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About the programme
The MA in Middle Eastern Studies provides intensive and comprehensive training to prepare you for a range of careers requiring specialist language, cultural, or political knowledge.
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Women collecting the Middle East: collaborators and collections
Who assembled the collections of museums? The answer to this question seems to point to men as collectors. Apart from for rare exceptions, female collectors hardly seem to exist. Yet there were indeed women collectors. For the project Museums, Collections and Society, researcher Holly O'Farrell will…
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Tommie van Wanrooij
Faculty of Humanities
t.van.wanrooij@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2626
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Ethan Mark
Faculty of Humanities
e.mark@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2310
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Rizal Shidiq
Faculty of Humanities
a.r.shidiq@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 8057
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Coptic Studies
There are currently two projects in Coptic Studies that are supported by the NVIC. Both are directed by Dr. Karel Innemee and both take place in the Wadi Natrun.
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Contact
If you have a question, there are various ways to get in touch with us.
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'Masterchefs from the Middle Ages'
Joanita Vroom, Associate Professor Archaeology, regularly tries out old recipes, together with a group of Archaeology students. 'You really need to love garlic.'
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Book: The Politics of Cybersecurity in the Middle East
Five questions for James Shires, assistant professor at ISGA, about his new book, The Politics of Cybersecurity in the Middle East. The book is available to order now.
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Beyond the trenches
A landscape-oriented chronostratigraphic approach to MIS 5 Middle Paleolithic open-air sites on the European Plain : case studies from Lichtenberg and Khotylevo I
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Berthe Jansen
Faculty of Humanities
b.k.jansen@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2379
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Kiyan Foroutan
Faculty of Humanities
k.foroutan@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Judith Frishman
Faculty of Humanities
j.frishman@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Marat Markert
Faculty of Humanities
m.markert@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 70 800 9934
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Gjovalin Macaj
Faculty Governance and Global Affairs
g.macaj@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | +31 70 800 9500
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Treasure hunting takes toll on Eastern Badia archaeological site
The Jordan Times has interviewed Peter Akkermans about the damage done to the Early Islamic archaeological site of Khirbet Al Umari, Jordan.
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The Organization of Eastern Caribbean States appoints its new chairman
The overlapping of intergovernmental organizations sharing Member States is one of the key challenges for achieving effective regional integration.
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Knowing China
A Twenty-First Century Guide
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Extra-curricular
Get the most out of your studies at Leiden University by taking part in our extracurricular activities.
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Blogging about the Middle Ages: love magic, face masks and video games
Three years ago, on 13 October 2017, the Leiden Medievalists Blog was established. In their blogs, Leiden researchers from all disciplines talk about the Middle Ages in a fun and interesting way. Editors Jip Barreveld, Marlisa den Hartog and Thijs Porck talk about the blog and why the Middle Ages are…
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Enes Sütütemiz
Faculty of Humanities
e.h.sututemiz@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2031
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Chie Arita
Faculty of Humanities
c.arita@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2171
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Helen Steele
Faculty of Humanities
h.l.steele@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 70 800 9500
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Ancient Worlds network
The Ancient Worlds Network brings together staff and graduate students in LIAS working on the ancient Mediterranean and Near Eastern world.
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The early Middle Ages a ‘golden age for the elderly’? Not quite!
According to a number of British historians, the elderly had a particularly high status in the early Middle Ages. A new book by Leiden cultural historian Thijs Porck sheds a different light on the matter: elderly people had to earn that respect first, and old age was often described in negative terms…
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How Romana became a trainee at the Dutch Embassy in Amman
Romana Osman (24) knew one thing for sure: she wanted to work at an embassy in the Middle East. However, finding a position turned out to be rather challenging. But where there’s a will, there’s a way. After an internship at UNICEF, Romana now works as a trainee at the Dutch Embassy in Amman.
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Cultural contacts between ‘East’ and ‘West’ in the early Middle Ages
With the help of the JEDI fund, Fatima al Moufridji and Thijs Porck went in search of cultural contacts between early medieval England, Northern Africa, and the Middle East. Together they made four knowledge clips that can now be seen on YouTube.
- WHAT's NEW?! Spring Lecture Series
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Scholar Dr. Lena Sadovski talks about religious hyperdiversity in early modern south-east Europe
On October 11, the Austria Centre Leiden teamed up with the Leiden Jewish Studies Association to welcome Dr. Lena Sadovski for a lunch time talk. Fifteen colleagues from across the university, including retirees and graduate students, attended Dr. Sadovski's fascinating lecture entitled “When religion…
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Launch Middle Ages for Educators (MAFE)
Princeton University has officially launched its website, MAFE: Middle Ages for Educators. MAFE is aimed at university and secondary students and educators and, more broadly, at anyone who is interested in studying, teaching, or learning more about Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages.
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Digital exhibition 'The surprising Middle Ages' launched
On the occasion of Bart Besamusca's retirement as professor of Middle Dutch text culture in international perspective at Utrecht University on 25 January 2023, the digital exhibition 'The surprising Middle Ages' was created by medievalists from the Utrecht University Centre for Medieval Studies Over…
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Jonah Schulhofer-Wohl
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
j.b.schulhofer-wohl@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 70 800 3903
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Socio-natural Landscapes of Extraction and Knowledge in the Middle Ages and the Early Modern Period
MINESCAPES invites PhD students from various disciplines to apply for participation in their 2024 summer school, taking place from May 31 to June 10, 2024. The Summer School will bring together students and scholars from the humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences to study mining landscapes…
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Leiden Institute for Area Studies
To truly understand complex regions such as the Middle East and Asia, you have to know their culture, history and local societies inside out. Driven by curiosity for other cultures, the Leiden University Institute for Area Studies (LIAS) provides an understanding and analysis of current and historical…
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The familiar other: Cultural representations and Netherlands-Iran relations, 1959-1979
In the study of West-East relations, difference often takes centre stage. This holds for both culturalist and postcolonial perspectives. By contrast, in my investigation of Netherlands-Iran political relations in the 1960s and 1970s, I will focus on the role of SIMILARITY. What lay at the root of the…
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CfP: Multilingual Manuscripts in the Middle Ages
From 2 to 4 September 2024, the University of Fribourg organizes a three-day graduate course on multilingual manuscripts in the middle ages. Apply before: April 8, 2024.
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Eric Storm
Faculty of Humanities
h.j.storm@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2721
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Hélène Nut
Faculty of Humanities
h.nut@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2171
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Mubarika Nugraheni
Faculty of Humanities
m.d.f.nugraheni@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2171
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Chunli Song
Faculty of Humanities
c.song@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2171
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Al Al Farabi
Faculty of Humanities
a.al.farabi@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 8813
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Sarah Holma
Faculty of Humanities
s.k.holma@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2171
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Pilar Jimenez Galindo
Faculty of Humanities
m.d.p.jimenez.galindo@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1646
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Rients de Boer
Faculteit Archeologie
r.de.boer@arch.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Tim Wuisman
Faculty Governance and Global Affairs
t.wuisman@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | +31 70 800 9506
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Arie van der Kooij
Faculty of Humanities
a.van.der.kooij@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2171
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Chinese Studies
LIAS aims to advance the globally conscious vision of area studies, both within and outside the academic community. Focusing on Asia and the Middle East, the institute is a meeting place of multiple fields of inquiry, theories and methods, historical periods, and areas.
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Edmund Amann
Faculty of Humanities
e.amann@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1007