Leuven Centre for the Study of Islam, Culture and Society

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Leuven Centre for the Study of Islam, Culture and Society

This page is dedicated to the activities of Leuven Centre for the Study of Islam and Society (LCSICS) at KU Leuven in Belgium

Leuven Centre for the Study of Islam and Society (LCSICS) is based on the long-standing commitment of KU Leuven to the development of scholarship of Islam and Muslim societies as an interdisciplinary crossroad for scholars and researchers in various fields, including theology, religious studies, history, law, philosophy, philology, literature, anthropology, sociology, social and cultural psycholog

y, cultural studies, and the arts. The new center will play a leading role in the interdisciplinary and comparative study of Muslims, Muslim Societies, Muslim Communities in the diaspora, and Islam between and across the boundaries of traditional area studies programs on national and international levels. In 2016 the Leuven Interdisciplinary Islam Seminar (LIIS) has been initiated in order to develop interdisciplinary collaboration between the faculties of Theology and Religious studies, Arts and Social Sciences and to create a platform for KU Leuven scholars (and beyond) who work from close or afar on Islam and Muslim societies in the historical and contemporary world. Recently the group of Arabic and Islamic Studies at the Faculty of Arts has joined the partnership of the Netherlands Interuniversity School for Islamic Studies (NISIS). This membership is not limited to the Faculty of Arts, but will be open for all scholars interested in the study of Islam at KU Leuven. KU Leuven is the first Belgian university to take part in NISIS.

26/05/2026

05/05/2026

https://www.arts.kuleuven.be/fac_kalender/football-in-africa-and-the-middle-east-mustapha-esadik-mats-switsers

Football in Africa and the Middle East (Mustapha Esadik & Mats Switsers)
Two Lectures

Football in Africa and the Middle East (Mustapha Esadik & Mats Switsers)

07-05-2026 van 17:00 tot 19:00 (Europe/Brussels / UTC200)
08.16 - Justus Lipsiuszaal - Blijde-Inkomststraat 21 , 3000 Leuven

Two Lectures

29/04/2026

On May 28th, Welmoet Boender (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam) will give a lecture on a much-debated topic: the development of Islamic theology at Western European universities. How do public universities engage with the academic confessional study of Islam in Europe and why is this such a complicated process? What happens intellectually in this new field?

Boender’s recently published study Islamic Theology at Western European Universities. Articulating Ikhtilāf in the Netherlands, Germany, United Kingdom and Austria (Brill, 2026) systematically explores these urgent questions. While many studies primarily focus on highly politicised institutionalisation processes, Boender includes the mapping of intellectual developments by examining the academic publications produced in this field between 2010 and 2018. Consequently, the book answers an urgent question: How do Islamic theologians conceptualise and develop Islamic university theology in Europe?

In this lecture, the author will present her main research findings, after which there will be room for discussion on what these insights imply for further study and development of Islamic theology at Western European universities

📅May 28th, 2026
🕚11:00 am
📍Room MTC1 00.03, Faculty of Theology and Religious Studies

12/04/2026

https://youtu.be/JSHfFdwwoW0?is=4Hnutf7njcWdYH4k

تدور الحلقة من برنامج موازين حول المشروع الإصلاحي والفكري للعلامة محمد رشيد رضا، وتأثيره في العالمين العربي والإسلامي، ضيوف الحلقة الدكتور أحمد إبراهيم أبو ش...

10/03/2026

Join us on March 26th for the NISIS / KU Leuven Conference on Islamophobia and the Muslim Question!

ℹFull programme and registration via https://nisis.sites.uu.nl

13/02/2026

Join us this Fall for the Conference: Philosophy of Madhhab Law: Intersections of Fiqh, Theology, and Sufism.

This conference explores fiqh as an epistemic and interpretive activity (tafaqquh) that unfolds within the intellectual architectures of the madhhab. It invites reflections on how legal reasoning intersects with other Islamic sciences such as kalām, Sufism, and ethics.

📆 Conference: 29 September 2026
📍 Location: KU Leuven, Belgium & Online

📢Open to junior and senior scholars

📅Deadline for Abstract Submission: 30 April 2026
🔔 Notification of Acceptance: 15 May 2026

📨Submit Abstracts & inquiries: [email protected]
ℹ More info on https://ghum.kuleuven.be/lcsics/activities

20/01/2026

We are pleased to share that Carool Kersten will deliver this year’s Gino Schallenbergh Lecture, titled “Islam, Muslims & Europe: Literary Imaginations."

His lecture forms part of the NISIS / KU Leuven Conference on Islamophobia and the Muslim Question, taking place on March 26.

👉 Full programme and registration via https://nisis.sites.uu.nl

16/10/2025

📚 Boeklezing bij LCSICS – KU Leuven

Is de islam een tolerante godsdienst?
🗣️ Met auteur Tijani Boulaouali

Tolerantie is een uitdaging in multiculturele samenlevingen met diverse levensbeschouwingen en culturen. Een sterke samenleving vereist wederzijdse acceptatie, waarbij tolerantie zowel in westerse als islamitische zin een verrijkende factor is. Dit boek onderzoekt de tolerantie binnen de islam en beantwoordt cruciale vragen: Is de islam een tolerante godsdienst? Hoe verhoudt islamitische tolerantie zich tot de negatieve beeldvorming in media en politiek, vooral in Europa en het Westen? Hoe wordt tolerantie belicht in islamitische bronnen en westerse theorieën? Wat leert de Koran en de Soenna over tolerantie, en hoe interpreteren klassieke en hedendaagse islamitische denkers dit concept? Met een diepgaande analyse biedt dit boek inzicht in de islamitische visie op tolerantie, ondersteund door argumenten, bronnen en historische feiten.

Over de spreker:
Tijani Boulaouali is schrijver en onderzoeker, gespecialiseerd in islamitische en Arabische studies, Koranvertaling en interreligieuze dialoog. Hij is docent en onderzoeker aan de KU Leuven (Master Wereldreligies en Islamitische Theologie) en verbonden aan het LCSICS, de Onderzoekseenheid Arabische en Islamitische Studies, en NISIS.

📅 Datum: 19 november 2025
🕕 Tijd: 18.00–19.30
📍 Locatie: 00.15 Kleine Aula, Sint-Michielsstraat 6, 3000 Leuven

15/10/2025

Academics from the different Belgian universities have gathered to set up a Belgian network for the study of Islam, Culture and Society.

This network will be launched during an inaugural network day this Friday October 17th 2025.
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Adres

Blijde-Inkomststraat 21/bus 3301
Leuven
3000

Website

https://ghum.kuleuven.be/lcsics

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