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How the Arabs gained control of Egypt 03 April 2014
How did Fustat develop between 640 and 750 to become the capital of Egypt? At the time Egypt was a province of the Islamic empire - the caliphate - th...
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Boediono: Indonesia is in need of major reforms 26 March 2014
Indonesia still has a long way to go before the country can truly flourish, was the message given by Indonesian Vice President Boediono during his vis...
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‘Arab Springs provide momentum for women’ 10 March 2014
The Arab women are coming! That was Kim Ghattas’s message on 6 March in the 25th Annie Romein-Verschoor Lecture. It won’t be easy and it could take a ...
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Strengthening Leiden's links with Indonesia 04 March 2014
Strengthening our contacts with Indonesia and exploring new opportunities for academic partnerships. These were the aims of a four-day visit to Jakart...
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Six students follow the Silk Route for Amsterdam's Hermitage 03 March 2014
Six students of archaeology, history and art history are to follow the Silk Route in Central Asia, looking for evidence from ancient history for the e...
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Is the mining industry the route to influence North Korea? 24 February 2014
North Korean detention camps are no different from Nazi prison camps. But as long as the country remains economically isolated, international criticis...
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NWO Free Competition Grant for Al-Jallad and Akkermans 12 February 2014
Dr. Ahmad Al-Jallad and Prof.dr. Peter Akkermans have been awarded with the NWO Free Competition Grant for their research project 'Landscapes of Survi...
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Princess Beatrix at opening of conference on Chinese Buddhism 12 February 2014
Princess Beatrix was a guest at the opening of the conference on ‘Chinese Buddhism and the Scholarship of Erik Zürcher’ in Leiden on 12 February. Budd...
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Karène Sanchez genomineerd voor Leidse Onderwijsprijs 22 January 2014
Which teacher has the talent to really motivate their students or is able to combine current research in their lectures? These are important qualifica...
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Roberta D'Alessandro appointed member of Global Young Academy 22 January 2014
Professor Roberta D'Alessandro, from the Leiden University Centre for Linguistics, has been appointed a member of the Global Young Academy (GYA) from ...
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International Buddhism conference in honour of Leiden Sinologist Erik Zürcher 16 January 2014
Erik Zürcher (1928–2008) is still considered an authoritative source in research on Chinese Buddhism. A new collection of his publications serves as a...
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Donation of microfilms gives new access to Syrian manuscripts 12 October 2013
Due to the unrest in the Middle East, many ancient Syrian manuscripts are no longer available or have even been destroyed. Professor of Old Testament ...
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The Popular Culture of Illegality: Santa Muerte and Narco Cultus in Mexico 10 September 2013NWO has granted a 4-year subsidy to the project The Popular Culture of Illegality, ellaborated in collaboration between the University of Amsterdam, U...
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Arabic papyri shed new light on origins of Islam 09 September 2013
Research on papyri has provided new insights into the history of the origins of Islam. Petra Sijpesteijns’s book,'Shaping a Muslim State', is based on...
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In search of missing link in Islamic and European history 15 August 2013
In the period between the First and the Second World War, many Muslim intellectuals came to Europe. What impact did they have on each other’s, as well...