On behalf of the Meertens Institute, this newly established chair is hosted by the Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies within the Faculty of Humanities.
Christian Lange delves into the role of the senses in Islam. “Smell plays a surprisingly significant role in religious and non-religious areas of Islamic culture.”
Pooyan Tamimi Arab is awarded a Vidi grant for research on secularisation in Iran: how do Iranians truly feel about religion, atheism, and the separation of mosque and state?
Islamic Sensory History engages with issues related to the sensorium in different times, places, and social milieus throughout the history of Islamic societies.
