/en en Fri, 24 Oct 2025 03:23:10 +0200 Mon, 16 Jun 25 08:00:00 +0200 /en/news/ernst-van-den-hemel-appointed-professor-by-special-appointment-of-religion-in-heritage-and-popular On behalf of the Meertens Institute, this newly established chair is hosted by the Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies within the Faculty of Humanities. 150097 Mon, 16 Jun 2025 08:00:00 +0200 Nieuws /en/publication/sufi-non-conformism-antinomian-trends-in-the-persianate-traditions This book by Asghar Seyed-Gohrab deals with nonconformist aspects of Sufism, and other antinomian movements in the Persianate cultural areas. 148556 Wed, 09 Apr 2025 17:09:00 +0200 Nieuws /en/publication/sufism-studies-volumes-1-and-3 Professor Asghar Seyed-Gohrab published Of Piety and Heresy (volume 1) and researcher Ghajarjazi Remembering ʿUmar Khayyām (volume 3). 148558 Wed, 09 Apr 2025 17:09:00 +0200 Nieuws /en/news/the-senses-are-the-muscles-of-our-perceptive-apparatus Christian Lange delves into the role of the senses in Islam. “Smell plays a surprisingly significant role in religious and non-religious areas of Islamic culture.” 148236 Thu, 27 Mar 2025 17:00:00 +0100 Nieuws /en/publication/religion-in-liberal-democracy-as-a-form-of-life-free-and-equal Christoph Baumgartner explores how liberal democracies can ensure equal participation and freedom of religion in societies shaped by Christianity. 145396 Fri, 06 Dec 2024 17:44:00 +0100 Nieuws /en/news/research-on-secularisation-in-iran-is-also-inspiring-for-us-in-the-netherlands Pooyan Tamimi Arab is awarded a Vidi grant for research on secularisation in Iran: how do Iranians truly feel about religion, atheism, and the separation of mosque and state? 145056 Wed, 20 Nov 2024 16:00:00 +0100 Nieuws /en/publicatie/islamic-sensory-history-volume-2-600-1500 Islamic Sensory History engages with issues related to the sensorium in different times, places, and social milieus throughout the history of Islamic societies. 144686 Mon, 11 Nov 2024 10:00:00 +0100 Nieuws /en/news/utrecht-university-and-umc-utrecht-awarded-with-fourteen-nwo-vidi-grants Researchers each receive up to 850.000 Euros to develop innovative line of research. 144384 Thu, 24 Oct 2024 10:03:00 +0200 Nieuws /en/news/call-for-papers-migration-and-societal-change-conference-june-2025 The Utrecht ľ�ϸ���Ӱ�� focus area Migration and Societal Change invites you to submit a proposal for a panel or an individual paper for our conference in June 2025. 143238 Tue, 10 Sep 2024 10:44:00 +0200 Nieuws /en/publicatie/nahum-a-trauma-for-a-trauma Emeritus Distinguished Professor Bob Becking publishes the first volume of Sheffield Phoenix Press’s Trauma Bible Commentary van Sheffield Phoenix Press series. 142692 Tue, 13 Aug 2024 16:54:00 +0200 Nieuws /en/in-de-media/attack-on-golan-heights-increases-potential-israel-hezbollah-escalation Following the rocket attack on a football field in the Golan Heights, Joas Wagemakers explain the crux of the situation with the possible consequencess on NU.nl. 142391 Fri, 02 Aug 2024 15:00:00 +0200 Nieuws /en/news/14-utrecht-based-researchers-receive-veni-grant Fourteen promising, young Utrecht researchers will receive a Veni grant of up to 320,000 euros from the Dutch Research Council (DRC). 142098 Wed, 17 Jul 2024 14:00:00 +0200 Nieuws /en/background/the-israeli-palestinian-conflict-explained-this-preceded-the-gaza-war Timeline | Five scholars provide a step-by-step explanation of the history and background of the current Israel-Hamas war, known as the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. 141890 Wed, 17 Jul 2024 14:00:00 +0200 Nieuws /en/news/beyond-sharia-critical-thinkers-in-islam-examined Since the birth of Islam, there have always been critical dissenters. ERC project Beyond Sharia examines precisely these non-conformists. 141285 Wed, 12 Jun 2024 11:00:00 +0200 Nieuws /en/achtergrond/religion-plays-a-smaller-part-in-this-war-than-people-think Scholars of religion Joas Wagemakers, Lucien van Liere and Eric Ottenheim discuss the role of religion in the war between Israel and the Palestinians. 140697 Tue, 04 Jun 2024 16:12:00 +0200 Nieuws /en/publicatie/wereldkerken-in-nederland Jip Lensink contributed to the book Wereldkerken in Nederland. She recorded stories of migrants from Evangelical and Pentecostal churches as well as international churches. 141045 Mon, 03 Jun 2024 16:00:00 +0200 Nieuws /en/in-de-media/will-hamas-meet-israel-deadline-over-release-of-hostages Hamas was given a deadline by Israel: all hostages must be released before Ramadan. Islamologist Joas Wagemakers explains the dilemma in which Hamas (and Israel) finds itself. 137926 Tue, 20 Feb 2024 14:56:00 +0100 Nieuws /en/publicatie/the-edinburgh-companion-to-the-new-european-humanities Edited by Rosi Braidotti and Daan Oostveen, among others, this volume examines the rise of the ‘New’ Humanities. 136416 Fri, 15 Dec 2023 13:15:00 +0100 Nieuws /en/publicatie/the-routledge-handbook-of-material-religion This handbook, edited by, among others, Pooyan Tamimi Arab, places objects and bodies at the centre of scholarly studies of religious life and practice. 133956 Thu, 21 Sep 2023 16:18:00 +0200 Nieuws /en/in-de-media/the-muslim-brotherhood-is-down-but-not-out Associate Professor Joas Wagemakers spoke with Al Jazeera about the Islamic movement and its future. 133334 Fri, 15 Sep 2023 10:00:00 +0200 Nieuws