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The following courses in the area of Islamic studies offered at Leiden University are categorised by theme and region.

• COURSES BY THEME:
• Theories and methods
• History of Islam
• Islamic sources
• Islamic law
• Islam and minorities
• Theology and philosophy
• Islamic mysticism
• Art and culture
• Islam and gender
• COURSES BY REGION:
• The Middle East
• Iranian culture
• Ottoman Empire / Turkey
• Central Asia
• South and South-East Asia
• Africa
• Islam in the West

COURSES BY THEME:

The following courses in the area of Islamic studies offered at Leiden University are categorised by theme.

Theories and methods

• Text and Transmission (MA) 
  Instructor: prof.dr. P.M. Sijpesteijn
  

• Theories and Methods of Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies (MA) 
  Instructor(s): dr. Tsolin Nalbantian
  
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History of Islam

• Culture and Society in the Medieval Muslim World (MA) 
  Instructor: prof.dr. P.M. Sijpesteijn 

• Culture and Conquest: the Impact of the Mongols and their Descendants (MA) 
  Instructors: dr. J.J.L. Gommans and dr. G.R. van den Berg

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Islamic sources

• Text and Transmission (MA) 
  Instructor: prof.dr. P.M. Sijpesteijn

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Islamic law

• Sharia and National Law in the Muslim World (MA)
  Instructors: prof.dr. L.P.H.M. Buskens, prof.dr. J.M.Otto and guest lecturers 

• Anthropology of Islamic Law (MA)
  Instructor: dr. Harmsen

• Islamic Jurisprudence for Muslims in Europe: the Role of Fatwas (MA)
  Instructor: dr. U. Ryad 
  

• European Policies and Jurisprudence Concerning Muslims and Islam (MA) 
  Instructor: prof.dr. M.S. Berger 

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Islam and minorities

• Culture and Society in the Medieval Muslim World (MA) 
  Instructor: prof.dr. P.M. Sijpesteijn 

• Islamic Jurisprudence for Muslims in Europe: the Role of Fatwas (MA)
  Instructor: dr. U. Ryad 

• European Policies and Jurisprudence Concerning Muslims and Islam (MA)
  Instructor: prof.dr. M.S. Berger 

• Christianity in the Middle East (1800-present) (MA)
  Instructor: prof.dr. H.L. Murre-van den Berg

• Religion, art, and identity of Christian societies in the Middle East (MA) 
  Instructors: prof.dr. B. Ter Haar Romeny and dr M. Immerzeel 

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Theology and philosophy

• Interpreting Islam: Contemporary Ijtihad in Economics and Biomedial Ethics (MA) 
  Instructor: dr. M. Ghaly

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Islamic mysticism

• Classical Persian Poetry as a Living Tradition (MA) 
  Instructor: dr. A.A. Seyed-Gohrab

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Art and culture

• Religion, Art, and Identity of Christian Societies in the Middle East (MA) 
  Instructors: prof.dr. B. Ter Haar Romeny and dr. M. Immerzeel 
  

• Text and Transmission (MA) 
  Instructor: prof.dr. P.M. Sijpesteijn

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Islam and society

• Islam and Modernity (MA) 
  Instructor(s): t.b.a.

• Islamic Jurisprudence for Muslims in Europe: the Role of Fatwas (MA)
  Instructor: dr. U. Ryad 

• Interpreting Islam: Contemporary Ijtihad in Economics and Biomedial Ethics (MA)
  Instructor: dr. M. Ghaly 

• Piety, Modernity, and Gender in Islam: Anthropological Perspectives (MA) 
  Instructor: dr. N. Dessing 

• European Policies and Jurisprudence Concerning Muslims and Islam (MA) 
  Instructor: prof.dr. M.S. Berger 

• Society and Culture in the Caucasus and Central Asia (MA)
  Instructor: prof.dr. T. Atabaki

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Islam and gender

• Piety, Modernity, and Gender in Islam: Anthropological Perspectives (MA) 
  Instructor: dr. N. Dessing

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COURSES BY REGION:

The following courses in the area of Islamic studies offered at Leiden University are categorised by region.

The Middle East

• Themes in Modern Arabic Literature (MA)
  Instructor: dr. Dina Heshmat

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Iranian culture

• Classical Persian Poetry as a Living Tradition (MA)
  Instructor: dr. A.A. Seyed-Gohrab

• Persian Literature Outside Iran: A Literary History (MA) 
  Instructor: dr. G.R. van den Berg 
  

• Manuscripts (MA)
  Instructors: dr. G.R. van den Berg and dr. A.A. Seyed-Gohrab

• Culture and Conquest: the Impact of the Mongols and their Descendants (MA) 
  Instructors: dr. J.J.L. Gommans and dr. G.R. van den Berg 

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Ottoman Empire / Turkey

• From Ottoman Empire to Turkish Republic (MA) 
  Instructor: prof.dr. Erik Jan Zürcher

• The Ottoman Empire and Europe (MA) 
  Instructors: dr. J. Schmidt and dr. H.P.A. Theunissen 

• Continuity and Change in Turkish Culture (MA) 
  Instructor: dr. H.P.A. Theunissen 

• Turkey since World War II 
  Instructor: prof.dr. Erik-Jan Zürcher

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Central Asia

• Practicing Modernity in Central Asia and the Caucasus (MA) 
  Instructor: prof.dr. T. Atabaki 
  

• Culture and Conquest: the Impact of the Mongols and their Descendants (MA) 
  Instructors: dr. J.J.L. Gommans and dr. G.R. van den Berg 

• Persian Literature Outside Iran: A Literary History (MA) 
  Instructor: dr. G.R. van den Berg

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South and South-East Asia

• Law and Governance in Indonesia (BA)
  Instructor: dr. A.W. Bedner

• State, Politics and Economy in Modern South and Southeast Asia (BA) 
  Instructor: prof.dr. N.K. Wickramasinghe 
  

• Nation, Community, Self: Questions of Culture in South and Southeast Asia (BA) 
  Instructors: prof.dr. B. Arps and prof.dr. N.K. Wickramasinghe 

• Audio-vision and its Allure: the Performance of Language in Indonesian Media (MA) 
  Instructor: prof.dr. B. Arps

• Indonesia through its Discourse (MA) 
  Instructors: drs. S. Suryadi and prof.dr. B. Arps
  

• The Politics of Culture in Southeast Asia (MA) 
  Instructor:  prof.dr. B. Arps 

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Africa

• Regional Specialization: West Africa (MA)
  Instructors: prof.dr. Mirjam de Bruijn, prof.dr. Wouter van Beek, prof.dr. Han van Dijk and dr. Hans de Iongh

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Islam in the West

• European Policies and Jurisprudence Concerning Muslims and Islam (MA) 
  Instructors: prof.dr. M.S. Berger 

• Islamic Jurisprudence for Muslims in Europe: the Role of Fatwas (MA)
  Instructor: dr. U. Ryad

• Religion and the Immigrant Experience (MA) 
  Instructors: prof.dr. R.B. ter Haar Romeny and L.J. Klempner 
  

• The Ottoman Empire and Europe (MA)
  Instructors: dr. J. Schmidt and dr. H.P.A. Theunissen

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