Contribute in Aula Árabe Universitaria with your program and students!

All of the bachelor’s degree and graduate (Master’s degree and PhD) programs from universities in the Autonomous Region of Madrid are eligible to take part in the upcoming edition of Aula Árabe Universitaria (AAU7). They can submit their proposals for speakers and topics, which must always be related to the Arab-Muslim world, for the annual conference series to be held in the academic year of 2025-26.

For that purpose, the bachelor’s degree or Master’s degree coordinator or professor who is responsible for AAU participation must fill out the online form, including their contact information and information on the university program, along with their proposed speakers (up to three, in order of preference). The deadline to fill out the form and submit proposals is June 1.

After that time, the proposals will be evaluated. The university programs will be contacted in the month of June, and the calendar for the annual lecture series will then be determined. Subsequently, Casa Árabe will be in charge of contacting the speakers in July, so that the series can be set up by the end of the summer, with the event beginning towards late September.

For this seventh edition of the lecture series in the academic year of 2025-26, we also decided to join the new regional cooperation program with the Arab world known as Masar al’an / “Masar Now,” held by the Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation (AECID). It shares the common goal of contributing knowledge and dialogue on sustainable development in Arab countries. In this sense, for the final selection of speakers and topics, a special emphasis this year will be placed on those working on topics which align with the “Masar al’an” program: employment and creating opportunities; ecological transition, the environment and water; equality between women and men; youth; inclusiveness; promoting spaces for collaboration and greater interconnection between the countries in the region; conflicts and geopolitics; and anything that contributes to a better understanding of the region, as well as including sessions in which several university programs have some interest.

Aula Árabe Universitaria (AAU) is an inter-university cooperation program organized by Casa Árabe, with the cooperation of the undergraduate and graduate university programs at universities in Madrid and Cordoba, where the program is based, as well as other nearby cities. The program is twinned with the Aula Mediterrània program held by IEMed.

Its purpose is to contribute to improving knowledge about Arab countries, their culture and society, as well as the dynamics of change and transformation which they are experiencing, thus completing and enriching the programs of studies on the Arab world from a multidisciplinary perspective, with conferences by relevant speakers in each field, based on the topics and experts that you propose in your submissions.

Created on the basis of the proposals of experts and topics made by the university programs which sign up and cooperate with the program, AAU is designed for the students of those university degree programs, providing contact with relevant speakers and experts at the international level in different subjects and arenas related with the Arab world, all with the goal of enriching their academic offerings to make them more well-rounded.

The conferences will be taking place at Casa Árabe’s two headquarters in Madrid and Cordoba throughout the academic year. The university programs are committed to bringing their students to the events and taking part in the program in person. This will all be broadcast live on Casa Árabe’s YouTube channel in order to facilitate connection with the university programs in Cordoba and Madrid (depending on where the conference is held) and those which collaborate with Aula Mediterrània, a program organized by IEMed, another event program with which Aula Árabe Universitaria has close ties.

Those students who attend over 50% of the conferences in person are issued a certificate from Aula Árabe Universitaria at the end of the course. Attendance at the lectures is marked in a “Passport to the Arab World,” a leaflet containing the calendar in which attendance gets recorded with stamps.

The conferences are also offered to students from the other programs participating in the series, as well as the general public, so as to promote cooperation amongst universities and multidisciplinary study, as well as furthering knowledge about the Arab world.

At the last and sixth edition held the academic year of 2024-25, 28 university programs from 12 partner universities took part, with 13 conferences in Madrid and 3 in Cordoba.

Apply to participate and submit proposals for AAU7

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