Al-Andalus Chair. Conference 'And they crossed the Strait: Berbers in Al-Andalus'.

As every last Thursday of the month, this 30th of June at 19:30 we have an appointment with 'Cátedra Al-Ándalus'. On this occasion the conference will be given by Virgilio Martínez Enamorado, PhD in Medieval History from the University of Malaga, who will talk about the 'Berbers in Al-Andalus'.

In the historiography of Al-Andalus, the use of a term such as "Al-Andalus" has been expressly avoided. migration to explain the genesis of a society that, in time, would end up constituting an atypical cultural system in Europe: Arab in expression, Islamic in civilisation. Nevertheless, we understand that it is precisely this concept, migrationThe year 711 and its historical consequences in the Iberian Peninsula, as well as in the formation of Al-Andalus as a political and social structure; a process which, in our opinion, took place in its constitutive period between the 8th century and the end of the 10th century.
Throughout that formative time, that constitutive period of Al-Andalus, indigenous North African tribal groups - those known as the imaziguen-The Arab population, as well as, secondarily, Arab groups, carried out a great process of demographic transfer, taking as their ideological support a Muslim religion that was still in the process of formation. In this session of the Al-Andalus Chair we will try to show some of the evidence of this initial migratory process based on archaeology and chronicles.

Virgilio Martínez Enamorado holds a PhD in Medieval History from the University of Malaga. A researcher at the School of Arab Studies in Granada as well as in foreign universities - mainly Moroccan and North American - he has carried out important archaeological work, such as in the case of the city of Bobastro, in the Ronda mountains. Among his extensive work, his monograph on Andalusian Malaga stands out, an essential reference for understanding the history of the city.

The conference will be held at the Foundation's headquarters, starting at 19.30 hours, with free admission with prior registration at the following address link.