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Aula Árabe Universitaria 5
From September 27, 2023 until April 23, 2024
MADRID, CóRDOBA AND ONLINE
Casa Árabe’s headquarters in both cities (at Calle Alcalá, 62 in Madrid and Calle Samuel de los Santos Gener, 9 in Cordoba).
Casa Árabe is presenting yet another edition in the series of
conferences organized with the cooperation of university programs in
Madrid, Cordoba and Alcalá de Henares, to be held from September 27,
2023 through April 23, 2024.
The conferences will deal with a wide range of subjects involving the Arab and Islamic world, from ancient history to the modern day, allowing students to get a closer look at the Arab world along with top-level experts, including topics and speakers selected by the associated university programs in accordance with their curricular needs and interests.
As if it were a trip to the Arab world, students receive a passport, the ”Passport to the Arab World,” a personalized document given to them the first time they attend one of the conferences in the series. The passport contains the program for the series, and they receive stamps for attending each conference when they enter each event.
In order to receive announcements and updates on the various AAU conferences, they must sign up to receive the Casa Árabe Newsletter, indicating “Aula Árabe Universitaria” as one of their interests.
Aula Árabe Universitaria (AAU) is an inter-university cooperation program organized by Casa Árabe in collaboration with undergraduate and graduate university programs (Master’s degrees and doctorates) from universities in the Autonomous Region of Madrid (UAH, UAM, UCM, UC3M, Universidad Nebrija, Saint Louis University - Madrid Campus, Universidad San Dámaso and URJC), Cordoba (Universidad Loyola and UCO) and Segovia (IE University). This year, 26 university programs from the 10 partner universities are participating, with 13 conferences in Madrid and 3 in Cordoba.
Its purpose is to promote knowledge about the Arab and Islamic world, as well as complementing and enriching the training given in the different associated university programs, encouraging dialogue between disciplines and offering students, faculty and researchers from these programs the chance to make contact with relevant international speakers and experts on different subjects and topics related to the Arab world.
Link to the Passport to the Arab World
As if it were a trip to the Arab world, students receive a passport, the ”Passport to the Arab World,” a personalized document given to them the first time they attend one of the conferences in the series. The passport contains the program for the series, and they receive stamps for attending each conference when they enter each event.
In order to receive announcements and updates on the various AAU conferences, they must sign up to receive the Casa Árabe Newsletter, indicating “Aula Árabe Universitaria” as one of their interests.
At the end of the series and as proof of the experience acquired along the journey, all those students (from programmes participating in AAU, or not) who have attended more than 40% of the conferences (i.e. 6) can apply for the Aula Árabe Universitaria certificate.
Students from the Community of Madrid must prove their attendance in person, through the Passport to the Arab World.
Students from other communities, including those from programmes associated with Aula Mediterránea, must accredit their attendance online, through the chat on Casa Árabe's Youtube channel, where they are broadcast live.
Students from the Community of Madrid must prove their attendance in person, through the Passport to the Arab World.
Students from other communities, including those from programmes associated with Aula Mediterránea, must accredit their attendance online, through the chat on Casa Árabe's Youtube channel, where they are broadcast live.
This year, we will continue to be sistered with the program Aula Mediterrània by IEMed, initiated four years ago, is being maintained. This is reflected in: 1) the exchange of speakers between the two programmes between Madrid and Barcelona, when schedules allow; 2) the organisation of joint seminars; and 3) the recognition of the respective conferences at the time of certification, thanks to the possibility of connecting live online to them. In other words, if students of Aula Arabe Universitaria connect online to an Aula Mediterrània conference, this attendance will be recognised in order to acquire the Aula Arabe Universitaria certificate (up to a maximum of 2 conferences). In the same way, Aula Mediterrània students who go online to one of the Aula Árabe Universitaria lectures will have their attendance recognised for the Aula Mediterrània certificate (also up to a maximum of 2). If they also attend another 6 Aula Árabe lectures, they will also be able to obtain the Aula Árabe University Certificate.
Its purpose is to promote knowledge about the Arab and Islamic world, as well as complementing and enriching the training given in the different associated university programs, encouraging dialogue between disciplines and offering students, faculty and researchers from these programs the chance to make contact with relevant international speakers and experts on different subjects and topics related to the Arab world.
The conferences will be held at Casa Árabe’s facilities during the usual schedule for evening conferences (7:00 p.m., with some exceptions) and are open to the general public, with simultaneous translation when necessary. The conferences are also broadcast live on Casa Árabe’s YouTube channel.
Link to the Passport to the Arab World
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©-2023-Assassins-Creed-TM-©-Ubisoft-Entertainment.-All-Rights-ReservedVideo games for art and medieval Islamic history: from “Digital Munya” to “Assassin’s Creed Mirage”
From April 17, 2024 until April 18, 20247:00 p.m.CóRDOBA, MADRID AND ONLINECasa Árabe’s headquarters in both cities (at Calle Alcalá, 62 in Madrid, and Calle Samuel de los Santos Gener, 9 in Cordoba). 7:00 p.m. Free entry until the event’s capacity is reached.In English and Spanish, with simultaneous translation during the event.Twelfth lecture in the Aula Árabe Universitaria 5 series, to be given by Glaire Anderson. It will be taking place in Cordoba on April 17 and in Madrid on April 18.Video games have become a powerful educational tool, one of the most meaningful ways for audiences to connect with the past. In addition, games and immersive digital experiences provide Islamic art historians with the ability to shape more inclusive, authentic perceptions of the past among the general public, making scholarly research widely accessible to audiences outside the world of academia. Scholars recognize the educational value held by games in making knowledge more accessible and shaping public perceptions about the past. Having said that, games which feature Islamic histories and visual traditions remain relatively rare.
At this conference, Anderson will be discussing the research he is conducting, which combined game development with museum collections, Islamic art and history in games developed by the Digital Lab for Islamic Visual Culture & Collections, with the cooperation of partners from industry, academia and GLAM (Galleries, Libraries, Archives, Museums).
Organized in Cordoba with the cooperation of the University of Cordoba’s bachelor’s degree program in Art History, in representation of that degree program, it will be taking place on Wednesday, April 17. The speaker will be introduced by Rafael Blanco, an Art History professor at the University of Cordoba. Moderated by Javier Rosón, Casa Árabe’s coordinator in Cordoba.
In Madrid, we have organized for Thursday, April 18, with the cooperation of the Master’s degree program on “The Medieval Iberian World: Hispania, Al-Andalus and Sefarad“ and the Bachelor’s Degree in History at the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid. Representing both programs, there will be participation and an introduction of the speaker by Santiago Palacios Ontalva, Vice-Rector of Bachelor’s Degree Studies and a Medieval History professor at the UAM, and Javier Albarrán, a professor of Medieval History at the same university. Moderated by Olivia Orozco, Casa Árabe’s Training and Economics Coordinator.
The session held on April 18 can also be viewed later on Casa Árabe’s YouTube channel.
Glaire D. AndersonGlaire D. Anderson is the founding leader of the Digital Laboratory for Islamic Visual Culture and Collections (DLIVCC), as well as a senior lecturer in Islamic Art at the University of Edinburgh, where she directs the Master’s degree Program in Art History, Theory and Exhibition in the School of Art History.
With a PhD from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Architectural History, Theory and Criticism and the Aga Khan Program in Islamic Architecture, she also holds an M.A. in Architectural History and Historic Preservation from the University of Virginia.
She has authored two award-winning monographs titled A Bridge to the Sky: Art and Science in the Age of Ibn Firnas (Oxford UP, 2024), and The Islamic Villa in Early Medieval Iberia: Aristocratic Estates and Court Culture in Umayyad Cordoba (Ashgate, 2013), as well as numerous articles, and the co-editing of The Aghlabids and Their Neighbors (Brill, 2006), and Revisiting al-Andalus: Perspectives on the Material Culture of Islam Iberia and Beyond (Brill, 2007)
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Qur’anic texts used by medieval Christian Arabic authors
April 23, 20247:00 p.m.MADRIDCasa Árabe Auditorium (at Calle Alcalá, 62). 7:00 p.m. Free entry until the event’s capacity is reached.In English with simultaneous translation into Spanish.Thirteenth conference in the Aula Árabe Universitaria 5 series, to be given by Bishara Ebeid, a professor at the Università Ca’Foscari in Venice. It will be taking place in Madrid on Tuesday, April 23.The Qur’an contains several passages which speak about the annunciation, birth and life of Jesus (such as Suras 2, 3, 4, 5 and 19), and it even speaks of him as the Anointed One, the son of Mary, a messenger of God, his word and a spirit descended from Him (4:171). On the other hand, it contains statements that can be considered contrary to the main Christian beliefs about Jesus. Christian authors writing in Arabic in the era of early Islam, who knew these Qur’anic words, used the text of the Qur’an to dialogue with Islam about the Christian faith and also to provide textual proof of their apologetic intentions. However, could the Qur’an, which came chronologically later than the message of Jesus, be considered by these authors to carry some sort of divine inspiration? Can it be read it in the light of Christ as the early Christian authors did with the Old Testament? This conference by Professor Bishara Ebeid, a scholar of both the Qur’an and Christian theology written in Arabic, will attempt to answer these questions using texts by early Christian Arabic authors.Organized with the cooperation of the Master’s degree in Christian and Classical Literature at the Universidad San Dámaso. Participating and presenting the speaker will be Pilar González Casado, a tenured professor from the San Justino Christian and Classical Literature School and professor of Arabic and Coptic Language, and Christian Arab Literature at that university. Moderated by Olivia Orozco, Casa Árabe’s Training and Economics Coordinator.Bishara Ebeid is an assistant professor and researcher at the Università Ca’Foscari of Venice in the Department of Asian and North African Studies where he teaches Arabic Literature and Language. He holds a PhD in Theology from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (2019) and in Oriental Ecclesiastical Sciences from the Pontifical Oriental Institute in Rome (2014). He has also been a visiting professor at this same Pontifical Institute, and at other centers of learning like the Scuola Superiore per Mediatori Linguistici in Padua, the Pontifical Institute of Arabic and Islamic Studies in Rome, the Faculty of Theology of Apulia and the Gregorian University in Rome, where he has taught courses on Theology and Christian Arabic Literature.He participates in different international projects on the transmission of Greek Philosophy and its reception in Syriac and Christian Arab authors (ERC, FLOS) as a researcher, as well. His publications focus on the field of Christian Arabic Literature, Apocryphal Literature, the transmission of Greek Philosophy, Eastern Patrology, Biblical Exegesis, Theology, the History of Eastern Christianity, interpretation of the Qur’an and Islam-Christian dialogue. Some of his most notable recent publications include: Chapters on the divine theology - long version (Ca’ Foscari University, 2024); “The Divine Substance as Aristotle’s Substantia Prima: Yaḥyā b. ʿAdī and his Trinitarian Doctrine”, Le Museon, vol. 136 (2023); y “Patristic Tradition, Trinitarian Doctrine, and Metaphysics in Abū Rāʾiṭah al-Takrītī’s Polemics against the Melkites,” found in Florilegia Syriaca: Mapping a Knowledge-Organizing Practice in the Syriac World (Brill, 2023). He has also had articles published in the journal Awraq (nº 12, 2015),“Christians in the Holy Land: Testimonial history,” as a result of his participation in the days titled “Orient and the Arab world: Third Arab Christian Literature Days,” organized by Casa Árabe and the Universidad Eclesiástica San Dámaso from April 15 to 17, 2015.
Session 1 - Sept. 27, 2023 (7:30 p.m.)
Miriyam Aouragh, Archiving an Impossible Revolution: Visual testimonies, digital memory making and Syrian resilience
With the cooperation of the Master’s degree in Contemporary Arab and Islamic World Studies (UAM) and the Inter-university Master’s degree in Contemporary Studies on the Arab World and Muslim Communities: Social Mediation and Conflict Management (UCM).
Session 2 - Oct. 25, 2023
Suhail Dabbach, Filming and Narrating Iraq: Challenges and Experiences
With the cooperation of the bachelor’s degree program in Audiovisual Communication (UC3M)
Session 3 - Nov. 2, 2023
Several speakers, Elections and Women’s Political Participation in Arab Countries
With the cooperation of the bachelor’s degree program in Political Science and Public Management (URJC)
Session 4 - Nov. 21, 2023
Haifa Zangana, The environmental legacy of the US-led war against Iraq.
In collaboration with the Master’s degree in International Relations and African Studies (UAM), the bachelor’s degree in International Relations (UCM) and the Master’s degree in International Journalism (URJC).of International Relations (UCM) and the Master’s degree in International Journalism (URJC).
Session 5 - Dec. 4, 2023
Roland Marchal, Sudan 2019-23: from revolutionary hopes to civil wars
With the cooperation of the Master’s degree in European Union and the Mediterranean: Historical, Cultural, Political, Economic and Social Basis (UCM) and the bachelor’s degree in Philosophy, Politics and Economics (UAM).
Session 6 - Dec. 12, 2023
Kawtar Najib, Spatialized Islamophobia on an Urban and Infra-urban Scale in London and Paris.
With the cooperation of the bachelor’s degree program in Social and Cultural Anthropology (UAM).
Session 2 - Jan. 25, 2024
Abdelali Oamroni, Translation and Interpreting in the Consular and Diplomatic Arena
With the cooperation of the Master’s degree in Intercultural Communication, Interpretation and Translation in Public Services (UAH) and the Degree in Translation and Communication & International Relations and Communication and the bachelor’s degree in Translation and Interpretation and Multilingual Communication (Universidad Pontificia de Comillas).
Session 8 - Feb. 6, 2024
Adlene Mohammedi, Yemen: Military quagmire, humanitarian tragedy, political stalemate
With the cooperation of the Saint Louis University-Madrid Campus Master’s degree in Political Science and Public Affairs
Session 9 - Feb. 15, 2024
Salma Jamoussi, AI, Social Networks, and Radicalization
With the cooperation of the Master’s degree in Democracy and Government (UAM), the Master’s degree in Contemporary Arab and Islamic Studies (UAM), the bachelor’s degree in Politics (UCM) and the bachelor’s degree in Cybersecurity Engineering and bachelor’s degree in International Relations (Universidad Rey Juan Carlos).
Session 10 - Feb. 22, 2024
Lena Merhej (to be confirmed), Lebanese Reality Through Storytelling
With the cooperation of the bachelor’s degree in Applied Modern Languages (Universidad Nebrija)
Session 11 - Mar. 4, 2024
Ahdaf Soueif, Feminism in Arabic Literature: An Egyptian view.
With the cooperation of the course “Feminism, Literature and Business” at the School of Arts and Humanities (IE University).
Session 12 - Apr. 18, 2024
Glaire Anderson, Videogames for Art and Medieval Islamic History: from "Digital Munya" to "Assassin's Creed Mirage"
With the cooperation of the Master’s Degree in The Medieval Iberian World: Hispania, Al-Andalus and Sepharad, and the bachelor’s degree in History (UAM)
Session 13 - Apr. 23, 2024
Bishara Ebeid, Qur’anic Text used by Medieval Christian Arabic Authors
With the cooperation of the Master’s degree in Christian and Classical Literature (Universidad San Dámaso)
Miriyam Aouragh, Archiving an Impossible Revolution: Visual testimonies, digital memory making and Syrian resilience
With the cooperation of the Master’s degree in Contemporary Arab and Islamic World Studies (UAM) and the Inter-university Master’s degree in Contemporary Studies on the Arab World and Muslim Communities: Social Mediation and Conflict Management (UCM).
Session 2 - Oct. 25, 2023
Suhail Dabbach, Filming and Narrating Iraq: Challenges and Experiences
With the cooperation of the bachelor’s degree program in Audiovisual Communication (UC3M)
Session 3 - Nov. 2, 2023
Several speakers, Elections and Women’s Political Participation in Arab Countries
With the cooperation of the bachelor’s degree program in Political Science and Public Management (URJC)
Session 4 - Nov. 21, 2023
Haifa Zangana, The environmental legacy of the US-led war against Iraq.
In collaboration with the Master’s degree in International Relations and African Studies (UAM), the bachelor’s degree in International Relations (UCM) and the Master’s degree in International Journalism (URJC).of International Relations (UCM) and the Master’s degree in International Journalism (URJC).
Session 5 - Dec. 4, 2023
Roland Marchal, Sudan 2019-23: from revolutionary hopes to civil wars
With the cooperation of the Master’s degree in European Union and the Mediterranean: Historical, Cultural, Political, Economic and Social Basis (UCM) and the bachelor’s degree in Philosophy, Politics and Economics (UAM).
Session 6 - Dec. 12, 2023
Kawtar Najib, Spatialized Islamophobia on an Urban and Infra-urban Scale in London and Paris.
With the cooperation of the bachelor’s degree program in Social and Cultural Anthropology (UAM).
Session 2 - Jan. 25, 2024
Abdelali Oamroni, Translation and Interpreting in the Consular and Diplomatic Arena
With the cooperation of the Master’s degree in Intercultural Communication, Interpretation and Translation in Public Services (UAH) and the Degree in Translation and Communication & International Relations and Communication and the bachelor’s degree in Translation and Interpretation and Multilingual Communication (Universidad Pontificia de Comillas).
Session 8 - Feb. 6, 2024
Adlene Mohammedi, Yemen: Military quagmire, humanitarian tragedy, political stalemate
With the cooperation of the Saint Louis University-Madrid Campus Master’s degree in Political Science and Public Affairs
Session 9 - Feb. 15, 2024
Salma Jamoussi, AI, Social Networks, and Radicalization
With the cooperation of the Master’s degree in Democracy and Government (UAM), the Master’s degree in Contemporary Arab and Islamic Studies (UAM), the bachelor’s degree in Politics (UCM) and the bachelor’s degree in Cybersecurity Engineering and bachelor’s degree in International Relations (Universidad Rey Juan Carlos).
Session 10 - Feb. 22, 2024
Lena Merhej (to be confirmed), Lebanese Reality Through Storytelling
With the cooperation of the bachelor’s degree in Applied Modern Languages (Universidad Nebrija)
Session 11 - Mar. 4, 2024
Ahdaf Soueif, Feminism in Arabic Literature: An Egyptian view.
With the cooperation of the course “Feminism, Literature and Business” at the School of Arts and Humanities (IE University).
Session 12 - Apr. 18, 2024
Glaire Anderson, Videogames for Art and Medieval Islamic History: from "Digital Munya" to "Assassin's Creed Mirage"
With the cooperation of the Master’s Degree in The Medieval Iberian World: Hispania, Al-Andalus and Sepharad, and the bachelor’s degree in History (UAM)
Session 13 - Apr. 23, 2024
Bishara Ebeid, Qur’anic Text used by Medieval Christian Arabic Authors
With the cooperation of the Master’s degree in Christian and Classical Literature (Universidad San Dámaso)
Conferences in Cordoba
Session 1 (COR) - Dec. 5, 2023 (6:00 p.m.)
Roland Marchal, Sudan 2019-23: from revolutionary hopes to civil wars
With the cooperation of the bachelor’s degree in International Relations Degree, Loyola University
Session 2 (COR) - Mar. 3, 2023 (to be confirmed)
Director / screenwriter, Arab cinema
With the cooperation of the bachelor’s degree program in Film and Culture (UCO)
Session 3 (COR) - April 17, 2023
Glaire Anderson, Immersive worldbuilding for medieval Islamic art & history
With the cooperation of the bachelor’s degree in Art History (UCO)
Session 1 (COR) - Dec. 5, 2023 (6:00 p.m.)
Roland Marchal, Sudan 2019-23: from revolutionary hopes to civil wars
With the cooperation of the bachelor’s degree in International Relations Degree, Loyola University
Session 2 (COR) - Mar. 3, 2023 (to be confirmed)
Director / screenwriter, Arab cinema
With the cooperation of the bachelor’s degree program in Film and Culture (UCO)
Session 3 (COR) - April 17, 2023
Glaire Anderson, Immersive worldbuilding for medieval Islamic art & history
With the cooperation of the bachelor’s degree in Art History (UCO)
List of university programs (numbered in the order in which applications were submitted)
1 Bachelor’s degree in Social and Cultural Anthropology (UAM)
2 Master’s degree in International Relations and African Studies (UAM)
3 Master’s degree in Contemporary Arab and Islamic World Studies (UAM)
4 Master’s degree in Democracy and Government (UAM)
5 Master’s degree in Intercultural Communication, Interpretation and Translation in Public Services (UAH)
6 Bachelor’s degree in International Relations (UCM)
7 Master’s degree in Contemporary Studies on the Arab World and Muslim Communities: Social Mediation and Conflict Management (UCM)
8 Bachelor’s degree in Political Science and Public Management (URJC)
9 Master’s degree in International Journalism (URJC)
10 Course Feminism, Literature and Business (Faculty of Arts and Humanities) (IE University)
11 Bachelor’s degree in Audiovisual Communication (UC3M)
12 Bachelor’s degree in Translation and Communication & International Relations and Communication (Universidad de Comillas)
13 Bachelor’s degree in Translation and Interpretation and Multilingual Communication (Universidad de Comillas)
14 Bachelor’s degree in International Relations (Loyola University)
15 Bachelor’s degree in Applied Modern Languages (Universidad Nebrija)
16 Bachelor’s degree in Art History (UCO)
17 Master’s degree in Christian and Classical Literature (Universidad San Dámaso)
18 Master’s degree in Political Science and Public Affairs (Saint Louis University - Madrid Campus)
19 Bachelor’s degree in Philosophy, Politics and Economics (UAM)
20 Master’s degree in the Medieval Iberian World: Hispania, Al-Andalus and Sefarad (UAM)
21 Bachelor’s degree in History (UAM)
22 Bachelor’s degree in Cinema and Culture (UCO)
23 Bachelor’s degree in Cybersecurity Engineering (URJC)
24 Bachelor’s degree in International Relations (URJC)
25 Master’s degree in European Union and the Mediterranean: Historical, Cultural, Political, Economic and Social Basis (UCM)
26 Bachelor’s degree in Politics (UCM)
1 Bachelor’s degree in Social and Cultural Anthropology (UAM)
2 Master’s degree in International Relations and African Studies (UAM)
3 Master’s degree in Contemporary Arab and Islamic World Studies (UAM)
4 Master’s degree in Democracy and Government (UAM)
5 Master’s degree in Intercultural Communication, Interpretation and Translation in Public Services (UAH)
6 Bachelor’s degree in International Relations (UCM)
7 Master’s degree in Contemporary Studies on the Arab World and Muslim Communities: Social Mediation and Conflict Management (UCM)
8 Bachelor’s degree in Political Science and Public Management (URJC)
9 Master’s degree in International Journalism (URJC)
10 Course Feminism, Literature and Business (Faculty of Arts and Humanities) (IE University)
11 Bachelor’s degree in Audiovisual Communication (UC3M)
12 Bachelor’s degree in Translation and Communication & International Relations and Communication (Universidad de Comillas)
13 Bachelor’s degree in Translation and Interpretation and Multilingual Communication (Universidad de Comillas)
14 Bachelor’s degree in International Relations (Loyola University)
15 Bachelor’s degree in Applied Modern Languages (Universidad Nebrija)
16 Bachelor’s degree in Art History (UCO)
17 Master’s degree in Christian and Classical Literature (Universidad San Dámaso)
18 Master’s degree in Political Science and Public Affairs (Saint Louis University - Madrid Campus)
19 Bachelor’s degree in Philosophy, Politics and Economics (UAM)
20 Master’s degree in the Medieval Iberian World: Hispania, Al-Andalus and Sefarad (UAM)
21 Bachelor’s degree in History (UAM)
22 Bachelor’s degree in Cinema and Culture (UCO)
23 Bachelor’s degree in Cybersecurity Engineering (URJC)
24 Bachelor’s degree in International Relations (URJC)
25 Master’s degree in European Union and the Mediterranean: Historical, Cultural, Political, Economic and Social Basis (UCM)
26 Bachelor’s degree in Politics (UCM)