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• Faculty of Archaeology Faculties

  As a former (PhD) student of the Faculty of Archaeology, your relationship with the Faculty doesn’t end when you graduate. You will join an international community of Archaeology Alumni, working in a wide range of careers including academia, commercial archaeology, heritage policy, museums, the media,…

• Project workshops Futuring Heritage

• Islam in North Africa: A Critical Return to Youth Leiden University Centre for the Study of Islam and Society

  In recent years, and especially since the ‘Arab Spring’ of 2011, a growing body of research, media reporting, and scholarly literature has focused on the role of ‘Arab youth’ as the drivers of social and political movements across the Middle East and North Africa.

• Online catalogue Netherlands-Flemish Institute in Cairo

• Reenchanting Buddhism via Modernizing Magic: Guru Wuguang of Taiwan’s Philosophy and Science of ‘Superstition’ Research output

  Cody Bahir defended his thesis on 1 June 2017.

• Meet our staff History (research) (MA)

• Conflict continuities Research project

  Many conflicts in Africa have been studied and described as location and time bound. Yet conflict is rarely confined and contained, and instead reaches across communities, borders, and generations.

• Bastiaan Rijpkema elected as a member of the KHMW News - 12 February 2026

  On 9 February 2026, Bastiaan Rijpkema, Professor of Jurisprudence, was elected as a member of the Royal Holland Society of Sciences and Humanities (KHMW).

• Bastiaan Rijpkema appointed as a member of the KHMW News - 12 February 2026

  On 9 February 2026, Bastiaan Rijpkema, Professor of Jurisprudence, was appointed as a member of the Royal Holland Society of Sciences and Humanities (KHMW).

• Meet our staff Assyriology (MA)

• Meet our staff Assyriology (research) (MA)

• The Cosmopolitan Medieval Arabic World Leiden University Centre for the Study of Islam and Society

  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 East under Muslim rule was the world’s beating heart of trade, but also of science and scholarship?

• Why Leiden University Classics (MA)

  Leiden University provides ambitious students with the most recent and innovative areas of knowledge, and offers them the freedom to develop their own area of expertise.

• À la carte education - Faculty of Humanities Contract and non-examination courses

  If you are interested in an academic programme, but do you not wish to complete the entire programme? Then, you can choose one of the many à la carte courses the Faculty of Humanities offers.

• About us Portal for prospective Indonesian Students

  Leiden University was founded in 1575 and is one of Europe’s leading international research universities. It has seven faculties in the arts, humanities and sciences, spread over locations in Leiden and The Hague. The University has over 6,700 staff members and 29,520 students. The motto of the University…

• Meet our staff European Politics and Society (MA)

• Rooted Cosmopolitanism, Heritage and the Question of Belonging Research output

  Archaeological and Anthropological perspectives

• The Muslim Woman Question in Bosnia and Herzegovina: Between Islamic Tradition and Global Modernity Research output

  On Wednesday 24 September 2025 Marija Šerić successfully defended a doctoral thesis and graduated.

• Centre for Digital Humanities

  Study of human cultures using computational approaches

• Research projects

• Monthly Reads | Project 0100 One Among Zeroes |0100| Towards an Anthropology of Everyday AI in Islam

  Each month we will be spotlighting material we have been reading, or that have been recommended to us that relate to AI and a particular theme.

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  Nico Kaptein Professor Emeritus

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Rashed Nazrabi Student assistant

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Abdallah Abu Ayyash Student assistant

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Martin Darko PhD candidate / guest

  Afrika-Studiecentrum

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  Rash Adum-Atta PhD candidate / self funded

  Afrika-Studiecentrum

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  Khodadad Rezakhani Researcher / Guest

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Tenzin Tsepak Postdoc

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Kiyan Foroutan PhD Candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Marc van Oudheusden PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Sytske Hofstee Researcher

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Ellen Pater selffunded PhD

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Sayeh Mohammadi PhD candidate

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

• Canonical Cultures network Research project

  Religion, Philosophy, and the Pre-modern World

• Faculty of Humanities Dossier: Diversity and inclusion

  The Faculty of Humanities is committed to creating an inclusive and diverse community, where all students and staff are supported, respected, and empowered to do their best work, irrespective of gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, ability, age, religion, or socio-economic background.

• The Role of Law in Libya’s National Reconciliation Research project

  The Role of Law in Libya’s National Reconciliation (RoLLNaR) was a research project that ran from 2017 to 2020. It identified and assessed the role of law – both actual and potential, enabling and constraining – with regard to major challenges of reconciliation in Libya. The project was led by Dr. Suliman…

• Scholarly meetings Leiden University Centre for the Study of Islam and Society

  At LUCIS we offer a varied programme of scholarly meetings (conferences, workshops) which reflect our multidisciplinary and comparative view on Islam and Muslim societies in past and present.

• Visiting fellows Leiden University Centre for the Study of Islam and Society

  Every semester, LUCIS invites a scholar to Leiden to provide a lecture series on a topic of their choice. With these lectures, we aim to present state-of-the-art research in Islamic studies to the Leiden academic community and beyond, and to offer students and junior researchers the opportunity to get…

• Linguistic and Cultural Diversity in Morocco The Netherlands Institute Morocco

  In the spring semester, NIMAR offers university and university of applied sciences students two English-taught tracks worth 30 ECTS each. In both tracks, the emphasis is on enhancing language and linguistic skills, yet they also provide an in-depth introduction to Moroccan culture and society.

• Worlding America: How Play Shaped the United States between New Media and New Politics Research project

  WORLDING AMERICA researches how ‘play’ has been a key force in the past and present process of creating America as a coherent and hegemonic ‘world,’ from 1503 to the present.

• Current guest researchers Netherlands-Flemish Institute in Cairo

• Why Leiden University Egyptology (research) (MA)

  Leiden University provides ambitious students with the most recent and innovative areas of knowledge, and offers them the freedom to develop their own area of expertise.

• Extracurricular Classics and Ancient Civilizations (research) (MA)

  The Classics and Ancient Civilizations (Research) programme offers many extracurricular opportunities to enrich your study experience.

• Project Office IRP Research project

  Programme management of research programme “Strengthening knowledge of and dialogue with the Islamic/Arab world”

• NWO Graduate programme: Arts in Society Research project

  Exploring cultural production in Europe, Latin America and Africa, the institute’s research programme focuses on the continuous interconnectedness of the Arts and Society in both the textual culture of literature, learning and public debate and the visual culture of art, architecture, film, photography…

• H.J. van Mook and Good Governance in Indonesia and the World Research output

  Was the progressive colonial civil servant the precursor of the postcolonial development-aid worker?

• Travelling Islam: The Circulation of Ideas in Islamic Africa Leiden University Centre for the Study of Islam and Society

  This programme starts from the idea that cultural discourse is one of the main engines of intellectual history and the history of ideas.

• Together we can make an impact Social and Behavioural Sciences

  Our mission: a positive impact. Our vision: community. By involving the world around us in our education and research we make a positive impact. We do this by applying Open Science.

• Waarom stichten jullie niet een eigen school?: religieuze identiteitsontwikkeling van islamitische basisscholen 1988-2013 Research output

  On the 9th of June Bahaddin Budak successfully defended a doctoral thesis and graduated.

• Terror Has Already Led to Self-Restraint Research output

  Self-censorship violates principles of a free society but few people want to take the role of the martyr.