Unfortunately the ENIS Spring School 2020 that was scheduled to take place in Catania, Italy has been cancelled officially. The Spring School will nevertheless continue online from 22 to 26 June 2020. We will keep you updated with more information about the online program as soon as it becomes available.

We are very pleased to announce that we have a new representative for the NISIS Junior Council! Luca Bruls is a Research Master Student from Leiden University and she will be joining Alon Dar and Arash Ghajarjazi in the Council. Please click here to read more about the Junior Council and the current representatives. This…

The Juynboll Foundation and the Foundation Stichting Oosters Instituut offer subsidies to scholars in the field of Islam and Arabic. The applicant for a subsidy should have completed his/her academic education (MA degree at least). The Juynboll Foundation aims to promote the study of Arabic and Islam within the University of Leiden, by offering financial…

This is how our own members experience NISIS. A big thank you to Hayat Ahlili, Stephan Venmans and Maria Vliek for their wonderful contributions, and to The Craftsmen for making this great video. We hope you will enjoy it!