216 search results for “shi islam” in the Staff website
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Historical Topography of Medina: Faith, Power, and Memory in Early Islamic Arabia
Lecture, LUCIS What's New?! Series
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[CANCELLED] Mechanisms of Social Dependency in the Early Islamic Empire
Middle East Studies Lecture
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Crystal EnnisFaculty of Humanities
c.a.ennis@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5275635
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Corey WilliamsFaculty of Humanities
c.l.williams@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5276903
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When Turkish Islamism Meets Social Sciences: Essentialism Upgraded?
Lecture
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(CANCELLED) Incorporating Scientific Materialism in an Islamic Worldview: The Perspective of Abdullah Cevdet
Lecture, LUCIS What's New?! Series
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Geo-Poetics and the Reconstruction of Pre-Islamic Arabian History
Middle East Studies Lecture
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Haneen OmariFaculty of Humanities
h.omari@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5275025
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Taking Theology Seriously: Islamic Media and the Revolutionary Struggle for a “New Egypt”
Lecture | LUCIS Keynote
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The Unseen Saints of Islam: Sufi Ritual and Religious Worldmaking in Java
PhD defence
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Was There Indeed a Decline of Ambiguity in Islamic Modernity? Deathbed Emotions as a Case Study
Lecture | LUCIS What's New?!
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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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ERC Consolidator Grant for Marijn van Putten: How many ways are there to read the Quran?
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.
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From the ground up: The politics of burial and memory in the early Islamic world
Conference
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Tolga Günerit.guneri@sea.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Remke KrukFaculty of Humanities
r.kruk@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
- Global Questions Seminar
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Veni for Verena Meyer: 'Not every religious manuscript is meant to be digitised'
Now that it is becoming increasingly easy to digitise texts, it seems almost obvious to do that with everything that has ever been written. University lecturer Verena Meyer thinks that is too simplistic. ‘We need to look more closely at the political and cultural effects of digitisation.’
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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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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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Ugur DerinFaculty of Humanities
u.derin@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Salwa TareenFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
s.n.tareen@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Coming this fall: Al-Babtain visiting professor Hugh Kennedy
This fall, LUCIS will have the pleasure of welcoming Professor Hugh Kennedy from SOAS University of London to Leiden. He is the fourth Abdulaziz Saud Al-Babtain Cultural Foundation Visiting Professor in Arabic Culture at Leiden University.
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Mayke KaagAfrika-Studiecentrum
m.m.a.kaag@asc.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5273375
- Forgotten heroes
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Gabrielle van den BergFaculty of Humanities
g.r.van.den.berg@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272023
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Harry StroomerFaculty of Humanities
h.j.stroomer@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Ahmad Nuril HudaSocial & Behavioural Sciences
a.nuril.huda@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Edmund FrettinghamFaculteit Governance and Global Affairs
e.j.frettingham@luc.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009500
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Shuqi JiaFaculty of Humanities
s.jia@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Call for papers: Ruins and Memory in the Muslim World: Typologies and Motifs (622-1800 CE)
We invite proposals for the conference entitled ‘Ruins and Memory in the Muslim World: Typologies and Motifs (622-1800 CE)’ to be held in Leiden between 14-16 September 2026.
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Verena Meyer at the Sanubari Nuris Bali International Webinar
On Saturday, May 4, Dr. Verena Meyer delivered opening remarks at the International Webinar 'Santri, Literacy, and Indonesia', organized by the Bali Santri Literacy Community (Sanubari) Nurul Ikhlas Islamic Boarding School in Jembrana, Bali, Indonesia.
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In memoriam Sjoerd van Koningsveld (1943-2021)
We are saddened by the news of the unexpected passing of prof.dr. Pieter Sjoerd van Koningsveld on 28 July 2021.
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The battle over marriage in Indonesia
The Indonesian government has been trying to enforce marriage and divorce laws for some time. These efforts are encountering resistance from both local communities and the Indonesian Supreme Court. PhD candidate Al Farabi investigated where this resistance comes from.
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Translating the Image: Art, Science and Global Imagination in the first Islamic Description of the New World (Tarih-i Hind-i Garbī / History of the
Lecture, Global Questions Seminar
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Professor bids farewell with roadshow in Indonesia: 'One big celebration of recognition'
Whereas most outgoing professors are offered a congress, Nico Kaptein's former students and PhD students took a bigger approach. They treated him not only to a farewell congress, but also to a two-week tour of Indonesia, filled with lectures, and trips.
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Petra Sijpesteijn elected to the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres
The Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres (AIBL), one of the five academies that make up the Institut de France, has elected professor Petra Sijpesteijn as foreign corresponding member (correspondant étranger), to fill the seat of the renowned Egyptologist Edda Bresciani.
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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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Three Leiden PhD candidates awarded Mosaic 2.0 scholarships
Three PhD candidates from Leiden University have been awarded a Mosaic 2.0 scholarship for their PhD research. The Dutch Research Council (NWO) Mosaic 2.0 programme is aimed at an underrepresented group of graduates with a migrant background.
- Worlds to Discover: Manuscripts from the Muslim World
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What could bring about change in Iran?
With ongoing protests across Iran, many are asking whether the regime is on the brink of collapse. Three Leiden experts share their perspectives.
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In memoriam: Prof. dr. J.T.P. de Bruijn (1931-2023)
On Monday 23 January 2023 J.T.P. (Hans) de Bruijn passed away at the age of 91. Until 1995 he held the Chair of New Persian Language and Culture at Leiden University.
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Bareez MajidFaculty of Humanities
b.majid@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5275154
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Mark DechesneFaculteit Governance and Global Affairs
m.dechesne@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009589
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Marijn van PuttenFaculty of Humanities
m.van.putten@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271583
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Francesca Sofia SelanoFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
f.s.selano@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Reza Shaker ArdekaniFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
r.shaker.ardekani@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Douglas BergerFaculty of Humanities
d.l.berger@phil.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5276497
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Joery MatthysFaculteit Governance and Global Affairs
j.matthys@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009395
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David EhrhardtFaculteit Governance and Global Affairs
d.w.l.ehrhardt@luc.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009313