30/03/2026
📣Reminder📣
📅 Join Us for the MECAM Traveling Academy in Gabès
MECAM is pleased to invite you to Mysticism and the City: Temporality, Spatiality, Culture, and Society, a MECAM Travelling Academy convened by Cyrine Kortas (MECAM long-term fellow/ University of Gabès) and organized by Diana Abbani (MECAM/ Forum Transregionale Studien ).
📍The event starts tomorrow, and we invite you to attend.
📅 Date & Time: 31st March 2026, 15:30 - 2nd April 2026, 12:00
📍 Location: University of Gabès (Higher Institute of Languages ISLG English Department ), Ali Jamal Street-Jara, Gabès, Tunisia
🎤 Speakers & Moderators: Susan Abraham (EUME fellow), Forat al-Hatab (Artist), Vanessa Barisch (Journalist), Emna Beltaïef (MECAM director /Vice President of University of Tunis), Julius Dihstelhoff (MECAM director), Ahmed Guerfel (Artist), Miriam Hanses (MECAM/ Forum Tranregionale Studien), Çiçek Ilengiz (Forum Transregionale Studien), Rym Lajmi (University of La Manouba), Souad Matoussi (University of Sousse), Zeineb Mchirgui (Artist), Chiraz Mosbah (University of La Manouba), Alia Mossallam (Humboldt-University of Berlin), Mariem Mtiraoui (Journalist), Yassine Najjar (University of Gabès), Friederike Pannewick (Philipps-University Marburg), Rashof Salih (MECAM/ Forum Transregionale Studien), Oraib Toukan (EUME fellow), Isabelle Werenfels (SWP), Najet Guerfel (University of Gabès) and Haikel Hazgui (writer).
The Traveling Academy examines how mystical traditions, including Sufism, shape urban life, culture, and social dynamics in the Maghreb and beyond.
📢 Don’t miss it! For further information, check out: MECAM and Forum Transregionale Studien (https://www.forum-transregionale-studien.de/en/events/calendar/details/mecam-traveling-academy-mysticism-and-the-city-temporality-spatiality-culture-and-society-31-march-2-april-2026-university-of-gabes).
📌 For more information MECAM website:
📍Link :https://mecam.tn/traveling-academy-transregional-workshops/?lang=en
📍Link : https://mecam.tn/events/mecam-traveling-academy-mysticism-and-the-city-temporality-spatiality-culture-and-society/?lang=en
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