Corey L. Williams

PhD Positions in Political Science/Conflict Studies/African Studies (two full-time positions). Application deadline: 15 March 2025. universiteitleiden.nl/vacatures/2025…

Looking for a highly motivated graduate student looking to write his/her PhD on antisemitism. The deadline is tight, but the funding is generous, and they will get to work with me and some of my best colleagues. Hopefully this will be a recurring position, so please help me spread the word.

Lecture by Jonathan Singerton (VU Amsterdam) on 10 Dec: 'A Spiritual Lacuna? Austria-Hungary's Religious Imperialism in the Nineteenth Century'. universiteitleiden.nl/en/events/2024…

Very intriguing China Seminar talk by Gil Raz (Dartmouth College) on 17 December: 'Daoist Lived Religion from Epigraphic and Archeological Materials'. This is organised by @LeidenReligion colleague, Dr. Yves Menheere: universiteitleiden.nl/en/events/2024…

The Leiden University Libraries will digitalize its collection of the Armenian manuscripts & ancient books, including the first printed Armenian Bible, made in Amsterdam in 1666. Grateful to Dr. Arnoud Vrolijk, curator of Oriental Manuscripts & Rare Books & Anna-Maria Mattar.

I am thrilled and humbled to be on this list! Thanks @LeidenHum, @ab_jong @profclwilliams and many dear colleagues from near and far who supported my application for this #ERCStG project on early childcare in modern central and Eastern Europe! #CareCentury

Today, Sarah Cramsey @scramsey6 gave her inaugural lecture as professor by special appointment of Central European History @LeidenHum. She lectured about care for small children in the Warsaw Ghetto, in Auschwitz-Birkenau and among Polish Jews who survived WW II in Central Asia.

The call for fellowships at the African Studies Centre Leiden for 2025 has been opened! ascleiden.nl/content/visiti…

When religious and cultural literacy levels are at an all time low, universities are removing the opportunities to develop a culturally competent workforce and to build a society based on awareness, sensitivity and the ability to live with difference. This is tragic news.

I'll be at the Leiden Minor's Information Market from 15:30-17:30 on 19 March ready to speak with any students interested in the Minor Religion in a Changing World. Register here: universiteitleiden.nl/en/events/extr…

Job opening: Assistant Professor of Religious Studies @UtrechtReligion. "We are looking for a new colleague with demonstrable expertise in the study of the religion-body nexus from the angle of gender, race or disability." Deadline: 11 March 2024. uu.nl/en/organisatio…

What’s New?! | We are back with exciting lectures for this semester’s What’s New series. We will be starting off this series tomorrow with a lecture by Antonia Bosanquet (@asbosanquet ). To register for tomorrow’s lecture and learn more: universiteitleiden.nl/en/events/seri…

Through the new Peace Academy in The Hague, @LeidenReligion colleague, Prof. Maurits Berger, and twelve students from different conflict zones are starting a creative thinking process that aims to discover the basic conditions for peace in the Middle East. staff.universiteitleiden.nl/news/2024/01/p…

The @UniLeiden Master's Open Day takes place this coming Friday, 16 February. Myself and current MA student, Cian Larkin-Woulfe, will be giving a talk about the MA Religious Studies programme at 13:15. If you're interested in joining, register here: #programme-presentations-talk-shows-and-q-a-sessions" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">universiteitleiden.nl/en/events/extr…

Call for applications: NIAS – NIOD – KITLV Fellowship Moving objects, Mobilising Culture in the Context of (De)colonisation. Deadline: 18 March 12.00 (noon) CET 2024. Four fellowships in the academic year 2024-25 nias.knaw.nl/fellowships/ni…

Looking forward to the 1st Annual Symposium of the Leiden Jewish Studies Association starting tomorrow, 6 December! The theme is "Jews at Home. From Creation to Corona" and is hosted by @scramsey6 and Jürgen Zangenberg. @UniLeidenNews @LeidenHum universiteitleiden.nl/en/events/2023…

Leiden University and four other Dutch universities will appoint 51 PhD candidates to conduct solution-oriented research for and with the African continent. universiteitleiden.nl/en/news/2023/1…

👉🏿Het Afrika-Studiecentrum is op zoek naar een Bibliotheekmedewerker📚. Tot de werkzaamheden behoren baliewerkzaamheden, informatievoorziening en rondleidingen, titelbeschrijvingen en diverse andere voorkomende werkzaamheden. Deadline: 16 november! ➡️ascleiden.nl/news/vacature-…

And thanks to my colleague, Dr. Markus Davidsen, for leading the proceedings!

We hosted a festive diploma ceremony in the illustrious Academy Building today. Many congratulations to the new @LeidenReligion graduates! @LeidenHum @UniLeidenNews