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News From the Other Shore: The Umayyads and the Maghreb (eighth–eleventh centuries)
June 18, 20267:00 p.m.CORDOBAOn Thursday, June 18, Prof. Aurélien Montel, maître de conférences at the University of Toulouse 2 - Jean Jaurès, will be giving a new session in our event series devoted to Amazigh Spaces in which we will be taking a close look at the expansionist policy of the Cordoba Caliphate in North Africa. Don’t miss this opportunity to hear him speak. -
Seven Women Talk About Al-Andalus
From March 18, 2026 until June 17, 20267:00 p.m.CORDOBAFrom March through June, Casa Árabe will be hosting this series of conferences at its headquarters in Cordoba, organized in collaboration with the Chair of Arab Studies of the al-Babtain Foundation and the University of Cordoba. Check the calendar so you don’t miss a single session. We hope to see you there! -
The Alhambra and Women: Essence and Presence
June 17, 20267:00 p.m.CORDOBAProfessor Bárbara Boloix Gallardo, from the University of Granada, will be giving the final conference in the event series “Seven Women Talk About Al-Andalus.” It will be taking place at our Cordoba headquarters on Wednesday, June 17. Come listen to her and discover the mark that Nasrid women made and left behind on the monument. -
From Oases to the Colosseum: Beasts, folk imagery and realities of pre-Islamic Africa
June 11, 20267:00 p.m.CORDOBAThe desert, oases, wild animals and barbarian tribes are just a few of the mental images we associate with Africa, inherited from ancient world geographers like the Greeks and Romans. Prof. Esther Sánchez Medina (UAM) will be speaking to us about this in a new conference as part of our event series “Amazigh Spaces,” to be held in Cordoba on Thursday, June 11. Don’t miss it! -
Sufism and Thought: Ibn Barrayān and Ibn ’Arabī
June 10, 20267:00 p.m.CORDOBAOn Wednesday, June 10, Prof. Gracia López Anguita from the University of Seville will be giving this conference as part of the event series “Seven Women Talk About Al-Andalus.” During her presentation, we will get to explore some of the most significant issues in Sufi thought and the challenges these thinkers faced. Come listen to her.