Scholars have long recognized that although Shiʿi claims emerged early in Islamic history, Imami Shiʿism took a couple of centuries to crystallise. Scholarship on Shiʿism has tended to focus on … Continue reading Postdoctoral opportunity in History of Islam/Arabic Studies, Leiden University, February 2024-2027
Summer School: Philology and Manuscripts from the Muslim World, Leiden University, June 16, 2023
Date: 21 August - 1 September 2023 Costs: Tuition cost will be 600 euros. Level: The course is meant for graduate students (MA and PhD) and researchers. Language: English. Non-native speakers are required to … Continue reading Summer School: Philology and Manuscripts from the Muslim World, Leiden University, June 16, 2023
International Conference: Historicizing the Shiʿi Hadith Corpus, Leiden University, September 12-14, 2022
The central sources of religious doctrine and law in Islam are the Qurʾān and the hadith. Hadith is, by volume, the far greater of these two sources. While there has … Continue reading International Conference: Historicizing the Shiʿi Hadith Corpus, Leiden University, September 12-14, 2022
Call for Applications: PhD candidate in Digital Humanities, Leiden University
The LUCDH, Leiden University is looking for a PhD candidate in Digital Humanities Key responsibilities You will carry out research at the Leiden University Center of Digital Humanities at the Faculty of … Continue reading Call for Applications: PhD candidate in Digital Humanities, Leiden University
Islam and Data Science Roundup
Researchers at Leiden University have compiled an innovative, online "textbook" called Mouse and Manuscript, which offers a collection of interactive courses on codicology and oriental manuscripts.
Call for Papers: Expectations of justice and political power in the Islamicate world (ca. 600-1500 CE), Leiden University, October 27-29, 2021
In the Islamicate world, as elsewhere, requests for just rule surface constantly as notions of justice are debated and contested. Exemplary rule can be sought in direct and open ways, … Continue reading Call for Papers: Expectations of justice and political power in the Islamicate world (ca. 600-1500 CE), Leiden University, October 27-29, 2021