190 search results for “arabist he literature” in the Staff website
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Yujie HeFaculty of Science
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Yupeng HeFaculty of Science
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Kai HeFaculty of Science
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Qinxin HeFaculty of Humanities
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Honorary doctorates for Belgian virologist Marc van Ranst and German Arabist Beatrice Gründler
Leiden University is awarding an honorary doctorate to virologist Marc van Ranst. Van Ranst has been one of the main advisers of the Belgian government during the Covid pandemic. German Arabist Beatrice Gründler will also receive an honorary doctorate for her work in the field of Oriental Manuscript…
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Leiden historian and Arabist awarded ERC Consolidator Grants
Historian Paul van Trigt and Arabist Peter Webb have been awarded Consolidator Grants by the European Research Council (ERC). This grant of up to two million euros will allow them to consolidate their research team or programme.
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Nadine AkkermanFaculty of Humanities
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Sander BaxFaculty of Humanities
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Ronald KonFaculty of Humanities
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Otto BoeleFaculty of Humanities
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Claudia BouteligierFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Geert Onno PrinsFaculty of Humanities
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Jan van DijkhuizenFaculty of Humanities
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Dorine SchellensFaculty of Humanities
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Gepco de JongFaculty of Humanities
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Peter LiebregtsFaculty of Humanities
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Annelies Schulte NordholtFaculty of Humanities
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Paula Esteves dos Santos JordaoFaculty of Humanities
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Wilt IdemaFaculty of Humanities
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Bram CaersFaculty of Humanities
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Esther Op de BeekFaculty of Humanities
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Ako TsujitaFaculty of Humanities
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Jonathan PriceFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Oriol Febrer i Vilaseca
Faculty of Humanities
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Céline ZaepffelFaculty of Humanities
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Liesbeth MinnaardFaculty of Humanities
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NWO grant to research scent language in seventeenth-century literature: 'God is like a scent'
When it comes to literature, people mostly talk about what characters see or hear. Rarely is it about what they smell. That’s a shame, thinks university lecturer Jan van Dijkhuizen. He has been awarded an Open Competition grant from NWO to expand academic knowledge about scent in literature, and to…
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in cooperation: the representation of the Indonesian massacre in literature
How do you recount historic events if you are not allowed to talk about them? For his dissertation, Taufiq Hanafi tried to find out how a period of mass murder – despite heavy censorship – found a place in Indonesian literature. PhD defence 31 March.
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‘Literature explores all sorts of things that the law is not yet ready for’
As Professor of Literature, Culture and Law, Frans Willem Korsten explores the interplay between literature and law. These are two disciplines that most people wouldn’t immediately connect, but Korsten can see a lot of common ground between them. ‘A fictional story can have a huge impact on law.’
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Caribbean Literature - A Reading List
Caribbean literature holds a unique position in the world. Literature produced in the Caribbean region is extremely diverse, not only because of the wide variety of languages spoken, but also due to distinct colonial legacies that exist in the archipelago. Despite cultural specificities, the region…
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Marcos Neto de CordovaFaculty of Humanities
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Tingting HuiFaculty of Humanities
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Rianti ManullangFaculty of Humanities
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Emma GrootveldFaculty of Humanities
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Oussama Macnack
Faculty of Humanities
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Esther EdelmannFaculty of Humanities
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English version podcast ‘Scandal and controversy in Russian literature’ launched
Following the success of the Dutch version, the podcast 'Scandal and Controversy in Russian Literature' is now also available in English. Senior University Lecturer Otto Boele guides listeners through eight infamous texts in this version.
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‘Literature is our compass in a turbulent world’
Literature – and films and social media too – helps us understand ourselves and society. That makes literary studies an eternally modern discipline, especially if you dare to combine it with other disciplines, says Nidesh Lawtoo.
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Johannes MüllerFaculty of Humanities
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Modern Literature from the Middle East - The Reading List
The Middle East has a rich literary tradition, which is steadily gaining a foothold in the West. Modern literary works deal with contemporary issues, such as the legacy of colonialism, the struggles between traditionalism and modernity, the place of women in society and the war in Israel/Palestine.
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Mitchell van VurenFaculty of Humanities
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Aritri DuttaFaculty of Humanities
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Edwin de VetteFaculty of Humanities
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Renske JanssenFaculty of Humanities
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Yinzhi ZhangFaculty of Humanities
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Gabrielle van den BergFaculty of Humanities
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Sara PolakFaculty of Humanities
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Frans Willem KorstenFaculty of Humanities
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National Museum of Taiwan Literature donates to Leiden Chinese Queer Collection
On the occasion of the Workshop organized last July to officially launch the Leiden Chinese Queer Collection (LCQC), the National Museum of Taiwan Literature (NMTL) donated 30 titles of Taiwanese LGBTQ+ literature to support this initiative. These works where published between 1971 and 2022 by authors…
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Beatrice Gründler: ‘Literary text can help us understand Europe better’
'Consider languages in their shared context.' That is the message of Professor and Arabist Beatrice Gründler, who will receive an honorary doctorate from Leiden University on 8 February. ‘I would like people to learn that Arabic history has a close connection with Europe.’