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Exhibition unveils Central Asian part of Silk Road 22 August 2022An exhibition at Oude UB takes visitors to the historical Silk Road. Old maps, clothes and jewellery reflect the rich heritage of the cities of Centra...
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Persian poetry knows no frontiers 28 November 2019The Persian language and its poetry are intertwined with the history of Central Asia. Although some mediaeval poets were later claimed by an individua...
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Exhibition puts ‘forgotten’ part of the Silk Road in the spotlight 04 September 2019The story of the iconic Silk Road is often told from the Chinese perspective. An exhibition at Oude UB focuses on the inhabitants and monuments of his...
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Sanjar Gulomov will be Central Asia Erasmus Fellow in December 2018 28 November 2018Sanjar Golomov is a senior scholar at the Al-Biruni Institute in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. In Leiden he will deliver two lectures and one masterclass for ...
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Mavlyuda Yusupova will be the Central Asia Visiting Professor in November 2018 29 October 2018Mavlyuda Yusupova will be Central Asia Visiting Professor in November 2018. She will deliver two guest lectures for Leiden MA and PhD students.
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Paolo Sartori will be the Central Asia Visiting Scholar in April 2018 12 April 2018Paolo 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 ...
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Round April 2018: Central Asia Fieldwork Grants for Leiden MA/MA Research Students 13 February 2018In 2018 the Central Asia Initiative at Leiden University offers several fieldwork grants to a max of 7,500 EUR. Only MA or MA Research students enroll...
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Svetlana Gorshenina will be the Central Asia Visiting Scholar in February 2018 12 January 2018Svetlana Gorshenina, Associate Lecturer at Collège de France, Paris, will be the Central Asia Visiting Scholar from 17 February until 25 February 2018...
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Charles Melville will be the Central Asia Visiting Professor in November 2017 13 November 2017Charles Melville, Professor of Persian History at the University of Cambridge and Fellow of Pembroke College, will be the Central Asia Visiting Profes...
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Two courses on Central Asia in 2017-2018 at Leiden University 06 September 2017Two courses on Central Asia will be offered within the Leiden Central Asia Initiative, funded by the research profile area Asian Modernities and Tradi...
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Ron Sela will be the Central Asia Visiting Professor in May 2017 29 March 2017Ron Sela, Associate Professor of Central Asian History in the Department of Central Eurasian Studies at Indiana University – Bloomington, will be the ...
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Robert D. McChesney will be the Central Asia Visiting Professor in February-March 2017 27 January 2017
Robert D. McChesney will be the Central Asia Visiting Professor in February-March 2017. Professor McChesney will deliver a guest lecture on 28 Februar...
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Yusen Yu wins MEM Graduate Student Prize 27 January 2017Yusen Yu wins the prestigious Graduate Student Prize of the Middle East Medievalists (MEM) with his article "Chinese Gold-decorated Paper and the Pers...
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Bakhtiyar Babadjanov will be Leiden Erasmus Fellow in November-December 2016 05 November 2016Dr. Bakhtiyar Babadjanov is the first Erasmus Fellow within the Erasmus Mobility Plus Project between Leiden University and the Tashkent State Institu...
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Zifa-Alua Auezova will be the Central Asia Visiting Scholar in November 2016 31 October 2016Zifa-Alua Auezova will be the Central Asia Visiting Scholar in November 2016. Dr Auezova will deliver two guest lectures on Thursday, 10 November and ...