Although we are faced with a lockdown in The Netherlands currently, this fall we all enjoyed some weeks with fewer restrictions. This year’s Autumn School, which took place in Leuven from 8 to 12 November, was one of the events we were able to celebrate live – and what an inspiring and pleasant event it…

NISIS junior member Lucia Admiraal will defend her thesis “Entangled Loyalties in the Middle East: Discussions on Fascism, Nazism and Antisemitism in the Arabic Jewish Press 1933-1948” on 16 december at 13.00. The defence will take place at the Agnietenkapel in Amsterdam. Please see more information here.  

ZemZem, the Dutch magazine about the Middle East, North Africa and Islam, will publish a new issue about Indonesia soon! The issue might be of special interest to those who are joining the upcoming NISIS Spring School “Mobility and Mobilisation in Muslim Societies” in Yogyakarta. This ZemZem issue will especially touch upon the colonial and postcolonial…

We are happy to share the news that Ghent University has joined NISIS for an informal partnership (from September 2021 until end of August 2024). We are glad to pass on the following information about Ghent on behalf of Prof. Jo van Steenbergen. We would also like to add that the Autumn School 2023 will…