albert Planelles OrozcoFaculty of Humanities
a.planelles.orozco@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272038
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Peter WebbFaculty of Humanities
p.a.webb@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1689
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Professor by special appointment Mariken Teeuwen: ‘There are so many new possibilities in research on medieval manuscripts’
Mariken Teeuwen started at the Institute for History as a professor by special appointment of Script Culture of the Middle Ages on 1 March. ‘I’m looking forward to doing research together with students.’
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‘You have no love for truth’: 19th-century British scientists accused each other at every turn
Lack of manliness, avaricious or too imaginative. These are just a few of the accusations with which British scientists discredited each other over a hundred years ago. PhD candidate Léjon Saarloos researched British scientists around the year 1900 and their idea of what makes a good - and therefore…
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Russians continue to use age-old military concepts
Russian military concepts developed in the late 19th and early 20th centuries still exist and have not lost their strategic relevance. The Russians used them to annex Crimea and are now applying them in the war in Ukraine. Although the concepts have been around for a long time, it does not mean they…
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Book launch: Roots of counterterrorism, Contemporary Wisdom from Dutch Intelligence
Lecture, Book launch
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European grant for research into Indian scriptures: ‘This is what our understanding of Hinduism is based on’
Professor Peter Bisschop has been awarded an ERC Advanced Grant. He will invest the 2.5 million euros in his research into puranas: ancient texts, commonly written in Sanskrit, that are up to fifteen hundred years old.
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Panel Discussion | A Hundred Years of Republican Turkey: A History in a Hundred Fragments
Debate, Panel Discussion
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Historiography and Palaeography of Sasanian Middle Persian Inscriptions
PhD defence
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Thijs Brocades Zaalberg: 'How does the discourse on war influence practice?'
As a student, Thijs Brocades Zaalberg was primarily interested in diplomacy surrounding conflicts. Through research on peace operations and subsequently the fight against guerrillas, he became increasingly involved with the most violent aspects of colonial warfare. Per 1 September 2024 he is appointed…
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Elena PaskalevaFaculty of Humanities
e.g.paskaleva@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271692
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Daný van DamFaculty of Humanities
h.d.j.van.dam@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Sarah BadwyFaculty of Humanities
s.badwy@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Anna Ljung Grüner-HeggeFaculty of Humanities
a.b.ljung.gruner.hegge@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Emma de VriesFaculty of Humanities
e.m.de.vries@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Obstinate Graves in East Java: Traditionalist and Modernist Ethics, Excess, and Sufi Perspectives | Research Seminar
Lecture, Research Seminar
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Jamel BuhariFaculty of Humanities
j.l.j.buhari@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 8073
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Mark Driessen's Jordan fieldwork features in Photo Exhibition
The National Museum of Antiquities in Leiden features a small photo exhibition on Mark Driessen's fieldwork research project in Southern Jordan. In this small exhibition you will see a selection of nine photos, made in Udhruh. This ancient Jordanian settlement lies fifteen kilometres east of Petra,…
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The Helsinki Final Act at 50: Timeless Masterpiece or Relic of the Cold War?
Lecture, Studium Generale
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Ilan PeledFaculty of Humanities
i.peled@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Book Landscapes of Survival sheds new light on the habitation of the Jordan deserts
December 2020 saw the crowning publication of the Landscapes of Survival project by Professor Peter Akkermans. Its main topic is human habitation in marginal environments like the deserts of the Arabian Peninsula. ‘The people living here built their own society, and they would not have viewed it as…
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Luca Bruls Awarded Fellowship Grant for Research and Ethnographic Filmmaking
Luca Bruls has received a Catharina Halkes Fonds fellowship grant to finalize her fieldwork in Chad and Senegal and to complete her first ethnographic film.
- Call for papers: The Routledge International Handbook on Social Exclusion and Radicalisation
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Meet Dr. Jonathan Stökl, LJSA Member
Before coming to Leiden, Dr. Stökl was Reader in Hebrew Bible / Old Testament at Kings College London.