On Tuesday 18 June, LUCIS, in cooperation with the Turkey Institute, and the Amsterdam Centre for Globalisation Studies (ACGS) of the University of Amsterdam organises a mini-symposium about the Kurdish Question, entitled 'The Kurdish Question in 2013: domestic and transnational developments'. When: 18 June, 13.00-17.00 hours. Venue: Oude Sterrewacht, Sterrenwachtlaan 11, room C104. Entrance: Free! Followed by drinks at café De Keyzer.
On Thursday 20 June, Dr Celia de Anca (Director of Saudi-Spanish Center for Islamic Economics and Finance) will give a guest lecture entitled 'Islamic Finance: an Alternative Ethical Niche'. The lecture is organised by LUCIS, in cooperation with Knowledge Centre Religion and Development , and Saudi-Spanish Center for Islamic Economics and Finance . Venue: Lipsius Building, room 228, Cleveringaplaats 1, Leiden. Time: 19.00-21.00 hrs. Entrance: Free! Followed by drinks.
The research program Zukunftsphilologie: Revisiting the Canons of Textual Scholarship (Forum Transregionale Studien, Berlin) and the Leiden University Centre for the Study of Islam and Society (LUCIS), in cooperation with the Leiden University Library, invite papers for their joint international conference 'Nineteenth and Twentieth Century Philological Encounters' which will take place at the University of Leiden, 5-7 June 2014.
Als vervolg op de succesvolle bijeenkomsten in september 2012 en januari 2013 kondigen wij met veel genoegen de laatste workshop van het project ‘Islam in Europa’ aan. De workshop wordt georganiseerd voor alle BA-, MA- en Research-MA studenten van de Universiteit Leiden.
Op dinsdag 28 mei vindt de eerste voorronde plaats van de IG Nobel Night 24/7 Battle, waarin onderzoekers hun onderzoek in 24 seconden moeten presenteren, en in 7 seconden samenvatten. Aan deze voorronde doen zes Leidse wetenschappers mee, onder wie professor Maurits Berger.
Recently Leiden University Press published a volume edited by Maurits Berger, entitled Applying Sharia in the West: Facts, Fears and the Future of Islamic Rules on Family Relations in the West . This volume is the third book in the "Debates on Islam and Society" series.
