2,670 search results for “arabic language and culture” in the Public website
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Esther Op de Beek
Faculty of Humanities
e.a.op.de.beek@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 4381
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Politeness in Arabic Papyrus Letters
An overview of a new research project: Politeness in Arabic Papyrus Letters
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Politeness in Arabic Papyrus Letters
An overview of new research project: Politeness in Arabic Papyrus Letters
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Language Diversity
Language offers new insights into our history, cultural differences, migration, and the way in which our brain processes information. This knowledge can in turn help us understand what it means to be human, as well as opening the way to many practical applications. In order to realise these goals, linguists…
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On the representation of quantity: how our brains shape language
This project investigates properties of quantity expressions across languages from the perspective of how quantity is represented in the human brain.
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The Cosmopolitan Medieval Arabic World
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?
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Arabic & Islamic Studies
Research projects which are assisted by the NVIC in the field of Arabic studies.
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Johannes Müller
Faculty of Humanities
j.m.muller@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2193
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In Search of the Truth: A Sufi Reading of Modern Palestinian Literature, 1950-2010
This research aims to address the connection between Sufism and modern Arabic Literature (specifically, Palestinian literature).
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What is shared and what is unique in language and music
Knowledge and culture subproject 1:
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Material Continuities, Renewals and Cultural Transformation
This subproject, carried out by post-doctoral researcher Dr. O. Nieuwenhuyse, investigates changes and continuities in the functional, social and symbolic uses of the material culture, c. 6800-5800 BC. A contextually oriented approach is adopted, which pays attention to the local socio-economic and…
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Greek criticism and Latin literature. Classicism and cultural interaction in the late republican and early imperial Rome
This project examines the intriguing relationship between Greek literary criticism and Latin literature in Rome (first centuries BC and AD).
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The Silk Road Language Web
A linguistic prehistory of the Tarim Basin in Northwest China
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Leiden University to welcome Al-Babtain visiting professors in Arabic culture in 2018-2019
The Leiden University Centre for the Study of Islam and Society (LUCIS) and the Abdulaziz Saud Al-Babtain Cultural Foundation will join hands in promoting the understanding of Arabic culture. Generous support from Mr. Abdulaziz Saud Al-Babtain enables LUCIS to invite a visiting professor in Arabic culture…
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Hugo Koning
Faculty of Humanities
h.h.koning@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2667
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History, Arts and Culture of Asia (MA) (60EC)
The MA in History, Arts and Culture of Asia is designed for students interested in taking a humanities-related approach to the study of countries or regions in pre-modern, modern or contemporary Asia.
- Arabic 1+2 Intensive Summer Course
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Arts and Culture: Art History and Museum Studies
Are you thinking about studying Arts and Culture: Art History and Museum Studies? Learn more and watch the introduction video.
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Lazy Mindreader: a new perspective on “mindreading” from the study of language and narrative
How is social cognition shaped by our knowledge of language and stories?
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Online Course Cosmopolitain Medieval Arabic World
In this course, we will focus on the fascinating history of the Arabic Medieval World. We will take you on a journey through the Middle Ages. All along, we will present you with historiographical debates and dilemmas and travel back and forth in time explaining to you how events of the past affected…
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(Re)Imagining Port Cities: Understanding Space, Society and Culture
Port cities develop at the intersection of international trade and commerce and at the interface between sea and land. What does the future of port cities look like with urbanization, sea level rise, new migrant flows and the disappearance of old industries? This is addressed in the minor (Re)Imagining…
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Rolf Bremmer
Faculty of Humanities
r.h.bremmer@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Colin Ewen
Faculty of Humanities
c.j.ewen@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2148
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Valuing Landscape in Classical Antiquity. Natural Environment and Cultural Imagination
Different ways in which physical environments impacted on the cultural imagination of Greco-Roman antiquity.
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Carmen van den Bergh
Faculty of Humanities
c.van.den.bergh@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2067
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Opening of the Albabtain Leiden University Centre for Arabic Culture
With the launch of the Albabtain Leiden University Centre for Arabic Culture, Leiden University and the AbdulAziz Saud Al-Babtain Cultural Foundation will join hands in promoting the understanding of Arabic culture. Have a look at the centre's plans for the years ahead.
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Claudio Di Felice
Faculty of Humanities
c.di.felice@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2187
- Teaching Art History and Cultural and Art Education (MA)
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Species Literacy: The perception and cultural portrayal of animals
In his dissertation Michiel Hooykaas outlines the results of six empirical research projects focused at biodiversity awareness in the Netherlands, specifically people’s knowledge about animals.
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Joan Booth
Faculty of Humanities
j.booth@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2166
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The Arab Thieves: al-Maqrīzī’s al-Ḫabar ʿan al-bašar
Vol. V, Sections 1-2
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The phonological systems of the Mbam languages of Cameroon with a focus on vowels and vowel harmony
The languages of the Mbam-et-Inoubou District of the Centre Region of Cameroon have a unique position in Bantu linguistics. Being in between
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Judith Bosnak
Faculty of Humanities
j.e.bosnak@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Olf Praamstra
Faculty of Humanities
o.j.praamstra@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Geert Warnar
Faculty of Humanities
g.warnar@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2158
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Thijs Porck
Faculty of Humanities
m.h.porck@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1611
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Haneen Omari
Faculty of Humanities
h.omari@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 5025
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Classics (800 BCE−600 CE)
This research cluster aims to analyse and interpret the formation and transmission of Graeco-Roman culture by exploring the relationships between cultural products (texts, objects, practices) and their societal and historical contexts.
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Special Issue: Missions, Powers and Arabization in Social Sciences and Missions
This is a Special Issue of the peer-reviewed journal 'Social Sciences and Missions', which provides a forum for exploration of the social and political influence of Christian missions worldwide.
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A grammar of Makalero: A Papuan language of East Timor
This dissertation is the first comprehensive description of Makalero, a language spoken by approximately 6,500 speakers in the Iliomar subdistrict, in the south-east of the Republic of East Timor. While previous sources considered it to be a dialect of the larger language Makasae, the present study,…
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Word processing in languages using non-alphabetic scripts: The cases of Japanese and Chinese
This thesis investigates the processing of words written in Japanese kanji and Chinese hànzì, i.e. logographic scripts.
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Turks, texts and territory: Imperial ideology and cultural production in Central Eurasia
Turkic nomadic rulers established large empires in the Middle East and Asia between the 11th and 14th centuries. This project will explore the link between their political ideology and the production of art and literature, via the cultural heritage of five cities along the Silk Road: Kashgar, Samarkand,…
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Dick Smakman
Faculty of Humanities
d.smakman@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2607
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Evert Jan van Leeuwen
Faculty of Humanities
e.j.van.leeuwen@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 3949
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Adriaan van der Weel
Faculty of Humanities
a.h.van.der.weel@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Carel Smith
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
c.e.smith@law.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 7733
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Fokelien Kootstra
Faculty of Humanities
f.kootstra@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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The Long Arab Conquest of Central Asia: Urban Change in Merv, Paikent, Balkh and Samarkand (651-821)
This PhD research aims to trace the impact of the Arab conquest, both immediate and long-term, on the material and social organization of Central Asia from 651 to 821 through an “urban change” perspective in four cities: Merv, Paikent, Balkh and Samarkand.
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Disclosing Arabic Papyri from the Leiden University Library
Leiden University is famous for its library’s large collection of Oriental manuscripts. Part of this collection is a group of 104 Arabic documents written on papyrus and paper (Or. 8264 and 12885). These documents date from the 7th through 10th century CE and cover a wide range of subjects (private…