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On Thursday 15 and Friday 16 November 2012, the third annual LeidenUniversity Centre for  the Study of Islam and Society (LUCIS) conferencewill be held. The main theme is 'What is Islamisation?'. Subthemes to beaddressed are 1) Islam and social change; 2) changes within Islam. Closinglecture by Olivier Roy. For a provisional programme, please consult theconference web-site.http://www.hum.leidenuniv.nl/lucis/activiteiten/3rd-annual-lucis-conference.htmlAs part of the LUCIS annual conference Dr David Cook (Rice University, US)will teach a master class for graduate students about 'Classical andContemporary Arabic Apocalyptic Predictions'.Participants will be asked to prepare readings in Arabic and Englishdepending on their expertise which will be discussed during the masterclass. Participants in the master class will also attend the publicconference presentations. We invite motivated graduate students with aninterest in the theme of the conference to participate in this master class.Please send a letter of motivation (1), your CV (2) and a reference letterfrom your thesis supervisor (3) before 1 September 2012 to Josien Boetje:&#60;mailto:j.boetje@hum.leidenuniv.nl&#62; j.boetje@hum.leidenuniv.nlLUCIS has made available two grants for students whose institutions do notcover their travel and accommodation expenses. Please indicate whether youwould like to be considered for such a grant.------Prof. dr Petra M. SijpesteijnSchool for Middle Eastern StudiesLeiden Institute for Area StudiesUniversiteit LeidenPO Box 95152300 RA Leidentel: ++ 31-71-5272027 &#60;http://eurasianstates.org/foi/index.php&#62;http://eurasianstates.org/foi/index.php &#60;http://hum.leiden.edu/lias/staff/sijpesteijnpm.html&#62;http://hum.leiden.edu/lias/staff/sijpesteijnpm.html