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From North Africa to the Maghreb: The territory and its peoples
March 05, 20267:00 p.m.
CORDOBA
Casa Árabe Auditorium (at Calle Samuel de los Santos Gener, 9).
7:00 p.m.
Free entry until the event’s capacity is reached.
In Spanish.
Taking place in Cordoba on March 5 will be the official opening and first session in the conference series “Amazigh Spaces,” which we will be hosting at our Andalusian headquarters until July. On this occasion, Prof. Helena de Felipe from the University of Alcalá will be speaking to us about the diverse peoples of North Africa. Come join us to learn more about Amazigh culture.
The official opening will be led by Helena de Felipe and Miguel Ángel Manzano.
North Africa’s indigenous inhabitants have been referred to in different ways throughout history (from the historical ethnonym Berbers to the current names Imazighen and Amazigh). This set of populations was and continues to be remarkably diverse, often linked to their relationship with the territory they once occupied, which in large part determined their system of production and, in some cases, their very name. Mountain villages, coastal cities and arid deserts adapted to their natural environment and witnessed events and processes in which they played a leading role and which were recorded in historical sources.
This contribution will offer a diachronic image of these peoples and aims to provide the public with the essential tools needed to approach this exhibition.
This scientific outreach activity has resulted from the coordinated research project MAGNA II: “Transits and transformations in Maghreb space and population” (TRAMAGHIS. PID2021-122872NB-C21 and DIANA. PID2021-122872NB-C22), funded by MICIN/AEI/10.13039/501100011033 and FEDER. A Way to Make Europe
Helena de Felipe is an associate professor of Arab and Islamic Studies at the University of Alcalá. Her research has focused on the history of the Berbers, the history of the medieval Islamic West and Spanish-Moroccan relations between the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. She has formed part of the teams for several research projects and is currently the principal investigator for the DIANA Project. Transits and Migrations in North Africa: Diachronic analysis of the population and its environment. (PID2021-122872NB-C22). Her publications include: “Anciens mots, nouvelles lectures: hybridisme culturel au Maghreb médiévale” (“Ancient Words, New Interpretations: Cultural hybridization in the medieval Maghreb”) and “Doblemente invisibles: mujeres bereberes en al-Ándalus” (“Twice Invisible: Berber Women in Al-Andalus”). As co-editor, she has contributed to the volumes titled “MAGNA. Una geografía cultural y humana del Magreb” (“MAGNA: A cultural and human geography of the Maghreb, with M. Á. Manzano, 2022) and Genealogy and Knowledge in Muslim Societies: Understanding the Past (with S. Bowen Savant, 2014)
North Africa’s indigenous inhabitants have been referred to in different ways throughout history (from the historical ethnonym Berbers to the current names Imazighen and Amazigh). This set of populations was and continues to be remarkably diverse, often linked to their relationship with the territory they once occupied, which in large part determined their system of production and, in some cases, their very name. Mountain villages, coastal cities and arid deserts adapted to their natural environment and witnessed events and processes in which they played a leading role and which were recorded in historical sources.
This contribution will offer a diachronic image of these peoples and aims to provide the public with the essential tools needed to approach this exhibition.
This scientific outreach activity has resulted from the coordinated research project MAGNA II: “Transits and transformations in Maghreb space and population” (TRAMAGHIS. PID2021-122872NB-C21 and DIANA. PID2021-122872NB-C22), funded by MICIN/AEI/10.13039/501100011033 and FEDER. A Way to Make Europe
Helena de Felipe is an associate professor of Arab and Islamic Studies at the University of Alcalá. Her research has focused on the history of the Berbers, the history of the medieval Islamic West and Spanish-Moroccan relations between the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. She has formed part of the teams for several research projects and is currently the principal investigator for the DIANA Project. Transits and Migrations in North Africa: Diachronic analysis of the population and its environment. (PID2021-122872NB-C22). Her publications include: “Anciens mots, nouvelles lectures: hybridisme culturel au Maghreb médiévale” (“Ancient Words, New Interpretations: Cultural hybridization in the medieval Maghreb”) and “Doblemente invisibles: mujeres bereberes en al-Ándalus” (“Twice Invisible: Berber Women in Al-Andalus”). As co-editor, she has contributed to the volumes titled “MAGNA. Una geografía cultural y humana del Magreb” (“MAGNA: A cultural and human geography of the Maghreb, with M. Á. Manzano, 2022) and Genealogy and Knowledge in Muslim Societies: Understanding the Past (with S. Bowen Savant, 2014)
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