Co-organised by the Amsterdam Centre for Middle Eastern Studies (ACMES) and the Netherlands Interuniversity School of Islamic Studies (NISIS) 24 May 2019, University of Amsterdam, 1:30-5pm Islamic and Middle Eastern studies are cognate academic disciplines, but scholars in both fields often go about their research in relative isolation from each other. Various reasons account for…

We are very pleased to announce that the following researchers will deliver a keynote lecture during the ENIS Granada Spring School ‘Patronage and Clientelism in the Muslim World’. Click here for more information about the theme of the Spring School and for the full program please click here. Doris Behrens-Abouseif  (SOAS, University of London) Behrens-Abouseif…

Save the date for the NISIS Summer Party! On Friday 14 June 2019, from 16.00 – 19.00 hours we will celebrate that NISIS is as of 1 January 2019 hosted by Utrecht University and led by Christian Lange! More information will be announced soon.      

Veldlijnen. Ontmoetingen met islam tussen fascinatie en afkeer is a research exposition that gives insight in the collection of KADOC (Documentation and Research Centre for Religion, Culture, and Society of the KU Leuven)  regarding contacts between Europe, the Maghreb and the Middle East.  This exposition is a joint effort of KADOC, Prof. Amr Ryad (Arabistiek…