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764 search results for “islamic history” in the Student website

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  Jan Just Witkam Professor emeritus of Codicology

  Faculty of Humanities

  j.j.witkam@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

• from Leiden make Ted Ed videos: ‘We want to integrate Islamic history into world history’ News - 9 August 2022

  What are the origins of the Islamic Empire? And what was daily life like there? Two new Ted Ed animations answer these questions in simple language. Arabists Petra Sijpesteijn and Birte Kristiansen explain what the process of developing the videos was like.

• Unique research on inscriptions offers new insights into history Islam News - 18 November 2021

  From the very beginning, the Islam has known an oral tradition. It was only two hundred years ago that Muslims starting writing about the history of Islam, on rocks or other hard materials. Arabic epigraphy (study of inscriptions) turns out to be an essential tool in historical genealogy research. Abdullah…

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  Edmund Hayes University lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  e.p.hayes@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5274692

• ‘Islam is a constant in Europe’: new Humanities podcast delves into the history of Islam News - 7 February 2022

  ‘Islam and Muslims are not something that happened to Europe; they are part of Europe. In fact, Islam is one the biggest constants in European history,’ argues Professor Maurits Berger in the new eight-part History of Islam in Europe podcast series of the Leiden University Faculty of Humanities.

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  Jelle Bruning University Lecturer Middle Eastern Studies / Arabic

  Faculty of Humanities

  j.bruning@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1396

• Three questions to Maurits Berger about his new Islam podcast News - 4 March 2022

  Maurits Berger's new English-language podcast, Matters of Humanities: History of Islam in Europe covers no fewer than thirteen centuries of history. In eight episodes, professor of Islam and the West Maurits Berger argues that the Islam and Muslims are an important part of European history: ‘That was…

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  Arnold Mol PhD candidate / lecturer Philosophy

  Faculty of Humanities

  a.j.w.mol@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

• Daring questions in Islam

• Framing Late Antique Religion Lecture Series Event
• Back to the roots of Shia Islam: ‘We need to get the full picture.' News - 6 March 2024

  When discussing the history of Islam, the focus is almost always on the history of the Sunni majority. University Lecturer in the history of Islam, Edmund Hayes wants this to change. His new ERC-funded project , focuses on the development of the early Shia community.

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  Sara Bolghiran PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  s.bolghiran@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271693

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  John Islam-van Klinken Asset Manager

  ISSC

  j.e.p.m.islam@issc.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 7026

• Taking Theology Seriously: Islamic Media and the Revolutionary Struggle for a “New Egypt” Event - 15 December 2025

  Lecture | LUCIS Keynote

• Large grant for research into Islamic non-conformism News - 22 April 2021

  In the coming years, Asghar Seyed Gohrab receives an advanced European Research Council grant of two and a half million euros to spend on his research into non-conformism in Islam. ‘Hopefully I can use this to contribute something to society, to pass something on to future generations.’

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  Petra Sijpesteijn Professor of Arabic

  Faculty of Humanities

  p.m.sijpesteijn@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2027

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  Alireza Asghari PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  a.asghari@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Nico Kaptein Professor Emeritus Islam in South East Asia

  Faculty of Humanities

  n.j.g.kaptein@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

• Vici for Petra Sijpesteijn: 'Islamic Empire rapidly became unified' News - 9 December 2024

  After the death of the Prophet Muhammad, the Islamic Empire expanded at a tremendous pace. Within a hundred years, it stretched from the Atlantic Ocean to the Indian subcontinent. How did such a rapidly conquered territory become one empire? Professor Petra Sijpesteijn has been awarded a Vici grant…

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  Nathal Dessing University Lecturer Anthropology of Religion

  Faculty of Humanities

  n.m.dessing@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1690

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  Rehanna Nurmohamed External PhD researcher

  Faculty of Law

  r.a.nurmohamed.2@umail.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5275200

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  Hans Theunissen University Lecturer Turkish Studies/Islamic Art and Material Culture

  Faculty of Humanities

  h.p.a.theunissen@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 6480

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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

• ‘Islamic primary schools have been important for Muslim emancipation’ News - 31 May 2021

  The opening of Islamic primary schools has made an important contribution to the emancipation and integration of Muslims in the Netherlands. This is the conclusion of PhD candidate Bahaeddin Budak in his research into 25 years (1988-2013) of Islamic primary schools in the Netherlands. PhD defence on…

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  Ahab Bdaiwi University Lecturer Arabic and Medieval Philosophy and Late Antique Intellectual History

  Faculty of Humanities

  a.bdaiwi@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1639

• Art History Book Launches Event
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  Maurits Berger Professor of Islam and the West

  Faculty of Humanities

  m.s.berger@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1684

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  Leonard Blussé van Oud Alblas Professor emeritus of History of European-Asian Relations

  Faculty of Humanities

  j.l.blusse@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646

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  Rens Tacoma Associate Professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  l.e.tacoma@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2632

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  Marlisa den Hartog Assistant professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  m.i.den.hartog@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2733

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  Marlou Schrover Professor of Economic and Social History

  Faculty of Humanities

  m.l.j.c.schrover@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2786

• Legacies: Why Museum Histories Matter Event - 13 January 2026

  Conference

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  Anita van Dissel Senior University Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  a.m.c.van.dissel@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2760

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  Jeroen Touwen Vice Dean / Senior University Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  l.j.touwen@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5277772

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  Helen Steele Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  h.l.steele@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009937

• Research Seminar Medieval and Early Modern History Event
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  Dennie Oude Nijhuis University Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  d.m.oude-nijhuis@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2734

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  Eileen van der Burgh PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  e.van.der.burgh@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1745

• The Roman empire and world history Event - 30 January 2026

  Debate

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  Marion Pluskota Assistant professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  m.pluskota@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 8568

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  Henk Kern Assistant professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  j.h.c.kern@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2764

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  Femme Gaastra Professor emeritus Maritime History

  Faculty of Humanities

  f.s.gaastra@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646

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  Louis Sicking University Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  l.h.j.sicking@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2717

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  Randal Sheppard University Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  r.c.sheppard@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2656

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  Anahita Arian Assistant Professor

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

  a.arian@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727

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  Esther Zwinkels PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  e.p.m.zwinkels@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646

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  Verena Meyer University lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  v.h.meyer@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2281

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  John Kegel Guest Researcher

  African Studies Centre

  j.b.kegel@asc.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Luuk de Ligt Professor of Ancient History

  Faculty of Humanities

  l.de.ligt@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2669

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  Anne-Isabelle Richard University Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  a.i.richard@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1399