233 search results for “arabic literatuur” in the Staff website
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Arab QadriSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Haneen OmariFaculty of Humanities
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Expressions of "war" and "peace" in medieval Arabic North African conquest narratives
Lecture | Leiden Lectures on Arabic Language & Culture
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Ronald KonFaculty of Humanities
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questions about the new podcast Schandaal en Controverse in de Russische literatuur
Russian literature is awash with disputes, riots and intense political debates. In the new Dutch podcast Schandaal en Controverse in de Russische literatuur, senior lecturer Otto Boele and film maker and journalist Kay Mastenbroek discuss the most talked-about Russian books published in the past two…
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Modern Arabic titles in catalogue searchable in Arabic script
Modern Arabic titles in the catalogue of Leiden University Libraries (UBL) can now also be consulted in original Arabic script. Taking away the need to transliterate titles, has made searching for Arabic source materials in the catalogue much easier and more efficient for users.
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Peter WebbFaculty of Humanities
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Jelle BruningFaculty of Humanities
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Hossam AhmedFaculty of Humanities
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‘Space Court’ United Arab Emirates: ambitious, but not new
The United Arab Emirates has announced that it is to open a so-called ‘Space Court’ which will operate as an arbitral tribunal for space-related disputes.
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Judith NaeffFaculty of Humanities
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Documentary - Restoring the eleventh-century Arabic manuscript De Materia Medica
Water damage, old restorations and copper corrosion in some illustrations. De Materia Medica has been through a lot over the centuries. The manuscript dates from 1083 AD and is one of the oldest illustrated Arabic manuscripts in the world. Due to intensive use, De Materia Medica was no longer in good…
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ERC Starting Grant for Thijs Porck: 'Everyone loved Old English in the nineteenth century'
In the nationalist nineteenth century, people developed an interest in medieval language and literature. The study of medieval material in one’s own vernacular was thought to reveal a great national past. But why, then, was Old English studied by Germans, Danes, Italians and many other nationalities…
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Arnold MolFaculty of Humanities
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Grond-recht: vanuit literatuur en cultuur op zoek naar de bodem van juridische definities
Inaugural lecture
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Binge-eating disorders in the Arab world and the Netherlands
Psychologist Bernou Melisse was shocked at the long waiting lists in the Netherlands for people with binge-eating disorders. The problem was not yet on the map in Saudi Arabia. She therefore decided to study how people suffering from binge eating can be helped better in their own region of the world.…
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Mateo Cohen
Social & Behavioural Sciences
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Marijn van PuttenFaculty of Humanities
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Ahab BdaiwiFaculty of Humanities
- What's New?! Spring Lecture Series 2022
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Arabic Echoes and Persian Refrains: Devotional Poetry and Intersonicality in Eighteenth- And Nineteenth-Century North India
Lecture, LUCIS What's New?! Series
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POSTPONED - Arabic Echoes and Persian Refrains: Devotional Poetry and Intersonicality in Eighteenth- And Nineteenth-Century North India
Lecture, LUCIS What's New?! Series
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Sixth Conference of the European Network for Teaching Arabic (ENTA-6): Teaching Arabic Across Contexts
Conference
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Noa SchonmannFaculty of Humanities
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Pluractionality in classical and modern spoken Arabic
Lecture, Descriptive Linguistics Seminars
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Hylke Hettema
Faculty 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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An Introduction to the Arabic Language History and Origins
Alumni event, Lunch webinar
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Workshop: Arabic manuscripts and how to read them
Workshop
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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.’
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Yifan Hu
Faculty of Humanities
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Binge- eating disorder in the Arabic world and the Netherlands
PhD defence
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Edmund Flett wins J.C. Baak Thesis Prize 2023
Edmund Flett, alumnus of the International Relations master's programme, has won the 2023 J.C. Baak Prize for his thesis ‘Settlements now, settlement later. Land swaps, settler relocation, and the viability of the two-state solution in Israel-Palestine’.
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ERC Consolidator Grant for Marijn van Putten: How many ways are there to read the Quran?
How should the Quran be read? The manuscript of this holy book makes different interpretations possible. Researcher Marijn van Putten has been awarded an ERC Consolidator Grant of two million euros to explore centuries-old recitations.
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Francesca RosatiFaculty of Humanities
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Translating Jurjani: Why read an eleventh-century text about Arabic poetics?
Lecture, Leiden Lectures on Arabic Language & Culture
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Petra SijpesteijnFaculty of Humanities
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Maurits BergerFaculty of Humanities
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Harry StroomerFaculty of Humanities
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Finn Lindo-DunnFaculty of Humanities
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Peter Webb Awarded ERC Consolidator Grant for groundbreaking research on Pre-Islamic Arabia
Dr Peter Webb (LIAS) has been awarded an ERC Consolidator Grant for his project Geo-Poetic Analysis of Pre-Islamic Arabia (GeoPo).
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Theological Speculation in Arabic: What Can We Know about Early Islamic Theology?
Lecture, LUCIS What's New?! Series
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From Cordoba to Damascus: Reconstructing the final lost chapter of the Arabic Orosius
Middle East Studies Lecture
- A Tale in Two Tongues
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Jewish angels who speak Arabic: Yemeni-Jewish vernacular religion in immigration context
Lecture, Leiden Yemeni Studies Lecture Series
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Whose Language Is It, Anyway? Mapping Arabic in Modern Hebrew Literature
Middle East Studies Lecture
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Fifty years of teaching and research in Egypt: ‘Visit to Cairo a highlight for students’
The Netherlands-Flemish Institute in Cairo (NVIC) is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. Thousands of students and researchers from eight partner universities in the Netherlands and Flanders have been able to gain valuable experience in Egypt through the institute. Good reason for a celebrat…
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Remke KrukFaculty of Humanities
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The “White Dialect” of young Arabic speakers from Qassim (Saudi Arabia)
PhD defence
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Poetry Translation Competition: Fun and Games with Language
In November, Leiden organized a book presentation to celebrate the first Dutch translation of the collected works of the twentieth-century poet W.H. Auden. A poetry translation contest added lustre to the occasion. There were no fewer than three winners.