The city of Fez, nicknamed 'the Andalusian', has traditionally offered a varied panorama of colonial readings, from the orientalist ones of Enrique Gómez Carrillo (1926), to the sociological accounts of the brothers Jerome and Jean Tharaud (1930), which is entitled Fez, the bourgeoisie of Islam. However, there is a pre-colonial history of Fez, intertwined with its prestige as a holy city of Islam: that of the vestiges of its Andalusian foundation.
From the urban aspect of a city that has always stood out for its intellectual stature and the comparative surprise of some of its achievements, such as the very early foundation of the world's first university by a woman, Fatima al-Fihri in 859. In this stroll through the medina of Fez, questions and connections will arise from a wandering aimlessly, in the measure of the people and houses that spring up around us, in a "medineo", in Juan Goytisolo's words (in the style of the flâneurThe city's narrow streets, main thoroughfares, bustling souks and small squares.
These and other questions will be clarified by Professor Mustafa Akalay of the Euromed University of Fez.
To attend the conference, registration is required at the following address link
Technical details: 22 March 2018 at 7.30 p.m.
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