Welcome to our instituteLeiden University, the oldest university in the Netherlands, has for centuries enjoyed an excellent reputation. We are proud to trace our origins back to 1575 when one of the first formed faculties of Leiden University was the Faculty of Theology.
News and eventsThe Spring 2012 programme of the Seminar Eastern Christianity offers several lectures on the Near East. Drinks will be served afterwards.
Alumna Religious Studies Froukje Santing (1956) returned to the Netherlands in 1999 after spending 17 years in Turkey, working as a correspondent for the Dutch daily newspaper NCR Handelsblad . Upon her return, she found a country that had changed under the influence of the 9/11 attacks and the murder in 2004, by a Muslim raised in Holland, of the filmmaker Theo van Gogh, and she felt more and more estranged from her homeland.
On monday 6 and tuesday 7 february 2012 the International Conference "Archaeology, Architecture and Liturgy. The Synagogue of Horvat Kur in the Context of Ancient Galilean Synagogues" will take place in The Spectrum Zaal in Plexus Complex and in the famous Temple Court of the Rijksmuseum. The general convenor is Prof. Dr. Jürgen Zangenberg, Leiden Institute for Religious studies. Participation in the conference is free, a contribution of 5 Euro is kindly asked as admission to the public lecture. Persons who wish to attend the symposium are kindly requested to make reservation beforehand.