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Summer course "Romanization and Islamization in the Western Mediterranean"
From March 11, 2022 until June 25, 2022The course would take place from July 18th to 22th of the same month, from Monday to Friday 9:00-19:00.
CÓRDOBA / ONLINE
On-line & in-person options would take place in Casa Árabe Córdoba´s head office (C/ Samuel de los Santos Gener, 9).
The course would take place from July 18th to 22th of the same month, from Monday to Friday 9:00-19:00.
Previous registration required.
On-line & in-person options would take place in Casa Árabe Córdoba´s head office (C/ Samuel de los Santos Gener, 9). The course would take place from July 18th to 22th of the same month, from Monday to Friday 9:00-19:00. Previous registration required.
English-language-only course.
Experts from multiple international and national academic institutions would lead a selected group of students through the exciting history of the romanization and islamization of the Western Meditenarrean over the course of a week. The courses would be taught in English.
The fourth edition of this summer intensive course, taught in English, is hosted and
organized by Casa Árabe, the Center for Comparative Empire and Transcultural Studies (RomanIslam) and the University of Hamburg – In collaboration with Junta de Andalucía and the Archeological Complex of Medina Azahara, under the leadership of Sabine Panzram (University of Hamburg) and Alejandro GarcíaSanjuán (University of Huelva) – would take place from Monday, July 18th to Thursday, July 21nd in Casa Árabe Córdoba´s head office, with the exception of the class of July 22rd that would take place also in the Umayyad palatine city of Medina Azahara.
The course would be concluded with two archeological workshops, Tuesday and Thursday in the morning, and a visit to the Archeological Complex of Medina Azahara. The course is planned to have a length of 34h during school days in a schedule of Monday-Friday from 9 to 19:00.
LODGING AND MEALS (In-person modality)
Coffee will be provided in the morning breaks and the fee includes a welcome reception as well and a dinner on Thursday. Students should arrange for the rest of their meals and lodging. Córdoba has many hotels and restaurants. A selection of the different options available around Casa Árabe will be provided upon registration.
APPLICATION AND FEE
Those interested are requested to send an e-mail message to infocordoba@casaarabe.es, indicating in the message subject line: Intensive Summer Course Al-Andalus IV (On-line modality or in-person one, depending of what teaching modality do the students prefer). They need to provide a brief introduction about the candidate’s profile, including first and last names (maximum 300 words), and a letter expressing their interest in the course. The deadline is June 25, 2022. Those 30 (In-person modality) y 30 (On-line modality) selected will be contacted by June 28, 2022.
Once confirmation of admittance is received, registration must be completed using the application form that will be sent. The fee for the course is 250 € in-person modality and 150€ on-line modality.
Further information: Calle Samuel de los Santos Gener, 9.
From Monday-Friday, 9:30 a.m. to 14:00 p.m. (infocordoba@casaarabe.es)
Monday 18 Casa Árabe, Córdoba
9:00-11:00 Sabine Panzram, University of Hamburg, “…was the only one of the
provinces that discovered its strength only after it had been defeated…” – Romanization in the Iberian Peninsula
11:30-13:30 Richard Hingley, Durham University, Alternative approaches to identity and culture change in the Roman West
17:00-19:00 Francisco Beltrán Lloris, University of Zaragoza, Latinization and Romanization in the Western Mediterranean: an epigraphical perspective
Tuesday 19 Casa Árabe, Córdoba
8:30-11:00 Antonio Monterroso Checa y Manuel Moreno Alcaide, Archaeological Workshop: Romanization: the urban point of view
11:30-13:30 Juan Manuel Bermúdez Lorenzo, Roman Economy in Imperial Times:
the olive oil of the Baetica, a case study
16:00-17:00 Virtual room
17:00-19:00 Pieter Houten, Do we need a city? Romanization in non-urbanized regions of the Roman West
Wednesday 20 Casa Árabe, Córdoba
9:00-11:00 Pablo Poveda Arias, Before al-Andalus: the historical evolution of the Iberian Peninsula from Late Antiquity to the Early Middle Ages (4th-8th centuries)
11:30-13:30 Alejandro García-Sanjuán, The origins of al-Andalus: sources and scholarly debate
17:00-19:00 Marcos García, Islamisation and foodways: (zoo)archaeological insights from al-Andalus
Thursday 21 Casa Árabe, Córdoba
8:30-11:00 Rafael Blanco Guzman, Archaeological Workshop: The urban process
of Islamization in Córdoba
11:30-13:30 Stefan Heidemann, Umar ibn Hafsun and the nativist rebellions in the
Islamic Empire
17:00-19:00 Maribel Fierro, Can Islamization take place without religious scholars?
The case of al-Andalus
16:00-17:00 Virtual room
Friday 22 Umayyad palatine city of Medina Azahara/ Casa Árabe, Córdoba
9:00-13:00 Antonio Vallejo, Archaeological Workshop: Archaeology of Antiquity in the Caliphal city of Madinat al-Zahra’
15:00-17:00 José C. Carvajal López, The debate on Islamisation in the Archaeology of al-Andalus: an overview and some reflections
17:30-19:30 Timothy Insoll, Comparative archaeological perspectives on Islamisation in the Horn of Africa and the Western Sahel
Casa Árabe, RomanIslam, Center for Comparative Empire and Transcultural Studies
Consejería de Cultura y Patrimonio Histórico de la Junta de Andalucía, UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) and Caliphate City of Medina Azahara.