748 search results for “modern middle eastern studies” in the Staff website
-
Introducing: Bruno Allahissem and Luca Bruls
Bruno Allahissem and Luca Bruls recently joined the Institute for History as PhD candidates in the NWO-funded project 'Digital warfare in the Sahel: popular networks of war and Cultural Violence', led by Mirjam de Bruijn and Jelena Prokic (LUCL). Below they introduce themselves.
-
Co-creation with researchers in Indonesia: ‘We welcome misunderstandings’
How do you co-create with researchers in other parts of the world? LDE wants to gather and share knowledge on the grand challenges and to do so across national borders. A delegation of 27 researchers will therefore travel to Indonesia at the end of October to take part in the LDE-BRIN Academy.
-
‘A country’s immigration narrative really influences the people arriving there’
Immigration and naturalisation policies are an important theme in the upcoming Dutch elections. The Netherlands should be mindful of its immigration narrative, says PhD candidate Hannah Bliersbach, as this greatly influences the relationship between ‘new’ citizens and their new home country.
-
Stretching in the courtyard, yoga in the restaurant: how colleagues keep fit together
It’s not healthy but we often do it anyway: sit hunched at our computer for hours on end. But exercising and relaxing at work doesn’t have to be complicated. These staff members have come up with fun and easy ways to help their colleagues stay fit and healthy. ‘You don’t need sportswear and won’t end…
-
Roundtable: International Relations and the Idea of Merit
Conference, Roundtable
-
European Citizens’ Initiative and participatory democracy in the EU
Lecture, Seminar
-
Building a stronger and more resilient Union - Mapping the cost of non-Europe (2022-2032)
Lecture, European Union Seminar
-
Imagining the Unimaginable: Finding the Islamic in Muslim Futures
Lecture, LUCIS What's New?! Series
-
Sara Polak: 'We have seen a failed attempt at a revolution'
A flood of news reports, push notifications and even extra news broadcasts: on Wednesday, the world was shocked by the storming of the Capitol in Washington. Americanist Sara Polak discusses the events.
-
CMGI Brown Bag Seminar
Lecture, CMGI Brown Bag Seminar
-
The United States and the War in Gaza: History, Politics, and Culture
Debate, Panel and Q&A session
-
Globalizing the Northern Muslim World: the Mongol Exchange and the Horde
Lecture, LUCIS What's New?! Series
-
Memory, Activism and Social Justice: Kao Jun-honn’s Great Leopard Project
Lecture, China Seminar
-
Global Privateering
Conference, Project launch
-
Why has Western Policy failed on Palestine/Israel?
Debate
-
Belarus is the only Russian ally left in Europe: what is in it for them?
While all European nations have condemned the Russian invasion of Ukraine, there is one country Russia can still count on: Belarus. Russia even used its territory as a stepping stone for the invasion. We spoke with Matthew Frear, Assistant Professor and expert on contemporary Belarus, to shed light…
-
Dies Natalis 2023
University ceremony
-
Dies Natalis
University ceremony
-
Italy From Facism to Democracy. And Back?
Lecture, Seminar
-
Stability in unstable times: how the European Central Bank handles inflation
Lecture, European Union Seminar
-
EU’s engagement in the Arctic
Lecture, Seminar
-
LGBTIQ rights in Europe: the role of the European Parliament
Lecture, Seminar
-
Worlds to Discover: The Qayrawan Collection
Lecture, Worlds to Discover: Manuscripts from the Muslim World
-
LUCDH Lunchtime Speaker Series: Beyond Discourse: An Introduction to Conversation Analysis in Linguistics Research and Elsewhere
Lecture
-
State of the European Union 2022: what is to come?
Lecture, Seminar
-
Religion and Fantasy (12th Leiden Symposium on New Religiosity)
Lecture, Symposium
-
Passionate debate on university’s fossil fuel ties
Should Leiden University cut its ties with the fossil fuel industry forthwith? This was the main question in a debate between students and staff. The answer was clearer for some than for others.
-
Report: Tracking down green spaces in The Hague in places you don't always want to be
Although there is considerable evidence that nature in the city is beneficial to both people and animals, we still do not have an overall picture of those benefits. To rectify that, a Leiden PhD candidate and a student – armed with a cargo bike – are using The Hague as a life-size laboratory.
-
The future of Europe’s finances
Lecture, European Union Seminar
-
Between Admiration and Repulsion: The ‘Witch’ in Medieval Islam
Lecture, LUCIS What's New?! Series
-
Religiosity and Knowledge in Muslim Context in West Africa: Reconfiguring the Relationship between Boko and Adini
Lecture, LUCIS Keynotes
-
A new impetus for EU enlargement?
Lecture, Seminar
-
EU' responses to the challenges of the platform economy
Lecture, Seminar
-
EU Seminar and debate on the European Parliament’s Sakharov prize
Debate, Seminar
-
Sweden in NATO and the changing EU security architecture
Lecture, European Union Seminar
-
The EU and Africa – joint visions for the future or falling back on the past?
Lecture, Seminar
-
European defence cooperation in a time of renewed military activity
Lecture, Seminar
-
(CANCELLED) The UK, the Netherlands, and Ukraine. How strong bilateral relations are crucial for multilateral diplomacy
Lecture, Seminar
-
Social Europe in the context of the green and digital transition
Lecture, Seminar
-
QAnon and Alien Gods: Plausibility Construction in the Cultic Milieu (11th Leiden Symposium on New Religiosity)
Lecture, Symposium
-
Worlds to Discover: 16th Century Shiraz Manuscripts
Lecture, Worlds to Discover: Manuscripts from the Muslim World
-
Worlds to Discover: Ajami Manuscripts of West Africa
Lecture, Worlds to Discover: Manuscripts from the Muslim World
-
Migration policy of the European Union: what lies ahead?
Lecture, Seminar
-
Striving for Affect: Amateur Readers and Aswany's Bestsellers on Social Media
Lecture, LUCIS What's New?! Series
-
University diversity policy is alive and kicking: ‘We need to acknowledge each other’s experiences’
Leiden University has had a diversity policy since 2014. The aim is to create a diverse and inclusive learning and working environment for all students and staff. Diversity Officer Aya Ezawa updates us on the process and the results. It’s now 2022, what has already changed?
-
Lineage and Gender in Islam: Perspectives from the Indian Ocean World
International Conference
-
Opening academic year
University ceremony
-
Textual Sources and Geographies of Slavery in the Early Islamic Empire, ca. 600-1000 CE
Conference