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2,334 search results for “islam studies” in the Public website

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  Cristiana Strava University lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

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

• The Middle East doesn't exist News - 1 October 2015

  On Friday 2 October journalist Sander van Hoorn starts his lecture series ‘The Middle East doesn't exist’, which was organised by the Leiden University Centre for the Study of Islam and Society (LUCIS). ‘If all goes well, people will understand the Middle East that bit less after my lectures.’

• Wit and Wisdom in Classical Arabic Literature Research output

  This book contains the first three Leiden-Aramco Lectures on Arabic Language and Culture delivered by Petra Sijpesteijn, James E. Montgomery and Geert Jan van Gelder.

• Jebel Qurma Archaeological Landscape Project Research project

  The project seeks to come to an understanding of the archaeology of the desert and the ways in which its inhabitants engaged with their constraint, marginal environments through time. It compares and interprets site distribution and community organisation over a long time scale and across several different…

• The cultural network: Javanese imaginings of Indonesia, 1918–1966 Research output

  On Wednesday 21 May Adrian Perkasa successfully defended a doctoral thesis and graduated.

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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

• Thy Name is Deer. Animal Names in Semitic Onomastics and Name- Giving Traditions: Evidence from Akkadian, Northwest Semitic, and Arabic Research output

  Hekmat Dirbas defended his thesis on 14 February 2017

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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

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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

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  Hélène Nut External PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

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

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  Sarah Holma

  Faculty of Humanities

  s.k.holma@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272171

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  Al Al Farabi Postdoc / Guest

  Faculty of Law

  a.al.farabi@law.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Tim Wuisman Tutor Bachelor Security Studies

  Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs

  t.wuisman@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | +31 70 800 9506

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  Maria Riep PhD candidate

  Faculty of Archaeology

  m.riep@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272171

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  Paula Esteves dos Santos Jordao Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  a.p.jordao@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 70 800 9435

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  Yujing Tan Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  y.tan.5@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009303

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  Joanita Vroom Professor Archaeology of Medieval and Early Modern Eurasia

  Faculty of Archaeology

  j.a.c.vroom@arch.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 6087

• Arabic and its Alternatives Research output

  Arabic and its Alternatives discusses the complicated relationships between language, religion and communal identities in the Middle East in the period following the First World War.

• Monotheism in Medieval Islamic Thought Event - 3 February 2025

  Conference

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  Guita Winkel Guest

  Faculty of Humanities

  m.winkel@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727

• The Last Sharia Court in Europe Research output

  A Jurist's Travelogue

• Student for a day South and Southeast Asian Studies Event

  Study information

• Punching Back - Gender, Religion and Belonging in Women-Only Kickboxing Research output

  Punching Back is a detailed ethnographic study that demonstrates that young Muslim women who kickbox develop agentive selves by challenging gender norms, challenging expectations, and living out their religious subjectivities.

• Contact Middle Eastern Studies (MA)

  If you have a question, there are various ways to get in touch with us.

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  Daný van Dam University Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  h.d.j.van.dam@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727

• Meet our staff Middle Eastern Studies (research) (MA)

• Annachiara Raia receives NWO Impact Explorer grant: ‘We want to ensure that literature is once again voiced by its own society and resonates News - 2 July 2024

  For decades, the trade in pocketbooks prescribing how to be a good Muslim flourished in East Africa, but in recent years the number of books in circulation has been declining. University lecturer Annachiara Raia is the recipient of an Impact Explorer grant to revive this tradition, in cooperation with…

• Land, Space, Power: Landscapes of the Early Caliphate Research project

  This NWO-funded VICI project (2025-2030) led by Prof.dr. Petra M. Sijpesteijn examines the place-making processes in the early Islamic Empire.

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  Bastian Still Guest

  b.j.f.still@hum.leidenuniv.nl |

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  Mahmood Yenkimaleki Guest researcher

  Faculty of Humanities

  m.yenkimaleki@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727

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  Edmund Amann Professor of Brazilian Studies

  Faculty of Humanities

  e.amann@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1007

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  Mineke Schipper-de Leeuw Professor emeritus Literary studies

  Faculty of Humanities

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

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  Michael Herzfeld

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

  m.f.herzfeld@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 3451

• What's New Leiden University Centre for the Study of Islam and Society

  What's New is a lecture series organised by LUCIS and the department of Middle Eastern Studies. The lectures focus on current research on Islam and the Middle East.

• Paolo Sartori will be the Central Asia Visiting Scholar in April 2018 News - 12 April 2018

  Paolo Sartori is a Senior Fellow at the Institute of Iranian Studies of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna. In Leiden he will deliver one guest lecture on Twilight of the Persianate: The Vernacularization of Central Asia (18th - early 20th Centuries) on 12 April and a masterclass on How can we…

• Passion in Profession Leiden University Centre for the Study of Islam and Society

  The Passion in Profession series features researchers who are specialised in Islamic, Middle Eastern and Central Asian studies. With the series, LUCIS aims to show what inspires them in their work by highlighting an object or concept that they feel passionate about.

• Descendants and Ancestors: A study of Arabic inscriptions from the Arabian Peninsula (1st-4th c. AH/7th-10th c. CE) Research output

  On the 20th of October Abdullah Alhatlani successfully defended a doctoral thesis and graduated.

• Nostalgia for the Present Research output

  Ethnography and Photography in a Moroccan Berber Village

• ‘Morocco Institute crucial for better understanding of Arab world’ News - 2 March 2017

  A better understanding of Morocco and the Arab world is crucial for international relations and for Dutch society. This was the key message of Minister of Education, Culture and Science Jet Bussemaker and Ahmed Aboutaleb, Mayor of Rotterdam, at the opening of the renewed Netherlands Institute in Morocco…

• Institutes abroad Internationalisation

  Our institutes abroad are instrumental for Leiden’s internationalisation activities.

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  Ali Shobeiri Assistant Professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  s.a.shobeiri@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2752

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  Afshin Ellian Professor Jurisprudence

  Faculty of Law

  a.ellian@law.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 7652

• Philology and Manuscripts from the Muslim World

  This summer school is for graduate (MA and PhD) students and researchers who have an interest in handwritten materials, editing, and the tradition of editing in the Muslim world. It offers theoretical lectures as well as hands-on practice with samples from the world-famous collections of the Leiden…

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  Weishuo Li PhD candidate

  Faculty of Archaeology

  w.li@arch.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727