Herta Mohr, Witte Singel 27A, 2311 BG, Leiden

Willem Einthoven, Kolffpad 1, 2333 BN, Leiden

Anna van Buerenplein, Anna van Buerenplein 301, 2595 DG, The Hague

Academy Building, Rapenburg 73, 2311 GJ, Leiden

Matthias de Vrieshof, Matthias de Vrieshof 1-4, 2311 BZ, Leiden

LUMC Education Building, Hippocratespad 21, 2333 ZD, Leiden

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?

Commagene in its Local, Regional and Global Hellenistic Context

Johan Huizinga, Doelensteeg 16, 2311 VL, Leiden

Old Observatory, Sterrenwachtlaan 11, 2311 GW, Leiden

P.J. Veth, Nonnensteeg 1-3, 2311 VJ, Leiden

Van Steenis, Einsteinweg 2, 2333 CC, Leiden

Beehive Student Centre, Turfmarkt 104, 2511 DC, The Hague

Oude UB, Rapenburg 70, 2311 EZ, Leiden

On the occasion of the appearance of the monograph "Varieties of the Self.Peter Abelard and the Mental Architecture of the Paraclete" written by Babette Hellemans and published at Brill in 2023, a workshop will be organized concerning rules of observance as ‘texts of life’ in ascetic communities. The…

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…

A Study of Middle Palaeolithic Riverside Settlements at Maastricht-Belvédère (The Netherlands).

News, events, announcements, social media and more about the building of the new Middle Eastern Library in Leiden

To reach a larger audience beyond the academy, a number of activities in the cultural realm have been programmed over the years.

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…

Leiden scholars study clay tablets from ancient Mesopotamia. But what exactly does the cuneiform script say?

Jews and Christians in the Middle East

At Leiden University you can study Islam and Muslim societies within two Dutch-language BA and various MA programmes and specializations.

Essays dedicated to Frans Wiggermann

Leiden University recently named a new building for Egyptologist Herta Mohr. But who was she?

Galaxy intrinsic alignments induce a major astrophysical contamination to weak gravitational lensing measurements and need to be modelled and mitigated when extracting cosmological information from such measurements.

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.

The bottom-up development of post-Roman northwestern Europe

Do you want to discover a language and culture that is completely different from the Netherlands?

Do you want to discover a language and culture that is completely different from the Netherlands?

Do you want to discover a language and culture that is completely different from the Netherlands?

Do you want to discover a language and culture that is completely different from the Netherlands?

Do you want to discover a language and culture that is completely different from the Netherlands?

Leiden University is building a new Middle Eastern Library. This new library will lie at the heart of Cluster Zuid on the new Humanities Campus and will endeavour to provide a sense of community, a pleasant study and working environment and modern facilities for researchers and students in Middle Eastern…

Since the end of the nineteenth century Arabic book designers have influenced the social and cultural situation in the Middle East with their work. Huda Smitshuijzen Abi-Farès has written the first global overview of this neglected field of science. PhD defence 10 January.

Workshop

Pieter de la Court, Wassenaarseweg 52, 2333 AK, Leiden

Lecture, Studium Generale

The Ancient Worlds Network brings together staff and graduate students in LIAS working on the ancient Mediterranean and Near Eastern world.

Understanding the history of Islam and Muslim societies sheds a clear light on the complex and changing social structures of the Middle East, including the current trouble spots whose effect spreads all the way to Western Europe.

Get the most out of your studies at Leiden University by taking part in our extracurricular activities.

The new Middle Eastern Library (MEL) will bring together the UBL's own Middle Eastern collections and the collections of the library of The Netherlands Institute for the Near East (NINO), which has been part of the Leiden University Libraries since 1st January 2018.