Events

7th Leiden Summer School: ‘Philology and Manuscripts from the Muslim World’
Summer School 2025 Philology and Manuscripts from the Muslim World Date: 18 August – 29 August 2025 Costs: €600 Level: The course is meant for graduate students (MA and PhD) and researchers. Language: English. Non-native speakers are required to have a command of English equivalent to at least TOEFL 550. Scholarships: There are two scholarships to cover the tuition…
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Registration form NISIS Autumn School ’25: “Gender relations in pre-modern and modern Muslim contexts”.
Gender norms in Muslim contexts are often associated with polygyny, repudiation and child marriage. In fact, since the negative stereotyping of Islam and Muslims intensified following 9/11, gender has consistently played a crucial role in the narratives about Islam and Muslims, with discourses of ‘repressed women’, ‘violent men’, and ‘generalised homophobia’ (Bracke & Hernandez Aguilar…
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NISIS Autumn School ’25: “Gender relations in pre-modern and modern Muslim contexts”.
Gender norms in Muslim contexts are often associated with polygyny, repudiation and child marriage. In fact, since the negative stereotyping of Islam and Muslims intensified following 9/11, gender has consistently played a crucial role in the narratives about Islam and Muslims, with discourses of ‘repressed women’, ‘violent men’, and ‘generalised homophobia’ (Bracke & Hernandez Aguilar…
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Symposium announcement: “Dynamics of Family Life in Muslim Families with Migrant Background: Mapping Parenting Support Needs and Available Resources”
The symposium is organized by the Islamic Pedagogies and Education Research Network (ISPED) and financed by Utrecht University’s Youth Education & Life Skills platform. The goal is to bring together experts whose work centers on the family life of Muslims with a migrant background, focusing on identifying parenting support needs and the resources available to…
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