From Monday 8 until Friday 12 November 2021, the NISIS Autumn School will be held at Leuven University. The theme of this year’s Autumn School is “Islamic(ate) Classics from Manuscript to the Digital Age.”

On 9 April 2021, NISIS member Sophie Spaan (KU Leuven) defended her PhD research entitled “Laying the foundations for Islam in Western Europe in the interwar period: Muslim religious institutions and European colonial policies.” For more information about the defense, please click here.

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…

On July 7, the first session of the NISIS Masterclass “The Past and Future of Islamic Studies” will take place. The theme for this session is “Interdisciplinarity in the Study of Islam and of Islamic History” and the speakers are dr. Edmund Hayes, prof. Aaron Hughes and prof. Christian Lange.  Please note that registration is…