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The Manichaeans of Kellis: Religion, Community, and Everyday Life
Mattias Brand defended his thesis on 10 April 2019
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A Cultural History of Thunderstorms
How did the invention and implementation of the lightning rod change the perception of thunderstorms on a scientific, technical, religious and artistic level, in the Netherlands and beyond, during the period 1752-1830?
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The Three Pillars of Bon: Doctrine, ‘Location’ & Founder
The aim of the project is to understand the process of formation of Bon religious identity in Tibet at the turn of the first millennium AD.
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Sarah Cramsey awarded a KNAW Early Career Partnership
Dr. Sarah Cramsey, University Lecturer Judaism & Diaspora Studies, has been awarded an Early Career Partnership by the KNAW.
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The coronation ritual of the falcon at Edfu : tradition and innovation in ancient Egyptian ritual composition
Carina van den Hoven defended her thesis on 16 February 2017.
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Fighting in God’s Name
This book underscores the interplay between religion and politics (local and global) in the production, escalation, management, mitigation, and resolution of conflict.
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Admission requirements
On this page you will find the admission requirements for this programme.
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CrossRoads: European cultural diplomacy and Arab Christians in Palestine. A connected history (1920-1950)
This project aims to revisit the relationship between the European cultural agenda and the local identity formation process, and social and religious transformations of Arab Christian communities in Palestine, when the British ruled via the Mandate. What was the role of culture in European policies…
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Leiden University offers ambitious students the latest knowledge and the freedom to develop their own area of expertise.
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Maya Architecture and Urbanism, a holistic approach from the fields of astronomy and landscape
This work represents the final results of several years of research within the Maya region. It deals with the relations between architecture and urbanism with landscape and astronomy.
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The Interaction of Religion and Law in Tibet: Law in Buddhist Texts and Buddhism in Legal Texts
Most of the vast Tibetan literature was authored by monks. They were Buddhists par excellence, educated in a system in which Indic- and Indian-inspired texts played a pivotal role. What they wrote was primarily religious or philosophical in nature, but also extended to ‘secular’ topics. Through the…
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Politiques, Education et Identités Linguistiques, le collège des Frères des écoles chrétiennes de Jérusalem (1922-1939)
This dissertation sheds light on politics, education and linguistic identity by studying the case of the College of Jerusalem, founded by the Brothers of the Christian Schools.
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From Universe of Visnu to Universe of Siva
Around the sixth and seventh centuries, South and Southeast Asia saw a great religious change: Saivism largely took over from Vaisnavism. We’re going to look at the way in which Saivism, the religion of the god Siva, presented itself with respect to Vaisnavism. In particular we’ll investigate the role…
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Pre-master’s programme
The pre-master's is a bridging programme for students who have applied for the MA Religious Studies, but who, according to the Board of Admissions, still have deficiencies in their educational background. Once you have completed the pre-master’s programme, you will be admitted to the Master’s progra…
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How the Dutch press in the seventeenth century brought distant suffering nearby
On 27 November 2019, David de Boer defended his PhD dissertation 'Religious Persecution and Transnational Compassion in the Dutch Vernacular Press 1655-1745'. For his research, he analysed several hundred pamphlets, newspapers and periodicals published primarily in the seventeenth-century Netherlands,…
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Reflection: the 'war on terror', Islamophobia and radicalisation twenty years on
This reflection for Critical Studies on Terrorism, explores two decades of the 'War of Terror' and what it means today.
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Buddhist Astrology and Astral Magic in the Tang Dynasty
Jeffrey Kotyk defended his thesis on 7 September 2017
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Islam, Politics and Change
The Indonesian Experience after the Fall of Suharto
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Between the Holy Land and the World. A connected history of Christian communities in the Near East via the unpublished photographic collections
The project ‘Between the Holy Land and the World’ proposes a connected history of the Christian communities in the Near East (1900-1948) by means of a study of unpublished Franciscan and Dominican photographic collections.
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Public Reason Secularism: A Defense of Liberal Democracy
On 25 October 2018, Tu Zhang defended her thesis 'Public Reason Secularism: A Defense of Liberal Democracy'. The doctoral research was supervised by prof. P. Cliteur.
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Churches and Religion in the Second World War
Despite the wealth of historical literature on the Second World War, the subject of religion and churches in occupied Europe has been undervalued.
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Punching Back - Gender, Religion and Belonging in Women-Only Kickboxing
Punching Back is a detailed ethnographic study that demonstrates that young Muslim women who kickbox develop agentive selves by challenging gender norms, challenging expectations, and living out their religious subjectivities.
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The spiritual Tolkien milieu : a study of fiction‐based religion
Markus Davidsen defended his thesis on 16 October 2014
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A study of Polish LDS (Mormon) conversion in two branches in Warsaw, Poland
On the 16th of June Patrtick Harrison successfully defended a doctoral thesis and graduated.
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Arabic and its Alternatives
Arabic and its Alternatives discusses the complicated relationships between language, religion and communal identities in the Middle East in the period following the First World War.
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Emblems and the Natural World
The multiple connections between emblematics and Natural History in the broader perspective of their underlying artistic, literary, political and religious ideologies.
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Cultural Memory of War and Conflict
From Apartheid in South-Africa to 9/11 in the United States: there is not a single culture that is not shaped by the memory of war or conflict. The minor Cultural Memory of War and Conflict focuses on how such memory cultures influence and shape societies today.
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Nationalism, Ethnic Conflict and Development (MSc)
Study why and how, in countries around the world, people mobilize around ethnic, racial, religious and social identities, and explore the role of political institutions in mitigating conflicts that arise from such mobilization.
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D&I Calendar
The Faculty of Humanities is proud to launch its new D&I Calendar. This calendar is an effort to build awareness and cultural understanding of important religious holidays and other special observances of the diverse groups within our academic community.
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Islamic Thought and History
Islamic Thought in History (ITH) is a peer-reviewed book series that publishes new approaches to Islamic thought and the history of ideas in the Islamic civilisation.
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Asklepios en het zwaard
PhD defence
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Informatiemakelaar en schietschijf
PhD defence
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Schade en risico
PhD defence
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Vermeerderd en verrijkt
PhD defence
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The Centre is the proud home of several research programmes.
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The Hajj and Europe in the Age of Empire
The present volume focuses on the political perceptions of the Hajj, its global religious appeal to Muslims, and the European struggle for influence and supremacy in the Muslim world in the age of pre-colonial and colonial empires.
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Law and Governance in Muslim Societies
With regard to governance, policies and law, many Muslims and Muslim countries recognise the possibility that Islam has something important to say about the way society is to be ordered, governed, and regulated.
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Arabic Studies
Dating back more than 400 years, Leiden University has the oldest continuous chair of Arabic outside the Arabic-speaking world. Today the MENA region is studied at Leiden from before the coming of Islam up to today from a wide array of disciplines. And Arabic is studied within the diverse linguistic,…
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Negotiating Islamisation and resistance : a study of religions, politics and social change in West Java from the early 20th Century to the present
Chaider Bamualim defended his thesis on 9 September 2015
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Philippine Confluence: Iberian, Chinese and Islamic Currents, C. 1500-1800
Situated at the crossroads of the Indian and Pacific Oceans, the Spanish Philippines offer historians an intriguing middle ground of connected histories that raises fundamental new questions about conventional ethnic, regional and religious identities.
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Sharia Incorporated
Sharia Incorporated: A Comparative Overview of the Legal Systems of Twelve Muslim Countries in Past and Present
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Human-wildlife Interactions in the Western Terai of Nepal
Large carnivores and humans, along with their livestock, have co-existed for thousands of years. However, human population growth and an increase in economic activities are modifying the landscape for large carnivores and their prey.
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Associates of Leiden University Center for Intercultural Philosophy
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Ethnicity in Medieval Europe, 950-1250: Medicine, Power and Religion
An investigation into how racial stereotypes were created and used in the European Middle Ages.
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Mediating Islam in Post-Suharto Indonesia: Performing Dakwah through Popular TV Shows
On the 9th of November Syahril Siddik successfully defended a doctoral thesis and graduated.