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Our latest article: Epitomising the Epitome: A new manuscript of the History of Agapius - Leiden Arabic Humanities Blog leidenarabichumanitiesblog.nl/articles/epito…

Registration is now open! Please apply! Graduate School of Islamic Humanities: Approaches to the Study of Islam To be held in Leiden, Netherlands. 13-17 July 2026 Open to all PhD candidates in Islamic studies and early career scholars.

📣 Call for Papers! Two-day conference The Sage of Medina: The Thought, Life, and Teachings of Jaʿfar al-Ṣādiq. 📍Leiden University, Netherlands 📆: 2-3 December 2026 Abstract deadline: 15 April 2026 universiteitleiden.nl/en/news/2026/0…

Latest blog on Leiden Arabic Humanities by Davlat Dadikhuda looks at Averroes’ response to a popular argument for God’s existence among the kalam scholars of Islam. leidenarabichumanitiesblog.nl/articles/phili…

Latest Leiden Arabic Humanities Blog article by Ali Moughania on Etiquette of Learning by Nasir al-Din al-Tusi leidenarabichumanitiesblog.nl/articles/why-t…

@uzairibrahim_ I’m afraid not. But we are exploring options to record the event.

Conference Announcement We’re hosting a two-day international conference at Leiden that promises to tackle some of the most important questions in Shii studies today. Check out the programme! universiteitleiden.nl/en/events/2025…

Call for Papers: Conference on Monotheisms in Medieval Islamic Thought at Leiden University universiteitleiden.nl/en/news/2024/0…

📚 Check out our new contribution to the Leiden Arabic Humanities Blog by Dr. @BisharaEbeid! "Elias of Nisibis and his Book of Demonstration: An East Syriac Identity in Arabic Language" #IslamicateHistory @abhistoria @ArnoldYasinMol @lu_cith @LeidenU leidenarabichumanitiesblog.nl/articles/elias…

🌍 What's been going on at De Gruyter Brill lately? Quite a lot, it turns out! At Leiden University, we recently co-hosted a lecture by Tahera Qutbuddin (@UniofOxford) to launch her new translation and edition of the Arabic literature classic "Nahj al-Balaghah." @lu_cith

Join us if you’re in Leiden. The event is free and open to the public.

Book launch with the author of the new and groundbreaking translation and edition of the Nahj al-Balagha, by Professor Tahera Qutbuddin (Oxford). Join us at Leiden University on 24 April at 5.00 pm. Details below.

Kawashif al-hujub leidenarabichumanitiesblog.nl/articles/intro…

al-Wafi do sharh al-wafiya leidenarabichumanitiesblog.nl/articles/seeki…

We have some exciting announcements concerning our blog, Leiden Arabic Humanities. We received a series of articles on Shiʿi law from leading specialists in the field. A thread of the blogs along with their links. 1/