Official account of the Netherlands-Flemish Institute in Cairo • Arabic & Islamic studies, Middle East Studies, Egyptology, Archaeology, and Papyrology.
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We are looking forward to seeing you all this Thursday at 6 pm for the start of our new lecture season! We'll be joined by @RaphaelCormack, who will be talking about hypnotists and jinn in 1930s Cairo.
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Welcome to the team, Andrés!
NVIC/NINO PhD student Andrés Martín García de la Cruz started on research project “In the Centre of Egyptology: Cairo and the Role and History of the Foreign Archaeological Institutes in Egypt”, supervised by Olaf Kaper & Marleen De Meyer. nino-leiden.nl/message/new-n…
ALT NVIC/NINO PhD student Andrés Martín García de la Cruz with his NVIC contract directly after signing it
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It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of our director, Dr. Rudolf de Jong. We extend our deepest condolences to his loved ones. NVIC will be closed the coming week in mourning. Details of a memorial in Cairo will follow soon. Rest in peace, boss. We will miss you.
Ifdal Elsaket, our Assistant Director for Arabic and Middle East Studies, featured on the blog of the New York Public Library!
Dr. Ifdal Elsaket, Assistant Director of Arabic and Middle East Studies, has been continuing her research on histories of the cinema in Egypt by visiting the Library for the Performing Arts, which has an extensive Arabic collection of clippings. nypl.org/blog/2024/01/16/nyp…
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We kindly invite you to join us this Tuesday at 6 pm for a poetry reading and discussion with @MosabAbuToha and @monaelnaggar. Limited seats - we open our doors at 5:30. t.ly/_6H8F
Join us tonight at 7 for Nabil Yasien Mohamed's introduction to his most recent publication, Ghazālī’s Epistemology: A Critical Study of Doubt and Certainty (@Routledgebooks, 2023): t.ly/G0CXA
Join us tonight at 7 pm for @joelxblecher's lecture, 'Reflections on Hadith Commentary: Continuity and Change.' We work on a first-come, first-served basis. Doors open at 6:30. For more information: t.ly/UTNIj
Join us at 7 tonight for Mariam Elashmawy's talk, Rūḥ al-sharq in Interwar Cairo: Global Religious History and Esoteric Entanglements in al-Ma‘rifa Periodical.
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To make an appointment to visit the exhibition (open Sunday to Thursday, 10-2), send an email to info@nvic.leidenuniv.nl mentioning your full name and when you would like to visit.
All proceeds will go to the financial support of Palestinian university students in Egypt. (2)
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Join us tonight at 7 for Karène Sanchez Summerer's lecture, Unsilencing, Rewriting and Nuancing Palestine, and/or at 8:30 for the opening of the photo exhibition Unsilencing Palestine.
For more information:
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Join us this Thursday at 7 pm for Ahmad Khan's talk, 'The Making of Sunnism: 8th-11th century,' which is related to his most recent publication, 'Heresy and the Formation of Medieval Islamic Orthodoxy' (@CambridgeUP, 2022): facebook.com/events/21416288…
Join us tonight at 7 for Hatsuki Aishima's talk “Be Water, My Friend”: Knowledge, Body and Embodiment in the Age of Mass Media. We open our doors at 6:30.
For more information:
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Our stellar Intro to Ancient Egypt course is back! Do you live in Egypt and have you always wondered about the pharaonic heritage surrounding you? This fall NVIC organizes a beginner’s level, introductory course into Egyptology:
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We are looking forward to seeing you at 7 pm for today's talk: Ahmed Zaazaa - The Extractive Sector: Real Esate Urbanism in Cairo and Its Toll on the Environment!
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