2,345 search results for “middle eastern literary” in the Public website
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From the Solo to the Madura Strait
PhD defence
- Medieval and Early Modern Studies Spring School 2025: History of Emotions (5 ECTS)
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Lustrum: 75 years English Language and Culture programme
Alumni event, Lustrum
- Medieval Latin (5 ECTS)
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The ties that bound early Islamicate society
Middle East Studies Lecture
- Medieval Studies' Day (1 ECTS)
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Workshop defense Marta Morgado
Lecture
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No one is a censor: How Chinese book editors consider potential consequences of their decisions
Lecture, LIAS After-Lunch Talk Series
- Medieval Latin (5 ECTS)
- Medieval Latin (5 ECTS)
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Book presentation 'In This Fragile World', edited by Annachiara Raia
Lecture
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Racism versus Socialism in Cuba
Lecture, Discussion
- Medieval Latin (5 ECTS)
- What's New! ""But where is the third?" Qur’anic Divorce in the Context of Roman, Rabbinic, and Sasanian Law
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LCCP Colloquium "We, Who, Where to? On Jean-Luc Nancy and Transplantation as a Model for Rethinking History Relationally"
Lecture
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Scribes and Inky Fingerprints: Collaborative and Mediated Authorship in Early Modern English Manuscripts
Conference
- Medieval Latin (5 ECTS)
- Exploring the Medieval Archive (5 ECTS)
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International Translation Day 2024
Lecture, Discussion
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Hegemonic Memory Culture and Postmigration: How to Remember the Past in Diverse Societies?
Lecture, Conversation
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Blade Runner 2025?
Lecture, Studium Generale
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Dutch Research Council pilot programme funding for seven researchers
Seven researchers from Leiden University have made a successful application to the Open Competition SSH (Social Sciences and Humanities) XS, a Dutch Research Council pilot programme.
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“No metadata no future” – kicking off UMADA [on a donkeys’ island]
Ustadh Mau Digital Archive project (UMADA) is among the UCLA Library 29 international cultural preservation projects supported by the Modern Endagered Archive Program (Cohort 3). From the 3rd up to the 5th of October, a digitization training workshop took place on Lamu island, on the so-called northern…
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These are the nominees for the 2022 Faculty Teaching Prize!
Every year, an outstanding lecturer receives the Faculty Teaching Prize. Lecturers are nominated by students, and a jury – comprising students and lecturers – decides who will receive the prize. The prize will be awarded during the official opening of the academic year on 7 September. Meet this year’s…
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Alumni stand for European Parliament
Fourteen of the candidates for the European parliamentary elections on 23 May studied at Leiden University. We ask four of them about their motivation and ambitions. In this article: Conny van Stralen, who studied German, and Maurice Hoogeveen, who studied history.
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Statement on Academic Freedom – The Rectors of the Dutch Universities (2025)
Without academic freedom, we might not have antibiotics, nor a deep understanding of human behaviour. Literary criticism, climate models, and ecological restoration would be severely limited; just like ethical reflection on artificial intelligence, justice, trauma, parenting, faith and hope. All these…
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Leiden University presents Scaliger medal to the Europaeum academic community
The Europaeum academic community was awarded the Scaliger medal on 23 September in recognition of its promotion of academic values. Andrew Graham, trustee to the Europaeum and founder and honorary advisor to the Scholars Programme, was presented with the medal by President of the Executive Board Annetje…
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Executive Board visits African Studies Centre: ‘We work from African perspectives’
From the energy transition in Namibia to sustainable jobs for young Nigerians, from African cookbooks to vodcasts on vintage Swahili booklets: during a recent visit by the Executive Board, staff from the African Studies Centre Leiden and the African Library presented their research, teaching and acquisition…
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Ten Leiden researchers awarded a Veni grant
Ten Leiden researchers will receive funding of up to 280,000 euros from the Dutch Research Council (NWO). They will use this grant to develop their research ideas in the coming three years.
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'No, I don't find my work creepy'
Archaeologist Hayley Mickleburgh has already appeared in the Dutch papers a few times already due to her unusual work: the study of decomposing bodies. She studied at Leiden University, where she is now a researcher.
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Call for papers: Arabic and its Alternatives
Religious minorities and their languages in the emerging nation states of the Middle East (1920–1950)
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‘Let students see you’re passionate about your subject’
In line with tradition, at the opening of the academic year the LUS Teaching Prize will be presented to the University’s best teacher. Get to know the nominees. This week: Thijs Porck.
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CFP MA Masterclass Feminist Theory with Lynne Huffer
CFP: Two-day PhD/ Research MA masterclass Feminist Theory with and around the work of Prof. dr. Lynne Huffer organised by the OZSW in cooperation with NOG
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ERC President Jean-Pierre Bourguignon visits Leiden University
Storm clouds are gathering for the European grants for ‘excellent’ research. Researchers therefore need to explain how important these grants are. This is what Jean-Pierre Bourguignon, President of the European Research Council (ERC), had to say during a visit to Leiden University on Thursday 24 Apr…
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Scholar at Risk Lety Elvir Lazo: ‘My university intimidated me too’
The proceeds of the Leiden University Science Run on 28 September will go to Scholars at Risk, a section of the UAF that assists refugee scholars. One such scholar is Leiden PhD candidate Lety Elvir Lazo from Honduras.
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Content key factor in choosing a master’s programme
Last Friday was Master’s Open Day time once again. Students from home and abroad descended on Leiden and The Hague to find out more about our master’s programmes. Alongside the presentations, the information fairs gave them a good opportunity to ask any questions.
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‘A logical step from medieval literature to fact-checking’
Alumnus Peter Burger – along with his colleague Alexander Pleijter – is the face of fact-checking in the Netherlands. ‘My degree led straight to this.’
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14 Veni grants awarded to Leiden researchers
Fourteen promising researchers from Leiden University have been given the opportunity to realise their research plans for the coming years thanks to a Veni grant from the NWO. This year, these subsidies have been granted to studies of the influence of noise on the great tit, the conditions necessary…
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Religiosity and Knowledge in Muslim Context in West Africa: Reconfiguring the Relationship between Boko and Adini
Lecture, LUCIS Keynotes
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Josephus Scaliger: famous scholar and grouch
Josephus Justus Scaliger was one of the most famous scholars of his time and yet today his name is likely to be met with blank looks. His correspondence shows that this Leiden professor was also irritable to say the least. Kasper van Ommen will defend his PhD thesis on Scaliger’s legacy on 2 July. Find…
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Faculty of Archaeology launches dinosaur-focused research
Many an archaeologist, at some point in their career, is asked what type of dinosaur they discovered. Instead of once again patiently explaining that we do not do dinosaurs, the Faculty Board has now decided to listen to society’s call. ‘It is clear that the general public feels that dinosaurs are relevant…
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Veni grants for 22 researchers from Leiden University
An impressive 22 research projects by Leiden researchers have been awarded Veni funding from the Dutch Research Council (NWO).
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Imagining the Unimaginable: Finding the Islamic in Muslim Futures
Lecture, LUCIS What's New?! Series
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Ummahāt al-Khulafā’: Mothers of the Marwanid and Abbasid Caliphate
Lecture, LUCIS What's New?! Series
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Driving Gigs in Oman: Women and Techno-Fixes in the Platform Economy
Lecture, LUCIS What's New?! Series
- LIAS After-Lunch Talk Series
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The Ontology of Writing: The Workings of Talismans in Daoist Practice
Lecture, China Seminar
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Interaction of co-morphologies in Berber
Lecture, Descriptive Linguistics Seminars
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The spread of clicks throughout the Sotho lexicon: borrowing, insertion, and just a hint of regular sound change
Lecture, Descriptive Linguistics Seminars
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Joint Post-Doctoral Fellows Gathering
Internal networking event