Faculteit der Geesteswetenschappen Leiden University Centre for the Study of Islam and Society (LUCIS) Annual Report 2013 Bij ons leer je de wereld kennen Annual report LUCIS 2013 Text: Léon Buskens and Petra de Bruijn Editing: Annemarie van Sandwijk Financial report: Stijn Peeters Visiting address: Witte Singel 25 | Matthias de Vrieshof 4 room 0.11 | 2311 BZ | Leiden Postal address: P.O. Box 9515 | 2300 RA | Leiden Telephone: +31 (0)71 527 2628 Email: [email protected] Website: www.lucis.leidenuniv.nl Leiden Islam Blog: www.leiden-islamblog.nl 1 2 Table of Contents List of abbreviations ......................................................................................................................... 5 1. Annual report 2013 1.1 External visibility ....................................................................................................................... 8 1.1.1 Visibility in academic circles ............................................................................................... 8 1.1.2 Visibility amongst politicians and policy makers ................................................................ 9 1.1.3 Visibility in the media ......................................................................................................... 9 1.1.4 Visibility amongst students................................................................................................ 10 1.1.5 Supporting formal visits .................................................................................................... 11 1.1.6 Activities relevant for societal debate or related to current events .................................... 11 1.2 Internal cohesion and cooperation within Islamic studies ....................................................... 12 1.2.1 Research ............................................................................................................................. 12 1.2.2 Education ........................................................................................................................... 12 1.3 PhD research ............................................................................................................................ 13 1.4 Publications .............................................................................................................................. 13 1.5 Grants ....................................................................................................................................... 15 1.6 Conclusion ................................................................................................................................ 15 1.7 Future prospects ....................................................................................................................... 16 2. Appendices 2.1 LUCIS as a centre of expertise: aims ....................................................................................... 17 2.2 Chronological overview of activities in 2013 .......................................................................... 18 2.3 Report of activities in 2013 ...................................................................................................... 23 2.3.1 LUCIS annual conference .................................................................................................. 24 2.3.2 LUCIS/Middle Eastern Studies lecture series ................................................................... 25 2.3.3 Other lectures ..................................................................................................................... 31 2.3.4 LUCIS visiting fellows 2013 ............................................................................................. 32 3 2.3.5 Scholarly events ................................................................................................................. 35 2.3.6 Activities relevant for societal debate or related to current events .................................... 40 2.3.7 Supporting formal visits .................................................................................................... 51 2.3.8 Cultural activities ............................................................................................................... 51 2.4 LUCIS in the media 2013 ......................................................................................................... 53 2.5 Leiden Islam Blog articles in 2013 .......................................................................................... 55 2.6 Grants 2013 .............................................................................................................................. 57 2.7 Organisation 2013 .................................................................................................................... 59 2.7.1 LUCIS network of affiliated researchers ........................................................................... 60 2.7.2 Overview of LUCIS members, fellows and affiliated fellows .......................................... 62 2.8 Individual annual reports of LUCIS members 2013 ................................................................ 69 2.8.1 Faculty ............................................................................................................................... 69 2.8.2 PhD candidates .................................................................................................................. 87 4 List of abbreviations CA-DS Institute of Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology FSBS Faculty of Social and Behavourial Sciences (FSBS) LIAS Leiden University Institute for Area Studies LIRS Leiden University Institute for Religious Studies LUCAS Leiden University Centre for the Arts in Society LUCIS Leiden University Centre for the Study of Islam and Society LUCL Leiden University Centre for Linguistics NISIS Netherlands Interuniversity School for Islamic Studies NWO Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research SMES School of Middle Eastern Studies VVI Van Vollenhoven Institute for Law, Governance, and Development (Faculty of Law). 5 6 1. Annual report 2013 This report provides a summary overview and analysis of activities pursued by the Leiden University Centre for the Study of Islam and Society (LUCIS) in 2013. During the past year LUCIS continued the format of activities that proved to be succesful in the past years while also searching to develop new approaches, especially in outreach to society and valorisation of knowledge. Meetings in The Hague and the firm establishment of the Leiden Islam Blog both proved to be very productive. In the scholarly field LUCIS again strongly invested in internatonal cooperation and visibility. Ties with France, the United Kingdom and Germany are especially strong. These were also very valuable for developing new research projects such as “Making Islam Work in the Netherlands,” together with LUCIS affiliated fellow Thijl Sunier (VU University Amsterdam). LUCIS also sought to turn the gradually emerging new infrastructure for religious studies in Leiden into a fruitful incentive for the field, in close cooperation with the Leiden University Institute for Area Studies (LIAS). The high-quality activities in scholarship, team building and valorisation have resulted in a strong basis for the development of the next phase of LUCIS under the directorship of Petra Sijpesteijn, who will take office from 1 August 2014. Léon Buskens Academic director LUCIS The report is structured according to the performance indicators formulated by Leiden University’s Executive Board for the years 2012-2014, which have been the guiding principles for the policy of LUCIS in the past year. These performance indicators are: - increasing external visibility of LUCIS - enhancing internal cohesion and cooperation within Islamic studies - increasing the number of international publications - increasing the number of PhD candidates. The appendices to this annual report include: - aims of LUCIS (2.1) - a chronological overview and report of the activities organised by LUCIS in 2013 (2.2, 2.3) - an overview of articles by LUCIS members in the media in 2013 (2.4) - an overview of articles published on the Leiden Islam Blog in 2013 (2.5) - an overview of grants awarded by LUCIS in 2013 (2.6) - an overview of the organisational structure of LUCIS (2.7) - a financial overview of 2013 (2.8) - individual annual reports of LUCIS members 2013 (2.9). 7 1.1 External visibility LUCIS is visible amongst different target groups. It engages with academic circles – both domestic as well as abroad – through its international publications and by participating in and organising academic conferences. Individual LUCIS members have advisory positions both in the Netherlands as well as abroad. They lecture and write about their specialisations, and frequently speak in public. Furthermore, LUCIS provides an important contribution to the public debate about Islam and Muslim societies with its Leiden Islam Blog (www.leiden-islamblog.nl) and by organising broader public activities about current topics, which address the public demand for reliable and broader knowledge about Islam and Muslim societies. In 2013, LUCIS continued its policy of consolidating and increasing external visibility amongst various target groups, such as researchers and students from inside and outside Leiden University as well as from abroad, policy makers, journalists, politicians and other interested parties. To this end, LUCIS critically reviewed and improved its activities which