Two PhD Positions in the ERC Starting Grant: Study of Islam in Interwar Europe

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 details…