Spain & Morocco - Tentative Itinerary
May 24
Seville
Arrival Seville - Check in Hotel Petit Palace
Evening
- Orientation - Introduction of subjects and logistics of program
- Welcome Reception & Dinner
May 25
Seville
Morning
- Lecture: Seminar Introduction: The Close Historic and Cultural Links between North Africa and Southern Spain - Prof. Carlos Sanchez
- Lecture: Spanish Anthropological Reflections on Morocco: Between Tradition and Modernity - Prof. Marcos Crespo
Afternoon
- Group Lunch in Restaurant Vineria San Telmo
- Afternoon walking tour of Seville / Visit the Alcazar with Prof. Sánchez.
Evening
May 26
Seville - Cordoba - Seville
Morning
- Bus ride to Cordoba
- Site Visit: Casa Árabe Cordoba (cultural and research center)
- Lecture: Al-Andalus – Coexistence of Muslims, Jews and Christians in the Caliphate of Cordoba - Prof. Gracia López
Afternoon
- Group Lunch
- Walking tour of Cordoba/ visit the Mezquita with Prof. Carlos Sánchez
Evening
- Free time to explore and have dinner
- Bus ride to Seville (approx. 1.5 hour): meet at the Mezquita
May 27
Seville - Algeciras
Morning
- Lecture: Today’s International Relations between Spain and Morocco: Immigration, Poverty and Terrorism - Eduardo del Campo, staff reporter with El Mundo
- Site Visit: The situation of the Western Sahara as explained by members of the Polisario Front in exile. Meeting at the Andalusian Federation of Associations in Support of Western Sahara hosted by its President, Fernando Peraita.
Afternoon
- Free time in Seville, lunch on your own
Evening
- Bus ride to Algeciras
- Group Dinner at Hotel Reina Cristina
May 28
Algeciras - Ceuta - Chefchaouen
Morning
- Ferry across the Straight of Gibraltar (1 hour) to Ceuta
- Van from Ceuta to Chefchaouen (2 hours).
- Check in to Hotel Casa Hassan in Chefchaouen
Afternoon
- Group Lunch
- Site Visit: Meeting with leaders of NGOs operating in the region of Rif
Evening
May 29
Chefchaouen
Morning
- Lecture: General Introduction to Morocco - Prof. Abdellatif Zaki, IAV – Hassan II, CIEE Academic Director
- Walking tour of Chefchaouen
Afternoon
Evening
May 30
Chefchaouen - Meknes
Morning
- Van from Chefchaouen to Meknes
- Check in to Hotel Rif in Meknes
Afternoon
- Group Lunch
- Lecture: Language Diversity in Morocco, - Prof. Mohamed Ouakrime, Faculté des Lettres et des Sciences Humaines, DEM, Université Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah, Fés
- Guided tour of the city
Evening
May 31
Meknes - Rabat
Morning
- Van from Meknes to Rabat
- Check in to Hotel Helnan Chellah in Rabat
Afternoon
- Group Lunch
- Short orientation to Rabat
- Lecture: Moroccan Economic and Social Development, Ahmed Sekri, Director ESDG, Rabat
Evening
- Reception at Club Harka IAV – Hassan II
June 1
Rabat
Morning
- Lecture: Al Andalus in Moroccan Imaginary and Morocco in the Spanish Imaginary - Ismail Otmani, Faculté des Letters et des Sciences Humaines, Université Mohamed V, Rabat
Afternoon
- Group Lunch
- Guided tour of the city - including medina
Evening
- Free
- Optional Visit to a Hammam
June 2
Rabat
Morning
- Lecture: Developments in the Gender Situation in Morocco - Rachida Kerkech & Khadija Zizi, ENS, Rabat and ISJ, Rabat
- Lecture: The Voice of Women: Issues in Moroccan Literature and Arts - Taeib Belghazi, Faculté des Letters et des Sciences Humaines, Université Mohamed V, Rabat
Afternoon
- Group Lunch
- Site Visit: Meeting with members of the Association of Democratic Women
- Optional visit to the Archaeological Museum of Rabat
Evening
June 3
Rabat - Casablanca
Morning
- Van from Rabat to Casablanca
- Check in to hotel in Casablanca
Afternoon
- Group Lunch
- Lecture: The Democratization Process in Morocco - Najib Moutadi, Faculté de Droit, Université Hassan II, Mohamédia
- Site Visit: To be decided
Evening
June 4
Casablanca
Departure
