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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. 


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 activitie
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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.


400 years of Arabic in Leiden
'Arab culture has a world of wisdom to teach'

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In the year 1613 Leiden University established one of Europe's very first chairs of Arabic Language and Culture. Its first occupant, Thomas Erpenius (1584-1624), laid out the rationale in his inaugural lecture 'Arab culture has a world of wisdom to teach'. This has defined the guiding principles of the study of Arabic at Leiden University ever since.
To celebrate the 400th anniversary of the Leiden chair of Arabic, Leiden University and Leiden museums organize a range of activities to (re)introduce Arabic culture, science and language to the people working and living in Leiden and beyond.

Partners

We are grateful for the support of  many individuals and organizations to make '400 years' a memorable celebration. A heartfelt 'thank you' to all of them!

A special thanks goes to the Leiden University Institute for Area Studies (LIAS), the Leiden University Centre for the Study of Islam and Society (LUCIS) and Saudi Aramco and its The Hague subsidiary Aramco Overseas Company BV.
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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

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)
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The poem Dayâ (الضياع) by Adonis as it is painted on the facade of Papengracht 40 in Leiden.
...article on the event (in Dutch)

Current events

 'Golden Ages in Arabia and Holland' | Boerhaave Museum

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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

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