Conferences
Fez, Morocco, Crossroads of Knowledge and Power:
Celebrating 1,200 Years of Urban Life
An international conference co-sponsored by the University of California, Los Angeles and the University of California, Riverside.
To commemorate the occasion of the 1200th anniversary of the city of Fez and the city’s designation as a UNESCO world heritage site, University of California and local scholars will meet with colleagues from Morocco, Europe and the U.S. to explore new cross-fertilizations of ideas about urban space and social relations.
Viewed as the archetypal North African, Arab, and Muslim walled city, the medina of Fez can be mapped chronologically or surveyed as a traditional site to be revived and renovated. Fez serves as a case study for the comparative exploration of visual, architectural, and literary representations in research at the intersection of social history, architectural history, urban planning, engineering, anthropology, and literature.
The conference will be accompanied by a concert on the evening of November 15th entitled Fez: Queen of Cities.
Participants include:
Muhamed Ali, University of California, Riverside
Amina Aouchar, Mohammed V University
Colette Apelian, Independent Scholar
Irene Bierman, University of California, Los Angeles
Aziza Chaouni, University of Toronto
Walter Clark, University of California, Riverside
Said Ennahid, Al-Akhawayn University
Mohktar Ghambou, Yale University
Stacy Holden, Purdue University
Saïd Ihraï, Mohammed V University
Bonnie Kaplan, Sahrij & Sbaiyin Madrassa Complex Restoration Project
Oren Kosansky, Lewis & Clark College
Laila Lalami, University of California, Riverside
Justin McGuinness, American University in Paris
Susan Gilson Miller, University of California, Davis
Patricia Morton, University of California, Riverside
Susan Ossman, University of California, Riverside
Kamal Oudrhiri, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Caltech
Susan Slyomovics, University of California, Los Angeles
Emilio Spadola, Colgate University
Takako Tajima, Architect/Urban Planner
Abstracts of the papers to be delivered at the conference are available by clicking on the highlighted name of the presenter.
Date: Friday, November 14, 2008
Time: 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
University of California, Riverside
1500 Humanities and Social Sciences Building
Riverside, CA 92521
US
Cost: Free
For more information please contact
Peter Szanton, Center for Near Eastern Studies
Tel: 310-825-1455
cnes@international.ucla.edu
www.international.ucla.edu/cnes
Sponsor(s): Center for Near Eastern Studies, UCLA International Institute, UC-Riverside Global Studies Program, UC-Riverside Center for Ideas and Society, UC-Riverside Office of Research, UC-Riverside Department of Anthropology, UC-Riverside Department of Music, UC-Riverside Department of Art History, University of California Humanities Research Center (UCHRI), Social Science Research Council Islam and Muslims in World Contexts Program, Moroccan American Cultural Center Los Angeles, American Moroccan Institute