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New MOOC: The Cosmopolitan Medieval Arabic World 29 November 2018
Did you know that Arabic was for centuries the lingua franca in an area stretching from the south of Spain to the Chinese border? And that the Middle ...
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Sanjar Gulomov will be Central Asia Erasmus Fellow in December 2018 28 November 2018
Sanjar 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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Bachelor Religious Studies top program according to 'Keuzegids Universiteiten 2019' 23 November 2018
The bachelor program Religious Studies has, besides also Linguistics and Ancient Near Eastern Studies, been awarded by the 'Keuzevakkengids Universite...
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Meet the new LUCIS director: Nathal Dessing 09 November 2018
Meet Nathal Dessing, LUCIS director as of 1 November 2018. Dessing is a lecturer for the Leiden University Centre for the Study of Religion (LUCSoR) a...
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LUCIS Annual Conference brings Shiʿi studies to the forefront 02 November 2018
On 14 and 15 November, the LUCIS Annual Conference takes place in Leiden. Scholars from diverse backgrounds will come together to share their research...
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Call for Applications ENIS Spring School 01 November 2018
In 2019 the ENIS Spring School takes place in Granada from 18 March until 22 March 2019. The Spring School will be organized by ENIS (the European Net...
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Mavlyuda Yusupova will be the Central Asia Visiting Professor in November 2018 29 October 2018
Mavlyuda 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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Catholics in the Dutch Republic were creative directors of their own lives 24 October 2018
The Catholics were by no means pitiable victims over the two centuries that they had to practise their religion underground, Caroline Lenarduzzi write...
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Al-Babtain Leiden University Centre for Arabic Culture opens its doors 11 October 2018
With the official launch of the Al-Babtain Leiden University Centre for Arabic Culture, Leiden University and the AbdulAziz Saud Al-Babtain Cultural F...
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Interpreting Rituals: Historiographical Perspectives and Pluralistic Contexts 27 September 2018
From 29 October until 31 October 2018 the conference 'Interpreting Rituals: Historiographical Perspectives and Pluralistic Contexts' will be held at L...
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Education, desire and South Koreans in contemporary China 24 September 2018
In her dissertation, Xiao Ma takes education as a lens to reveal the dynamic relations of three groups of South Koreans – parents, students, and educa...
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LUCDH Symposium 21 September 2018
The Leiden University Centre for Digital Humanities has awarded some small research grants to foster the developments of new digital research. These p...
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In Memoriam Prof. Dr. J.F. Borghouts 18 September 2018
Prof. Dr. Joris F. Borghouts (1939-2018) was Full Professor of Egyptology at Leiden University and a specialist in ancient Egyptian grammar and magic.
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Extended Deadline NISIS Autumn School 11 September 2018
The deadline for applications for the NISIS Autumn School has been extended until Monday 24 September 2018, 9.00 hours (CET)!!
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15 September: Deadline AMT2 Research Funding (final round) 30 August 2018
The deadline for the final round of AMT2 Research Funding is 15 September 2018, 17 hrs CET. Application is open to all academic staff of Leiden Univer...