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Seminar on Al Hakam II
From April 09, 2015 until April 10, 2015From Thursday, April 9 at 6:30 p.m. to Friday, April 10 at 9:00 p.m.
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Casa Árabe Auditorium (at Calle Samuel de los Santos Gener, 9).
From Thursday, April 9 at 6:30 p.m. to Friday, April 10 at 9:00 p.m.
Free entrance until the event’s capacity is reached.
This event is taking place on the occasion of the 1,100th anniversary of the birth of the second Umayyad caliph of Cordoba, a promoter of the arts and sciences.
Casa Árabe and the city government’s Department of Culture have organized this seminar to commemorate the figure of the second Umayyad caliph of Cordoba, on the occasion of the 1,100th anniversary of the birth of Al Hakam II (Cordoba, 915-976). After succeeding his father Abderrahman III, the founder of the Cordoba caliphate, on the throne in the year 961, Al Hakam II brought the prestige of the Umayyads’ court to its highest level and expression.
The caliph strove to uphold and increase peace at the borders of Al-Andalus, and the years of his reign represent the zenith of letters and sciences in Al-Andalus. Under his reign, the highest levels of development were achieved in arithmetic, geometry and medicine, and his love for the arts and sciences made him worthy of the name by which he was known, “the Wise Caliph.”
The caliph strove to uphold and increase peace at the borders of Al-Andalus, and the years of his reign represent the zenith of letters and sciences in Al-Andalus. Under his reign, the highest levels of development were achieved in arithmetic, geometry and medicine, and his love for the arts and sciences made him worthy of the name by which he was known, “the Wise Caliph.”
Thursday, April 9
6:30 p.m. Opening event. Given by Eduardo Lopez Busquets, the General Director of Casa Árabe, and Juan Miguel Moreno Calderón, Deputy Mayor in charge of Culture for the Municipal Government of Cordoba.
7:00 p.m. Opening conference: "A day in the caliphate of al-Hakam II."
Eduardo Manzano Moreno (CSIC, Madrid)
Friday, April 10
9:30–11:00 a.m. “This is the annadimiento of Alhaquem.”
Juan Carlos Ruiz Souza (Universidad Complutense de Madrid)
11:00–11:30 a.m. Break
11:30 a.m.–1:00 p.m. Al-Hakam II, patron and bibliophile. His great library.
Pedro Cano Ávila (University of Seville)
4:00–5:30 p.m. Cordoba in the times of al-Hakam: view from an archeological perspective.
Rafael Blanco (University of Cordoba)
5:30 a.m.–6:00 p.m. Break
6:00–7:30 p.m. In the court of Cordoba’s caliph: wives, mothers, princesses.
Manuela Marín (CSIC, Madrid)
7:30–9:00 p.m. Al-Hakam II: his monetary policy.
Alberto Canto (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid)
6:30 p.m. Opening event. Given by Eduardo Lopez Busquets, the General Director of Casa Árabe, and Juan Miguel Moreno Calderón, Deputy Mayor in charge of Culture for the Municipal Government of Cordoba.
7:00 p.m. Opening conference: "A day in the caliphate of al-Hakam II."
Eduardo Manzano Moreno (CSIC, Madrid)
Friday, April 10
9:30–11:00 a.m. “This is the annadimiento of Alhaquem.”
Juan Carlos Ruiz Souza (Universidad Complutense de Madrid)
11:00–11:30 a.m. Break
11:30 a.m.–1:00 p.m. Al-Hakam II, patron and bibliophile. His great library.
Pedro Cano Ávila (University of Seville)
4:00–5:30 p.m. Cordoba in the times of al-Hakam: view from an archeological perspective.
Rafael Blanco (University of Cordoba)
5:30 a.m.–6:00 p.m. Break
6:00–7:30 p.m. In the court of Cordoba’s caliph: wives, mothers, princesses.
Manuela Marín (CSIC, Madrid)
7:30–9:00 p.m. Al-Hakam II: his monetary policy.
Alberto Canto (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid)