Professor Hayat Kara

Coordinator of the ( U-F-R ) research and formation Unit in Andalusian – Maghrebian studies ( 2001 – 2010 ).
Mohammed V – University, Rabat – Morocco

  • Visiting scholar at Seville university 1993.
  • Study’s visit at the university of Freibourg- July 1995.
  • Study’s visit at Ruhr university of Bochum- July 1999.
  • Visiting scholar at the Institute for Islamic studies and Orient philology at the University of Bern – Swiss : June 2001 : Lecture on ( le dialogue intellectuelle en Al- Andalus au 7th /13th, et son reflet sur la poésie soufi) :28-06- 2001.
  • Lecture on ( Anthologie poétique soufi en Al-Andalus) at the Institute of Oriental studies at the Ruhr University of Bochum, 08-july 2002 and 17 july 2002.
  • Lecture on: City of Jerez on Islamic Erea trough a great literature Jerezan Abû Ishâq ai-Bûnisî ( 651/ 1253) , University of Cadiz – Spain, 21 March 2004.
  • Lecture on the Arabic Manuscripts in Morocco : Library of the Zaouia of Bzou in south Morocco, Departemento de Estudios Arabes e Islâmicos, University of Completense, Madrid, 29 March 2004.
  • Lecture on : Ibn al- Arabi : religion and sufism : interpretation of “al-Mubachirat al-Manamiya”.Departemento de Estudios Arabes e Islâmicos, University of Completense , Madrid, 30 March 2004.
  • Contribution at the Doctorate thesis as commitee’s member , on ” l’élite culturel et religieuse aux époques de Bani abd al-Wàd au Maghreb central VII – XIII, by Dr Radja Zedazi , Universidad completense de Madrid , 24 June 2005.

  • I held some lectures on al- Andalus legacy at Arkansas university and Chicago university,( November- December 2005 )
  • I have partnered some research on Sufi poetry, and Sufism , with American colleagues.

  • Lecture on: contemplation on the Nafs : Poetic imagery in the sufi poetry: al -Mirtulli, Ibn al-Arabi. University of Arkansas, old Main, 10-11-2005.

  • Lecture on : Some Remarks on the Intellectual dialogue in al – Andalus 7th HG / 13th CE,04-11-2005. University of Chicago.

  • Contribution at the Thirteenth Annual Maghrebi Area studies symposium for U.S Fulbright Grants , March 16-18, 2006, Rabat , Morocco, as Guest discussant on : Farmers vs Miller : A water dispute Mediated by Qadi Ayyad . by Camilio Gomez-Rivas , Ph.D student in Medieval & Renaissance history, Yale University, NH.
  • Participate in colloque on : “Documents et Manuscrits Arabes de l’occident Musulman Medieval ” , my communication was on :” Ijazat al-Sama’ ( the audition’s licence ) in the Andalusian-Maghribian manuscripts , Casa de Velazquez – Madrid 10-12 November 2008 .

  • International symposium on : Al-Mu’tamid , the Gharb al-Andalus poetry : 13-14 March 2009, Evora , Portugal. My contribution on : the Arabic poetry in Gharb al-Andalus : Image and symbol.
  • Participation in the 12th Session on “Khalil Mutran and Mohammad Ali / Mak Dizdar”, Sarajevo, October 19-21- 2010″, The Foundation of Abdulaziz Saud al-Babtain’s Prize for Poetic creativity.

  • I held several lectures on Islamic civilization at Chatham university , Pittsburgh , PA , and California university of Pennsylvania. ( September -October 2009).

    The lectures’s subjects as follows :

    • Medieval inter-religious dialogue between the Jew and Ibn Lubb, Mufti of Granada : lecture for ” contemporary analysts “, Chatham university.
    • Women in contemporary Morocco: social -cultural dimensions : lecture for “science education” ,” women and global environment” , Chatham university and California university.
    • Arabic poetry and architectural memory in al-Andalus : lecture for ” literature analysts”, Chatham university.
    • Women in Islam : cross cultural perspective: lecture for ” world religion ” , ” English literature”
    • ” Ethnicity and place “, Chatham university.
    • Women and political participation in Morocco : lecture for ” citizenship and civic engagement “, Chatham university.
    • Poetry and Sufism : path of love : lecture for ” world religion “, Chatham university.
    • Andalusian chronicles : the role of women in al-Andalus : lecture for ” the role of gender and race in south Spain “, Chatham university.
  • I presented a series of lectures at The Sorbonne Paris VI University, in 04-18 / 05/13 -25 – 2013 , on this subjects :

  • Articles on the different occasions :

    • Marrakech : The happenings and Magic, EMCMRE 1, November 21 -25 , 2011 , Marrakech – Morocco.
    • Horses in the Medieval Islamic West : Legacy and history , Treatise on the 4th Round of the horses exhibition in al-Jadida , Morocco , 19 -23 October 2011.
    • Technical terms and Medical treatment in ” Fada’il al-Khayl ” by Abu al-Tayyib al-‘Alami ( d.1134 H) , the Fifth Round of the horses exhibition , October 17-21 – 2012, al-Jadida , Morocco .
    • Horses : cultural heritage and civilization radiation , the sixth round of the horses exhibition, October 02-06 – 2013, al-Jadida – Morocco.
    • Veterinary science, Muslim Heritage throuph the manuscript ” al-Fawa’id al-Musattara Fi-‘ilm al-Baytara , by Ibn Hudhayl al-Gharnati, the Seventh Round of the Horses exhibition , October 21-26-2014 , al-Jadida- Morocco.
    • Precious manuscript of Ibn al-Khatib on the Journey to Malaga in 744 h/ 1346 , Tetoun , 10- 12 December 2014.
    • Legal responsum issued by Oran Jurists on Andalusian migration in 16th century, Tetouan 18-19 may 2016 , international conference : Mudéjares y Moriscos en las fuentes textuales y documentales : Actualidad de su Memoria historica , Homenaje a la Prof. Dra. Maria Jesus Viguera Molins de la Real Academia de Historia .
    • the Art of the Almohad periods: Seville and Marrakech , contribution in Euro-Mediterranean project, Mai , 08-12 , 2017 , Marrakech – Morocco.
    • collection and realization of Andalusian poetry : construction and methdology, participation in ” conference on Arabic Manuscripts” , Abu Dhabi, January 16-17-2019.
    • Honoring from Abd-al-Malik Al-Saadi university, Tetouan-Morocco 16 March 2023, I presented a lecture on ‘Andalusian identity of Morocco’.

Professor Doctor Hayat Kara

Andalusian literature, civilization and Islamic studies.