"(…) 2016 is the 1300 anniversary of Cordoba as capital of al-Andalus. In 716 al-Hurr, the governor (wali) of al-Andalus -a province of the Damascene Umayyad caliphate- moved the administrative capital from Seville to Cordoba, then becoming the political, economic and cultural center of Muslim Iberia. The anniversary is a special moment to revisit the history of the town in its changing political contexts, urban development and intellectual achievements.
Organisation: Casa Árabe; Maribel Fierro Bello – Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Instituto de Lenguas y Culturas; European Research Council (ERC); Kohepocu Research Project.