4,348 search results for “modern middle eastern studies” in the Public website
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Dissemination: Hindustani Identifications at the Nexus of Tradition and Modernity
An interdisciplinary cultural analysis of how the Hindustani double migration informs contemporary processes of identification and problematises the juxtaposition of tradition and modernity.
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The Middle East doesn't exist
On Friday 2 October journalist Sander van Hoorn starts his lecture series ‘The Middle East doesn't exist’, which was organised by the Leiden University Centre for the Study of Islam and Society (LUCIS). ‘If all goes well, people will understand the Middle East that bit less after my lectures.’
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Bareez Majid wins IISG thesis prize with study on torture museum
This year’s “best master’s thesis in the area of national or international history” was written by Bareez Majid, who has completed a research master's in Middle Eastern Studies. She wins the prestigious 2015 Volkskrant–IISG thesis prize for her courageous, solid research on a former “torture prison”…
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Africa reconsidered
If you follow the western media, you are likely to think of ‘Africa’ as the continent of origin of desperate migrants, a continent of hunger and disease and a breeding ground for international terrorism. But if you want to see the bigger picture, you should look no further than the African Studies scholars…
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Lifelines: The Multilingual Coping Strategies of Refugees from the Early Modern Low Countries
From ca. 1540 to 1600, thousands fled the war-stricken Southern Low Countries to the British Isles, Germany, and the Northern Low Countries. Research on this displacement crisis, central to the formation of the Netherlands and Belgium, reflects 21st-century debates on migration and language: language…
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Dynastic Identity in Early Modern Europe - Rulers, Aristocrats and the Formation of Identities
Aristocratic dynasties have long been regarded as fundamental to the development of early modern society and government. Yet recent work by political historians has increasingly questioned the dominant role of ruling families in state formation, underlining instead the continued importance and independence…
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Jacqueline Hylkema
Faculty Governance and Global Affairs
j.j.hylkema@luc.leidenuniv.nl | +31 70 800 9500
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Mirjam de Baar
Faculty of Humanities
m.p.a.de.baar@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 6416
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Photographic traditions in black popular modernities: towards a socio-historical analysis of the visual economy in and beyond South Africa
The aim of the project is to contribute to the process of archive formation ongoing in Post-Apartheid South Africa through the inclusion of photographs that have been either unacknowledged or excised from the national canon.
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Bruno Munari and the invention of modern graphic design in Italy, 1928-1945
Bruno Munari (1907–1998) was a prolific and influential artist, designer, and writer. Alessandro Colizzi’s study is the first extensive, detailed record of Munari’s graphic design production, and as such provides a substantial base for a full understanding of his oeuvre.
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English East India Companies: Diplomacy, Trade and Violence in Early Modern Asia
The Dutch and English East India Companies were formidable organizations that were gifted with expansive powers that allowed them to conduct diplomacy, wage war and seize territorial possessions. But they did not move into an empty arena in which they were free to deploy these powers without resista…
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Prepare for your studies
You’ve been accepted! Leiden University looks forward to welcoming you as a new student. Your next step is to prepare for your studies. Below you can find some tips to help you get a head start as you embark on your studies at Leiden University.
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Prepare for your studies
You’ve been accepted! Leiden University looks forward to welcoming you as a new student. Your next step is to prepare for your studies. Below you can find some tips to help you get a head start as you embark on your studies at Leiden University.
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Idols of the Mind: Modern Variations on a Baconian Theme, 1800-2000
Drawing on a broad array of sources, this project examines modern retrievals of Bacon’s idols, thereby testing Justus von Liebig’s intriguing observation, back in 1863, that Bacon’s name lived on mainly in mottos or stereotypical phrases. More importantly, it examines the rhetorical purposes served…
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Judith Naeff
Faculty of Humanities
j.a.naeff@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 70 800 5485
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Xiao Luo
Faculty of Humanities
x.luo@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2171
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Philomeen Dol
Faculty of Humanities
p.h.dol@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 4687
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Shirley Alexander
Faculty of Humanities
s.l.alexander@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Amirardalan Emami
Faculty of Humanities
a.emami@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2976
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Maaike Beemsterboer
Faculty Governance and Global Affairs
m.beemsterboer@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | +31 70 800 9506
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Yujing Tan
Faculty of Humanities
y.tan.5@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 70 800 9512
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Nico Kaptein
Faculty of Humanities
n.j.g.kaptein@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Steven Hagers
Faculty of Humanities
s.j.hagers@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Haneen Omari
Faculty of Humanities
h.omari@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 5025
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Xiong Xiong
Faculty of Humanities
h.xiong@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2171
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Boudewijn Walraven
Faculty of Humanities
b.c.a.walraven@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2171
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Geoffrey Cain
Faculty of Humanities
g.n.cain@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Jurre Knoest
Faculty of Humanities
j.j.a.knoest@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Aihua Li
Faculty of Humanities
a.li@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Peter Verhagen
Faculty of Humanities
p.c.verhagen@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2910
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Crewe Williams
Faculty of Humanities
k.c.williams@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2171
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The Iseum Campense from the Roman Empire to the Modern Age. Temple - monument - lieu de mémoire
The Iseum Campense, the impressive sanctuary for Isis and the Egyptian gods on the Campus Martius and arguably one of ancient Rome’s most notable absent presences, is a monument central to various debates.
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investigation of South African rock shelter sheds light into Middle and Later Stone Age modern human behaviour
In the eighties the Umhlatuzana rock shelter in Kwa-Zulu Natal, South Africa, was excavated. Results from this excavation led to an understanding when the Later Stone Age started in this area. This archaeological period is often associated with the structural presence of modern human behavior. Now a…
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Area Studies Week from 2-5 June: Join our live Q&As!
Interested in Area Studies? Then Leiden is the place to be! Join our Online Area Studies Week from 2-5 June to find out more. From Africa to Brasil and from Korea to Russia, Leiden covers all areas and fields, both in language, literature, history, politics and socio-economics. Join our live Q&As!
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Peter Liebregts
Faculty of Humanities
p.liebregts@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2160
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Cultural activities
To reach a larger audience beyond the academy, a number of activities in the cultural realm have been programmed over the years.
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Hyo Jin Pak
Faculty of Humanities
h.j.pak@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Ab de Jong
Faculty of Humanities
a.f.de.jong@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2585
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Maghiel van Crevel
Faculty of Humanities
m.van.crevel@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2211
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Read about Middle Ages on new Leiden research blog
The Middle Ages are becoming increasingly more popular: just look at the popularity of such ‘medievalist’ TV series as Game of Thrones and Vikings, and let’s not forget popular re-enactments of medieval battles. Leiden University is home to many specialists of this fascinating period and this new blog…
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Asian Studies (research) (MA)
The research master's in Asian Studies gives you access to Leiden University's leading expertise in the countries of Asia, from their politics and literature to their languages.
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igraph - To modernize the igraph interfaces to make network analysis easier
igraph development focused on improving the most-used interfaces, which are Python, R, and Mathematica. Additionally, the developers aim to make the library and the interfaces easier to maintain, focusing on long-term sustainability. This ensures that igraph continues to be a useful tool for network…
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Imaging and Imagining Palestine: Photography, Modernity and the Biblical Lens, 1918–1948
Imaging and Imagining Palestine is the first comprehensive study of photography during the British Mandate period (1918–1948).
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Henk Schulte Nordholt
Faculty of Humanities
schultenordholt@kitlv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Anatomically modern humans reached China well before settling in Europe
In Nature researchers at Leiden University and Utrecht University show how 47 teeth from Southern China indicate that anatomically modern humans where present at least 80,000 years ago in the region. This is 40,000 years earlier than in Europe.
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Pao-Yi Yang
Faculty of Humanities
p.y.yang@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Book: Sonic Modernities in the Malay World, A History of Popular Music, Social Distinction and Novel Lifestyles (1930s – 2000s)
Sonic Modernities situates Southeast Asian popular music in specific socio-historical settings, hoping that a focus on popular culture and history may shed light on how some people in a particular part of the world have been witnessing the emergence of all things modern.
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Bareez Majid nominated for ECHO Award
Iraqi-Kurdish student of Middle Eastern Studies Bareez Majid has been nominated for the ECHO Award. ‘She has a strong personality, though she may appear unassuming at first,’ was the comment from one of her lecturers.
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Articulating Modernity: The Making of Popular Music in 20th Century Southeast Asia and the Rise of New Audiences.
Who were the main artists and producers who generated new forms of popular music? What was the music like that was produced by artists in particular urban settings? How were particular lifestyles articulated to identify new audiences and what does this reveal about the way popular music contributed…