Two PhD Positions (Leiden Univ.) in the ERC Starting Grant: Study of Islam in Interwar Europe

LIRS (Islamic Studies)
The Faculty of Humanities hosts a wealth of expertise in fields including philosophy, history, art history, literature, linguistics, and area studies, covering practically the entire world. The Leiden Institute for Religious Studies (LIRS) is one of seven research institutes within the Faculty of Humanities. LIRS creates unique opportunities to study multiple religious traditions from antiquity to the modern age.
The PhD students will work within a research program funded by the European Research Council  (ERC Starting Grant), entitled: Neither visitors, nor colonial victims: Muslims in Interwar Europe and European Trans-cultural History Principal investigator/supervisor of this research program is Dr.Umar Ryad (Islamic Studies, LIRS).

For more information visit: http://werkenbij.leidenuniv.nl/vacatures/phd-posities/13-271-13-272two-phd-positions-in-the-erc-starting-grant-study-of-islam-in-interwar-europe-.html

Dr. Umar Ryad
Assistant Professor
Islam in the Modern World
Institute of Religious Studies
Faculty of Humanities
University of Leiden

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