12th International Conference for Nubian Studies | 1-6 August 2010
A report by Jacques van der Vliet.
Event reports
16th conference of Chinese language teaching | 1-3 September 2010
Trip report by Lin Chin-hui of the department of Chinese Studies.
International Oral History Association meeting | 7-11 July 2010
A report by Aya Ezawa on Gender, work, and ‘independence’: Work trajectories of Japanese single mothers.
Sharia Incorporated: 1st Annual International LUCIS conference
On 22 & 23 June 2010 the Leiden University Centre For The Study Of Islam And Society (LUCIS) and the Van Vollenhoven Institute organised a conference: Sharia Incorporated: Legal Systems in the Muslim World – Recent Developments.
Sinuhe Workshop
Information on the Sinuhe Workshop held 27-29 November 2009.
Omar Khayyam: ‘Momentary Glimpse’
Final report on the conference 'The Legacy of Omar Khayyam', held 6-7 July 2009 at Leiden University.
Confucianism and Modern Society
Report on the IIAS workshop held 28-29 May 2009.
The Death of the Democratization of the Afterlife
A paper presented by Harold M. Hays at the conference 'Old Kingdom Art and Archaeology' on 22 May 2009 at the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge University.
SIAS: the Oxford Model of Area Studies
Prof. Foweraker on the School of Interdisciplinary Area Studies at Oxford. Prof. Foweraker was supposed to give this lecture at the official LIAS opening, but was unable to attend due to circumstances. The text of his lecture is available here.