On the 8th and 9th of October 2020, the tenth NISIS Autumn School will take place. Due to Covid-19, this jubilee edition about “Shrine Cultures in the Islamicate World” will be different from all previous years, but no less inspiring! Thanks to Prof. Gabrielle van den Berg (Leiden University) and Prof. Dick Douwes (Erasmus University…

On Friday 9 October 2020, NISIS is organizing a chapter clinic led by Prof. Gabrielle van den Berg, Prof. Dick Douwes, and Prof. Christian Lange. Together with the other participants, you will discuss a chapter of your master thesis or dissertation, or another dissertation-related paper you are working on. This chapter clinic will give you…

Due to the summer vacation, the NISIS bureau will be closed until 17 August. We wish you all a great summer and we hope to see you again at our events after the summer break!

On Monday the 7th of July the NISIS Junior Council hosted the first successful session of the NISIS Masterclass Series “The Past and Future of Islamic Studies.” The theme of the first session was “Interdisciplinarity in the Study of Islam and of Islamic History.” We want to thank the speakers dr. Edmund Hayes, prof. Aaron…