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The Islam of Past and Present
From October 04, 2013 until October 17, 2013
On Thursday, October 17, Felipe Maíllo will be offering a conference titled "Coming Closer to the Islam of Past and Present" in Madrid, on the occasion of the presentation of his book, the "Dictionary of Arab and Islamic History." The event will be presented by the General Director of Casa Árabe, Eduardo López Busquets, and will also include participation by Fernando Guerrero, Director of the Abada publishing firm. The event will begin at 7:00 p.m. in Casa Árabe’s Auditorium (at Calle Alcalá, 62), with free entrance until the event’s capacity is full.
Nobody is unaware of the fact that the Arab Islamic world, due to a series of known circumstances, is at the forefront of current events, which has led to an arousal of greater interest in the West over the last few years. It therefore seems appropriate to get more fine-tuned ideas about this world, to get a better grasp of its realities in both the past and present times.
However, dealing with Arab Islamic civilization, or Islam in general, in any of its facets, requires clear knowledge of a few elementary concepts. The existence of Islam is that of a civilization which, though complementary to ours, is quite distinct: it expresses itself in a different language, which translates conceptual systems and particular notions which often cannot be covered by using our own concepts, based on Western categories of thought and analysis. Because of this, the “Dictionary of Arab and Islamic History” has been created, provided with a set of indices that can be used by any layman, referring readers to inter-related explanatory articles on a wide range of topics, including religion, politics, rights, customs, social categories, land, etc., from an eminently historical perspective. During this conference, the publication’s author will be explaining to us some of the concepts which his dictionary includes, and he will be offering his expert viewpoint about the current times through which Arab societies are living.
Dr. Felipe Maíllo Salgado (1944), accredited as a tenured professor of Arab and Islamic Studies at the University of Salamanca (2008), retired in 2011 after 32 years of teaching, having been awarded with the “María de Maeztu Prize” for research excellence (2010). He still belongs to the former institution of the Doctors’ Cloister at his University.
Holder of a bachelor’s degree in Geography and History (specializing in History and having earned an award for excellence), as well as in Hispanic Philology from the University of Salamanca, and in Semitic Philology (specializing in Arabic) from the University of Granada, he later received a fellowship to study Arabic and Islamic Law at the University of Cairo and other centers of learning.
A guest professor for 25 years at the University of Buenos Aires, at the Universidad Nacional de Tres de Febrero and at Conicet in Argentina, he is listed as an expert of the National Evaluation and Prospecting Agency (ANEP) of the Research, Development and Innovation Management System. He is the main researcher on several research projects and was positively evaluated by the National Research Activity Evaluation Commission in five sections (1979- 2008). He has given conferences and seminars at different universities in Europe, Asia, Africa and the Americas. He has also published more than twenty books and nearly one hundred articles on Arab and Islamic topics, as well. He has completed numerous translations from Arabic into Spanish (above all Arab chronicles) and has been a thesis director for his fields of expertise, most of which have received awards for excellence.
However, dealing with Arab Islamic civilization, or Islam in general, in any of its facets, requires clear knowledge of a few elementary concepts. The existence of Islam is that of a civilization which, though complementary to ours, is quite distinct: it expresses itself in a different language, which translates conceptual systems and particular notions which often cannot be covered by using our own concepts, based on Western categories of thought and analysis. Because of this, the “Dictionary of Arab and Islamic History” has been created, provided with a set of indices that can be used by any layman, referring readers to inter-related explanatory articles on a wide range of topics, including religion, politics, rights, customs, social categories, land, etc., from an eminently historical perspective. During this conference, the publication’s author will be explaining to us some of the concepts which his dictionary includes, and he will be offering his expert viewpoint about the current times through which Arab societies are living.
Felipe Maíllo
Dr. Felipe Maíllo Salgado (1944), accredited as a tenured professor of Arab and Islamic Studies at the University of Salamanca (2008), retired in 2011 after 32 years of teaching, having been awarded with the “María de Maeztu Prize” for research excellence (2010). He still belongs to the former institution of the Doctors’ Cloister at his University.
Holder of a bachelor’s degree in Geography and History (specializing in History and having earned an award for excellence), as well as in Hispanic Philology from the University of Salamanca, and in Semitic Philology (specializing in Arabic) from the University of Granada, he later received a fellowship to study Arabic and Islamic Law at the University of Cairo and other centers of learning.
A guest professor for 25 years at the University of Buenos Aires, at the Universidad Nacional de Tres de Febrero and at Conicet in Argentina, he is listed as an expert of the National Evaluation and Prospecting Agency (ANEP) of the Research, Development and Innovation Management System. He is the main researcher on several research projects and was positively evaluated by the National Research Activity Evaluation Commission in five sections (1979- 2008). He has given conferences and seminars at different universities in Europe, Asia, Africa and the Americas. He has also published more than twenty books and nearly one hundred articles on Arab and Islamic topics, as well. He has completed numerous translations from Arabic into Spanish (above all Arab chronicles) and has been a thesis director for his fields of expertise, most of which have received awards for excellence.