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Upcoming activities in 2015
In 2013 we celebrated the 400th anniversary of Leiden’s chair in Arabic studies, made possible by the generous support of Aramco Overseas Company in The Hague. To continue to disseminate the beauty and richness of the Arabic culture, science, and language, the Leiden University Centre for the Study of Islam and Society (LUCIS), again in close cooperation with Aramco Overseas Company, presents a series of new activities.
These activities will no longer be announced on this website or through the newsletter of '400 years of Arabic in Leiden'. They will be advertised on the LUCIS website and in the LUCIS newsletter. This website will no longer be updated. For more information, please contact lucis@hum.leidenuniv.nl.
In 2013 we celebrated the 400th anniversary of Leiden’s chair in Arabic studies, made possible by the generous support of Aramco Overseas Company in The Hague. To continue to disseminate the beauty and richness of the Arabic culture, science, and language, the Leiden University Centre for the Study of Islam and Society (LUCIS), again in close cooperation with Aramco Overseas Company, presents a series of new activities.
These activities will no longer be announced on this website or through the newsletter of '400 years of Arabic in Leiden'. They will be advertised on the LUCIS website and in the LUCIS newsletter. This website will no longer be updated. For more information, please contact lucis@hum.leidenuniv.nl.
The official celebrations of '400 years of Arabic in Leiden' have come to a close.
Leiden University and its partners in this special project would like to thank you for the interest and enthusiasm you have shown for our activities.
Although the March opening of the Boerhaave museum's tour 'Golden Ages in Arabia and Holland' (it will last until the end September, so please go and see it while you can) marked the end of the ‘400 years’ celebrations, we have no intention to stop highlighting the beauty and richness of the Arabic language and culture. And we will certainly not stop learning from it. Because, as Erpenius said when he accepted the chair of Arabic Studies in 1613: “The Arab culture has a world of wisdom to teach”.
If you want to know what Middle East-related (and other) events Leiden University is organizing, please visit its Institute for Area Studies calendar.
Leiden University and its partners in this special project would like to thank you for the interest and enthusiasm you have shown for our activities.
Although the March opening of the Boerhaave museum's tour 'Golden Ages in Arabia and Holland' (it will last until the end September, so please go and see it while you can) marked the end of the ‘400 years’ celebrations, we have no intention to stop highlighting the beauty and richness of the Arabic language and culture. And we will certainly not stop learning from it. Because, as Erpenius said when he accepted the chair of Arabic Studies in 1613: “The Arab culture has a world of wisdom to teach”.
If you want to know what Middle East-related (and other) events Leiden University is organizing, please visit its Institute for Area Studies calendar.
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News
Relive the 'Salon Joussour' concert
On December 14, Leiden University and the National Museum of Antiquities hosted the very successful and amazing 'Salon Joussour', a bridge-building concert between renowned Dutch and Middle Eastern musicians.
An abridged version of the concert is above.
Images of the event are available in our photo gallery
An abridged version of the concert is above.
Images of the event are available in our photo gallery
Walking Guide presented and poem Adonis unveiled
Carel Stolker, Rector Magnificus and president of Leiden University, proudly accepted the first copy of the 'Walking Guide to Islamic Leiden', made by Leiden University and Brill Publishers.
'Walking Guide to Islamic Leiden' describes traces of dealings with the Middle East since the late 16th century.
The guide is available at the Leiden Tourist Information Centre, the bookstores Van Stockum and De Kler ( both Breestraat in Leiden)
'Walking Guide to Islamic Leiden' describes traces of dealings with the Middle East since the late 16th century.
The guide is available at the Leiden Tourist Information Centre, the bookstores Van Stockum and De Kler ( both Breestraat in Leiden)
The poem Dayâ (الضياع) by Adonis as it is painted on the facade of Papengracht 40 in Leiden.
Current events
'Golden Ages in Arabia and Holland' | Boerhaave Museum
To celebrate ‘400 years of Arabic in Leiden’, Museum Boerhaave (the Dutch National Museum for the History of Science and Medicine) designed a temporary museum tour along selected objects that testify the (often unfamiliar) Islamic origin of well known scientific and medical inventions.
The tour comes with a beautifully designed (and free) booklet which was co-written by Danni Reches, one of Leiden's students of Middle Eastern Studies.
This tour will last until end September 2014 and is made possible by Aramco Overseas Company.
More information is on our calendar
The tour comes with a beautifully designed (and free) booklet which was co-written by Danni Reches, one of Leiden's students of Middle Eastern Studies.
This tour will last until end September 2014 and is made possible by Aramco Overseas Company.
More information is on our calendar
Go to the calendar for all events
