501 search results for “islamic archaeology” in the Staff website
- Forgotten heroes
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Tahir Abbas in various media on radicalisation
Tahir Abbas, Associate Professor in Terrorism and Political Violence at ISGA, explained how polarisation and social exclusion were at the root of radicalisation around the world. Papers ‘The News’ and ‘Dawn’ wrote articles about it.
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Aitor Burguet-CocaFaculteit Archeologie
a.burguet-coca@arch.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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societies: microwear and starch grain analysis on experimental and archaeological grinding tools from Central China
PhD Defence
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Lewis Binford and the Archaeology of Hunter-Gatherers: Questioning Some of His “Law-Like” Generalizations
Lecture
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Exploiting the desert in the hinterland of Petra: fieldwork in the Wadi el-Fiqay near Udhruh
Lecture, What did you do last summer?
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Investigating animal exploitation in the pre-Columbian Caribbean
Lecture, What did you do last summer?
- News
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SAILS Lunch Seminar
Lecture, seminar
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On not seeing like a state: How archaeology can inform critiques of the inevitability of hierarchy, dispossession, and disconnection of the human
Lecture, Faculty Lecture
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SAILS Lunch Time Seminar Sustainability
Lecture
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Maurits Berger: ‘Every researcher should do a social project’
Maurits Berger worked as a lawyer in Amsterdam and as a journalist and researcher in Egypt and Syria. Since 2008, he has been a Professor of Islam in Leiden. Now he finally gets to do what he really wants: bringing his social knowledge and experience with Islam to the academic world. His call to the…
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Maia Casna investigates respiratory disease in the past with an NWO PhD in the Humanities grant
Every year, an NWO PhD in the Humanities grant is awarded to a prospective PhD candidate at the Faculty of Archaeology. This year, the grant went to Maia Casna, enabling her to study respiratory disease in the past. ‘My hypothesis is that the rapid formation of cities in the medieval Netherlands, must…
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The Significance of Ajami Sources in the Study of Muslim Africa
Lecture, LUCIS Keynotes
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James & Arlette Mellaart: The journey to Çatalhöyük
Lecture, Faculty Lecture
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Eric De Brabandere on ‘BNR Nieuwsradio’ about Myanmar and the Rohingyas
Myanmar must take immediate measures to protect the Rohingyas. This has been decided by the International Court of Justice in The Hague.
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Bart Barendregt new Scientific Director CADS
As per 1 June, Bart Barendregt is the new Scientific Director for the Institute of Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology.
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Funding for research: how and why terrorist groups employ drones
A research team led by Dr. Yannick Veilleux-Lepage (Institute of Security and Global Affairs) in collaboration with Emil Archambault has secured funding from the Canadian Department of National Defence’s Mobilizing Insights in Defence and Security (MINDS) program to study the use of drones by violent…
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Call for proposals Scaliger Institute fellowship grants
The submission deadline for applications to Leiden University Libraries (UBL) Scaliger Institute fellowship programmes has been set for 1 April 2022. The Scaliger Institute, the special collections research centre of the UBL, supports scholars in any field of study and from anywhere in the world to…
- The global cosmopolis. Past, present and future of the city of Alexandria
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Masterclasses by Maribel Fierro
Course, Al-Babtain Masterclasses
- What's New?! Spring Lecture Series 2022
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Christiaan Snouck Hurgronje: De perfecte geleerde
Lecture, LUCIS What's New?! Series
- What's New?! Spring Lecture Series 2021
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Elite Wari Women and Digital Methods - A GIS case study in a Peruvian Burial chamber
Lecture
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From the Maghrib to the Mashriq? The Sacrifice of She-Camels among the Fatimids and Safavids
Lecture, LUCIS What's New?! series
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The "Serpent of the Desert" and the "Lion’s Whelp": Transformations of Christian Apocalypticism and Interreligious Polemics
Lecture, FLARe lecture series
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This was 2021! An overview of Humanities in the news
Online, hybrid, on campus... It was an unpredictable year, also for the Faculty of Humanities. Luckily, there were also non-corona related stories. Let's review 2021 with this list of the most-read news articles per month.
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Research Gold Matters in Volkskrant report on Burkina Faso
In October 2021 the Volkskrant published the article 'Rond de bloedgoudmijnen van Burkina Faso heerst de angst voor terreur' (Around the blood-gold mines of Burkina Faso, the fear of terror rules). In this report Carlijne Vos describes how Burkina Faso is rapidly destabilising. The lucrative gold mines…
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Kohei Suzuki contributed to the research project 'Reforming Public Administration in Libya'
Kohei Suzuki, Assistant Professor at the Institute of Public Administration contributed to the research project ‘Reforming Public Administration in Libya’. The brainstorming meeting was organized by the Statistical, Economic and Social Research and Training Centre for Islamic Countries (SESRIC) in T…
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Reconstructing Interactions and Mobility in Prehistoric Cyprus
Conference
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Symposium in Honour of Olivier Nieuwenhuyse
Conference
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Conference Call for Papers: Historicizing the Shiʿi hadith Corpus
From 24-26 June 2020, the Leiden University Centre for Islam and Society (LUCIS) and Shiʿi Studies Unit of the Institute of Ismaili Studies, London (IIS), will host a conference on the Shiʿi hadith corpora. The deadline for abstracts is 31 January 2020.
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Masterclasses by Hugh Kennedy
Course, Al-Babtain Masterclasses
- What's New?! Fall Lecture Series 2021
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Alessandro AleoFaculteit Archeologie
a.aleo@arch.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Leiden University Libraries elected to the Executive Committee of the IIIF Consortium
Leiden University Libraries has been elected to the Executive Committee of the IIIF Consortium. The term of office is two years starting from January 2022.
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Sogdian and Sasanian and Chinese Art. The Impact of the Silk Roads
Lecture
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Exploring the Potential of 3D Imaging within the Repatriation of First Nation Cultural Material
Lecture, Digital Archaeology Group
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Societal impact
You can apply various means to increase your societal impact: through interaction with professionals, the commercial sector or general audiences. The University can support you in this process in a number of ways.
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Film 'Humans of Humanities' festively premiered in Trianon
It's easy to forget in these turbulent times, but on March 9th the film 'Humans of Humanities' premiered in cinema Trianon in Leiden. 160 guests saw Leiden scientists, teachers, students and alumni talk on the big screen about the value of their work as a humanities scholar. The film was followed by…
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Tahir Abbas promoted to full professor of Radicalization Studies: ‘I consider myself blessed to have this opportunity’
Tahir Abbas was named full professor of radicalization studies by the Executive Board. This chair, according to Abbas, is an excellent opportunity for ISGA to broaden its current focus on terrorism and political violence. Abbas was interviewed about his ambitions, writing as a form of relaxation, and…
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ERC Consolidator Grants for Leiden researchers
Five Leiden researchers have been awarded a Consolidator Grant by the European Research Council (ERC). This grant of up to two million euros will enable them to continue and expand their scientific research.
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Jelle van Buuren Discusses the Terrorist Attacks in France on RTL Nieuws and NOS
On 29 October a terrorist attack occurred in Nice. On the same day assaults also took place at the French consulate in Saudi Arabia and in the city of Lyon. How is it that France is so frequently targeted by extremists?
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Scientific Communication: the Art of Presenting Science
Workshop
- Conflict, Islamist Extremism & Governance in the Middle East
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Framing Late Antique Religion: Religion & Ethnicity in the Quran
Lecture, Framing Late Antique Religion
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Between Raḥmānan and al-Raḥmān: Linguistic Transformations in Late Antique South Arabia
Lecture, LUCIS What's New?! series
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When the Imam Dreams of Blessed Waters: Negotiating Environmental Knowledge in Small Islands of Eastern Indonesia
Lecture, LUCIS What's New?! Series
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How Islamists Navigate a Secular World [CANCELLED]
Lecture, LUCIS What's New?! Series