Member Of The Leiden University Centre For The Study Of Islam And Society
Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
"LUCIS promotes high-quality research on Islam and Muslim societies and actively communicates the insights and findings of that research to the larger public.By bringing together scholars from a range of disciplines and experts from diverse backgrounds - including journalists, policy-makers and opinion leaders - LUCIS stimulates new perspectives on the vibrant field of Islamic studies at Leiden University and enhances the quality of the debate in society at large."https://www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/humanities/centre-for-the-study-of-islam-and-society As a LUCIS member I have participated in public events and lectures. I introduced the film Insyriated at the Leiden International Film Festival (2017) and provided seminars (2019, 2020) for the pre-University classes “Midden Oosten Studies.” Within LUCIS I am a member of the research program "MENA: Cultures and Global Aesthetics"."Coming from diverse disciplines, including Cultural and Visual Anthropology, Cultural Analysis, Literary Studies, History, History of Art, Area Studies (Middle East, North Africa, and South Asia), Urban Studies and Memory Studies, this dynamic group of young scholars shared an interest in the intersections between politics and aesthetics as articulated in the Middle East and North Africa."https://www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/humanities/centre-for-the-study-of-islam-and-society/research-programmes/mena-cultures-and-global-aestheticsIn April 2019 the MENA Cultures and Global Aesthetics research group received funding for a related project: “Global Frictions & Creative Traces”. This project is supported by the Force of Art initiative, which is a consortium of Prince Claus Fund, Hivos, and the European Cultural Foundation. I worked with the Lebanese theatre troup Clown Me In as part of this related project.https://www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/events/2019/10/global-frictions--creative-traces-works-in-progress