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Arab (Dis)continuities
February 16, 20167:00 p.m.
MADRID
Casa Árabe Auditorium (at Calle Alcalá, 62).
7:00 p.m.
Free entry until the event’s capacity is reached.
In Spanish.
Elena Arigita Maza and Juan A. Macías Amoretti, the book’s editors, are
presenting this work containing discourses and imaginaries within a
context of change.
The event, organized by Casa Árabe and the Editorial Comares publishing firm, will be presented by Karim Hauser, who is responsible for the Governance Area at Casa Árabe.
What disruptions and continuities have been brought about by the social, political and cultural processes in which certain Arab countries find themselves immersed? This was the research question proposed by the Contemporary Arab Studies Research Group at the University of Granada. The conclusions have been gathered in this collective work. At this conference, the book’s editors will be discussing, on the basis of their research, the way in which the concepts of democracy and secularism have been articulated within the context of contemporary Arab thought and through observation of how Islam has become a factor in achieving political legitimacy.
Juan A. Macías Amoretti
Holder of a European PhD in Arab and Islamic Studies from the University of Granada, and a university specialist in Arabic-Spanish Translation with a degree from the University of Castilla-La Mancha, Macías Amoretti is a professor of Arab Studies at the University of Granada and an associate researcher at the Centre Jacques Berque in Rabat. He has been a visiting researcher at Oxford University’s Middle East Centre and at the IDEO in Cairo, as well as a visiting professor at the University of Ca’Foscari in Venice. His research focuses on contemporary Arab and Moroccan political thought.
Elena Arigita Maza
Holder of a PhD in Semitic Studies from the University of Granada, Arigita Maza was a lecturer at the Universities of Cairo and al-Azhar in in Egypt, a post-doctoral researcher at ISIM, Holland, and the main researcher at Casa Árabe in Cordoba. Since 2012, she has been a professor at the University of Granada. Her research revolves around the topic of authority in contemporary Islam, and on the basis of that foundation she has worked on topics related with the institutionalization of Islam in Egypt and in Europe, and on the policies which determine Islam’s visibility in Europe.
What disruptions and continuities have been brought about by the social, political and cultural processes in which certain Arab countries find themselves immersed? This was the research question proposed by the Contemporary Arab Studies Research Group at the University of Granada. The conclusions have been gathered in this collective work. At this conference, the book’s editors will be discussing, on the basis of their research, the way in which the concepts of democracy and secularism have been articulated within the context of contemporary Arab thought and through observation of how Islam has become a factor in achieving political legitimacy.
Juan A. Macías Amoretti
Holder of a European PhD in Arab and Islamic Studies from the University of Granada, and a university specialist in Arabic-Spanish Translation with a degree from the University of Castilla-La Mancha, Macías Amoretti is a professor of Arab Studies at the University of Granada and an associate researcher at the Centre Jacques Berque in Rabat. He has been a visiting researcher at Oxford University’s Middle East Centre and at the IDEO in Cairo, as well as a visiting professor at the University of Ca’Foscari in Venice. His research focuses on contemporary Arab and Moroccan political thought.
Elena Arigita Maza
Holder of a PhD in Semitic Studies from the University of Granada, Arigita Maza was a lecturer at the Universities of Cairo and al-Azhar in in Egypt, a post-doctoral researcher at ISIM, Holland, and the main researcher at Casa Árabe in Cordoba. Since 2012, she has been a professor at the University of Granada. Her research revolves around the topic of authority in contemporary Islam, and on the basis of that foundation she has worked on topics related with the institutionalization of Islam in Egypt and in Europe, and on the policies which determine Islam’s visibility in Europe.
