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Perspectives on Palestine: Memory, culture and resistance
October 16, 20255:30 p.m.
CORDOBA
Casa Árabe Auditorium (at Calle Samuel de los Santos Gener, 9).
5:30 p.m.
Free entry until the event’s capacity is reached.
In Spanish.
In conjunction with the Palestinian Film Festival, on Thursday, October 16, we will be hosting this conference at our headquarters in Cordoba with the participation of María del Mar Rivas and Manuel Bermúdez from the University of Cordoba. Come and listen to them.
At this conference, Professors María del Mar Rivas and Manuel Bermúdez from the University of Cordoba will be offering a critical reflection on how film and other cultural expressions become vehicles for collective memory when dealing with the trauma of occupation. The professors will explore the ways in which Palestinian creators reclaim their identity and tell their own stories, challenging hegemonic narratives. Through testimonials, analysis and debates, they will be addressing the interwoven nature of culture, territory and resistance. This purpose of this all is to invite the public to understand Palestine not only as a conflict, but as a vital experience interlinked between past, present and hope for the future.
María del Mar Rivas-Carmona
A professor of English Philology at the University of Cordoba. She has taught at Harvard University, the Universidad Complutense and the University of Seville. Her areas of research include Political Discourse Analysis, Specialized Translation and Gender Studies. She has coordinated and participated in more than a dozen projects, as well as supervising thirteen doctoral theses and a hundred bachelor’s and Master’s theses on these topics. She has one hundred publications to her name and is currently about to to to the printing press with The Discourse of Politics and the Media: When Truth Becomes Revolutionary (Springer). She is a peace activist and co-founder of the platform “UCO por Palestina” (“The University of Cordoba for Palestine”).
Manuel Bermúdez Vázquez
With a PhD in Philosophy, he is a professor of Philosophy at the University of Cordoba. He holds a degree in Humanities (UCO) and Philosophy (UNED); he received the extraordinary bachelor’s degree award in 2000; the extraordinary doctorate award in 2005; the Leocadio Martín Mingorance award in 2007, and the UCO Intercultural Chair award in 2023. He has worked at the University of Cordoba since 2008. He founded the Debate Room at the University of Cordoba in 2012, where he worked on promoting oral expression and critical thinking.
He has been a visiting professor at institutions which include the University of Milan (Italy), the University of Edinburgh (United Kingdom), the University of Udine (Italy), the University of Massachusetts (United States), Charles University in Prague (Czech Republic), the University of California Riverside (United States), the University of Concepción (Chile), the University of Buenos Aires (Argentina), the University of Rosario in Bogota (Colombia), the University of Sassari (Italy) and Smith College (United States).
He has authored a dozen books and nearly 80 academic articles. His most recent publications have been: Breve historia de Turquía (Brief History of Philosophy, second edition, UCOPRESS, 2022), Manual de debate (Debate Manual, second edition, Berenice, 2022), Maimónides (Maimonides, Almuzara, 2024) and Bolo bolo, la última utopía (Bolo Bolo: The last utopia, Almuzara Universidad, 2024).
He is a member of the Royal Academy of History, Fine Arts and Noble Arts of Cordoba.
María del Mar Rivas-Carmona
A professor of English Philology at the University of Cordoba. She has taught at Harvard University, the Universidad Complutense and the University of Seville. Her areas of research include Political Discourse Analysis, Specialized Translation and Gender Studies. She has coordinated and participated in more than a dozen projects, as well as supervising thirteen doctoral theses and a hundred bachelor’s and Master’s theses on these topics. She has one hundred publications to her name and is currently about to to to the printing press with The Discourse of Politics and the Media: When Truth Becomes Revolutionary (Springer). She is a peace activist and co-founder of the platform “UCO por Palestina” (“The University of Cordoba for Palestine”).
Manuel Bermúdez Vázquez
With a PhD in Philosophy, he is a professor of Philosophy at the University of Cordoba. He holds a degree in Humanities (UCO) and Philosophy (UNED); he received the extraordinary bachelor’s degree award in 2000; the extraordinary doctorate award in 2005; the Leocadio Martín Mingorance award in 2007, and the UCO Intercultural Chair award in 2023. He has worked at the University of Cordoba since 2008. He founded the Debate Room at the University of Cordoba in 2012, where he worked on promoting oral expression and critical thinking.
He has been a visiting professor at institutions which include the University of Milan (Italy), the University of Edinburgh (United Kingdom), the University of Udine (Italy), the University of Massachusetts (United States), Charles University in Prague (Czech Republic), the University of California Riverside (United States), the University of Concepción (Chile), the University of Buenos Aires (Argentina), the University of Rosario in Bogota (Colombia), the University of Sassari (Italy) and Smith College (United States).
He has authored a dozen books and nearly 80 academic articles. His most recent publications have been: Breve historia de Turquía (Brief History of Philosophy, second edition, UCOPRESS, 2022), Manual de debate (Debate Manual, second edition, Berenice, 2022), Maimónides (Maimonides, Almuzara, 2024) and Bolo bolo, la última utopía (Bolo Bolo: The last utopia, Almuzara Universidad, 2024).
He is a member of the Royal Academy of History, Fine Arts and Noble Arts of Cordoba.
