606 search results for “islam in europe” in the Staff website
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Nathal Dessing
Faculty of Humanities
n.m.dessing@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1690
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Maurits Berger
Faculty of Humanities
m.s.berger@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1684
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Sara Bolghiran
Faculty of Humanities
s.bolghiran@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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‘Islam is a constant in Europe’: new Humanities podcast delves into the history of Islam
‘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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What can Europe learn from Islamic thought?
Islamic banking, freedom of religion, LGBTQ+ acceptance and education are topics that European Muslims find important for their future. These are the results of a survey by Professor of Islam and the West, Maurits Berger. The survey is the starting point of a citizen project in which Berger wants to…
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How do European Muslims see their future?
Professor of Islam and the West Maurits Berger wants to use citizen science to answer this question. On the futureofislam.eu website, he is inviting European Muslims to complete an anonymous survey about how they see their future and the role of Islam in this. He will present the first findings at the…
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Three questions to Maurits Berger about his new Islam podcast
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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Making Islam Work: Islamic Authority among Muslims in Western Europe
Lecture, LUCIS What's New?! Series
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John Islam-van Klinken
ICT Shared Service Centre
j.e.p.m.islam@issc.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 7026
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Book Launch and Discussion: Petitions and Petitioning in Europe and North America
Lecture, Book Launch and Discussion
- Daring questions in Islam
- Framing Late Antique Religion Lecture Series
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Back to the roots of Shia Islam: ‘We need to get the full picture.'
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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Islamic TV in Indonesia: piety or commodity?
In Indonesia, some Muslim preachers are TV stars with massive followings. Syahril Siddik studied how they operate and how their viewers react. On 9 November, he successfully defended his dissertation in Islamic Studies.
- Research Seminar Europe 1000-1800
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Research Seminar Europe 1000-1800
Lecture, Research Seminar Europe 1000-1800
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ESOF 2022: Tax justice in Europe and beyond
On the occasion of Euroscience Open Forum 2022, Professor Attiya Waris (Director of Research and Enterprise and Professor of Fiscal Law and Policy in Eastern Africa, University of Nairobi, Kenya), Professor Irma Mosquera Valderrama (Professor of Global Tax Governance, Lead Researcher GLOBTAXGOV ERC…
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Unique research on inscriptions offers new insights into history Islam
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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Alireza Asghari
Faculty of Humanities
a.asghari@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2031
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Feminist fatwas of female Islamic scholars
It matters a lot whether a fatwa is given by a female or male Islamic scholar, discovered doctoral student Nor Ismah.
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Large grant for research into Islamic non-conformism
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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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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Nico Kaptein
Faculty of Humanities
n.j.g.kaptein@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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China's Islam in Xinjiang
PhD defence
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Jan Just Witkam
Faculty of Humanities
j.j.witkam@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2171
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‘Islamic primary schools have been important for Muslim emancipation’
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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Researchers from Leiden make Ted Ed videos: ‘We want to integrate Islamic history into world history’
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.
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Research
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Submitting in Horizon Europe and ERC
Although Europe and the European Commission (EC) are often referred to as one funding agency, there are many Executive Agencies that are responsible for different programmes within the Directorate Generals (DG) of the EC. This page guides you through the Horizon Europe and ERC submission system.
- What's New?! Spring Lecture Series
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Rehanna Nurmohamed
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
r.a.nurmohamed.2@umail.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 5200
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Marieke Liem in The Economist on drug-related murders in Europe
Marieke Liem, professor at ISGA, discusses how the number of drug-related murders has not decreased in the last years
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Ahab Bdaiwi
Faculty of Humanities
a.bdaiwi@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1639
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Said Reza Huseini
Faculty of Humanities
s.r.huseini@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 5329
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Vici grant for Anouk de Koning for research on Prototyping Welfare in Europe
Leiden's cultural anthropologist Anouk de Koning is receiving a Vici research grant for her project ‘Prototyping Welfare in Europe: Experiments in State and Society’ to study welfare experiments in four countries and to examine what they tell us about the futures of European welfare states.
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First comprehensive study on gun violence in Europe identifies alarming trends
The steady decline in lethal gun violence in the EU came to halt in 2012 and some countries, such as Sweden, have even noticed an increase since then. An arms race among drug criminals and an increase in the availability of illegal firearms could lead to more criminal and gun violence. This is one of…
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Una Europa Seed Funding Call: collaborate with researchers in Europe and Africa
Organisation, Research
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Archaeological excavations in Romania show life of earliest modern humans in Europe
In a new article in the journal Scientific Reports, Leiden archaeologist Wei Chu and colleagues report on recent excavations in Western Romania at the site of Româneşti, one of the most important sites in southeastern Europe associated with the earliest Homo sapiens. The site gives an important glimpse…
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joins the discussion about the early use of bow-and-arrow technology in Europe
Nature News reported on the use of bow-and-arrow for hunting based on the research made on small points found in a 54,000-year-old cave site in southern France.
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Jorrit Rijpma
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
j.j.rijpma@law.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Submitting in Horizon Europe and ERC
Although Europe and the European Commission (EC) are often referred to as one funding agency, there are many Executive Agencies that are responsible for different programmes within the Directorate Generals (DG) of the EC. This page guides you through the Horizon Europe and ERC submission system.
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Submitting in Horizon Europe and ERC
Although Europe and the European Commission (EC) are often referred to as one funding agency, there are many Executive Agencies that are responsible for different programmes within the Directorate Generals (DG) of the EC. This page guides you through the Horizon Europe and ERC submission system.
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Submitting in Horizon Europe and ERC
Although Europe and the European Commission (EC) are often referred to as one funding agency, there are many Executive Agencies that are responsible for different programmes within the Directorate Generals (DG) of the EC. This page guides you through the Horizon Europe and ERC submission system.
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Submitting in Horizon Europe and ERC
Although Europe and the European Commission (EC) are often referred to as one funding agency, there are many Executive Agencies that are responsible for different programmes within the Directorate Generals (DG) of the EC. This page guides you through the Horizon Europe and ERC submission system.
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Submitting in Horizon Europe and ERC
Although Europe and the European Commission (EC) are often referred to as one funding agency, there are many Executive Agencies that are responsible for different programmes within the Directorate Generals (DG) of the EC. This page guides you through the Horizon Europe and ERC submission system.
- Submitting in Horizon Europe and ERC
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Submitting in Horizon Europe and ERC
Although Europe and the European Commission (EC) are often referred to as one funding agency, there are many Executive Agencies that are responsible for different programmes within the Directorate Generals (DG) of the EC. This page guides you through the Horizon Europe and ERC submission system.
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Submitting in Horizon Europe and ERC
Although Europe and the European Commission (EC) are often referred to as one funding agency, there are many Executive Agencies that are responsible for different programmes within the Directorate Generals (DG) of the EC. This page guides you through the Horizon Europe and ERC submission system.
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Horizon Europe BIAS & AEQUITAS sister projects join forces to understand the impact of AI on workers
Leiden University's eLaw Center's BIAS Project and the Universidad de la Laguna's AEQUITAS project will collaborate to develop a deeper understanding of AI technologies' impact on workers and inform policies accordingly.
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Arnold Mol
Faculty of Humanities
a.j.w.mol@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727