CLAS-Lab

The Faculty of Languages, Arts, and Human Sciences in Aït Melloul held a doctoral seminar on April 10, 2026, titled PhD Students Work in Progress Seminar.

Professor Jopi Nyman from the University of Eastern Finland led the session and engaged with doctoral candidates on their ongoing research.

Professor Kamal Sbiri coordinated the event, and Professor Lhoucine Hamdoune moderated the discussion.

The Faculty thanks all contributors for the quality of the exchange.

Join us for an engaging lecture on Postwar Europe: Memory, Spectacle, and the Poetics of the City in Modiano and Debord.

Photo Highlights | Summary of Day 1 & Day 2 of the International Conference

The Faculty of Languages, Arts and Humanities – Aït Melloul successfully hosted, on April 1st and 2nd, 2026, the 1st International Conference on Amazigh Language in the 21st Century, dedicated to exploring the realities, challenges, and future prospects of the Amazigh language.

Over two rich and engaging days, the event featured:

An official opening ceremony attended by distinguished academic and institutional figures
Inspiring keynote speeches delivered by internationally renowned scholars
High-level panel discussions addressing language policy, education, media, culture, and revitalization efforts
Dynamic and insightful exchanges fostering academic dialogue and collaboration

These two days provided a vibrant platform for scholarly interaction, reflecting the growing academic and societal interest in Amazigh language studies at both national and international levels.

Through the successful organization of this major international event, the Faculty of Languages, Arts and Humanities – Aït Melloul reaffirms its position as a dynamic academic institution committed to research excellence, international openness, and the promotion of linguistic and cultural diversity.

A collective success that highlights the faculty’s growing role in enhancing the academic visibility of Ibn Zohr.

The 1st International Conference on 'Amazigh Language in the 21st Century: Realities, Challenges, and Future Prospects' to be held on April 1st and 2nd at the Faculty of Languages, Arts, and Humanities, Ait-Melloul University Campus, Ibn Zohr University of Agadir, Morocco.

📸 𝐌𝐈𝐂𝐀𝐌-𝐌𝐞𝐝 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔: 𝐒𝐮𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐜𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐧 𝐞𝐧𝐝!

The 1st International Conference on Migrants, Agency, and Media (MICAM-Med) has successfully concluded at the Faculty of Languages, Arts & Humanities, Ait Melloul, Ibnou Zohr, Agadir.

Over two days, scholars, professors, students, and activists engaged in rich interdisciplinary dialogue on migrant agency, ethical storytelling, media representation, and Mediterranean imaginaries. The discussions challenged reductive narratives and foregrounded complexity, resistance, and lived experience.

𝐖𝐞 𝐞𝐱𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐞 𝐭𝐨:
- Our keynote speakers and panelists
- All presenters and participants
- The organizing and scientific committees
- Volunteers and students whose efforts ensured the event’s success

Your intellectual contributions and commitment made this edition of MICAM-Med a meaningful academic and cultural encounter.

📷 Below are selected moments from the conference.

We look forward to continuing these conversations and building future collaborations.








𝐂𝐨𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫: 𝐃𝐫. 𝐒𝐢𝐡𝐚𝐦 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐞
𝐕𝐞𝐧𝐮𝐞: 𝐅𝐚𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐋𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐮𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐬, 𝐀𝐫𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐇𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬, 𝐀𝐢𝐭 𝐌𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐮𝐥.

📌 𝐌𝐈𝐂𝐀𝐌-𝐌𝐞𝐝 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔 | 𝐅𝐮𝐥𝐥 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐦𝐦𝐞 𝐍𝐨𝐰 𝐀𝐯𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞

We are pleased to share the official programme of the 1st International Conference on Migrants, Agency, and Media (MICAM-Med), taking place on February 11–12, 2026 at the Faculty of Languages, Arts & Humanities, Ait Melloul, Agadir 🇲🇦.

🗓️ 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐦𝐦𝐞 𝐟𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐬:

● Keynote lectures by distinguished scholars
● Thematic panels on migration, media, memory, and representation
● Film screenings, artistic interventions, and interdisciplinary discussions
● Spaces for critical dialogue on migrant agency and ethical storytelling in the Mediterranean

📄 👉 Check the post to view the full programme and session details

🔗 More information: https://micam-med-conference.blogspot.com

📩 Contact: [email protected]

We look forward to welcoming researchers, artists, activists, and students for two days of rich academic and cultural exchange.







𝐂𝐨𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫: 𝐃𝐫. 𝐒𝐢𝐡𝐚𝐦 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐞
𝐕𝐞𝐧𝐮𝐞: 𝐅𝐚𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐋𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐮𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐬, 𝐀𝐫𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐇𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬, 𝐀𝐢𝐭 𝐌𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐮𝐥 – 𝐀𝐠𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐫

CLAS-Lab invites students and faculty to two special sessions with Professor Jopi Nyman from the University of Eastern Finland.

Guest Talk:
Borders and Affects in Nicholas Murray's Travel Writing, Encounters with the Global and the Local
Moderated by Dr. Hassane Oudadene
Thursday, November 20, 2025, 10:30, Conference Room, FLASH Ait Melloul

Doctoral Seminar
PhD students work-in-progress seminar
Moderated by Dr. Lahoussine Hamdoune
Friday, November 21, 2025, 10:30, Career Center, FLASH Ait Melloul

Join these sessions for direct exchange with an international scholar, focused discussion, and open questions. All are welcome.

Join Us at MICAM-Med 2026: Shaping Ethical Narratives of Migration in the Mediterranean!

The 1st International Conference on Migrants, Agency, and Media (MICAM-Med) invites scholars, artists, activists, and storytellers to Agadir, Morocco, on February 11-12, 2026, to rethink how migration is framed across the Mediterranean.

📢 Why Attend?
- Explore migrant agency, resistance, and storytelling beyond victimhood.
- Engage with films, digital media, journalism, and art as tools for change.
- Challenge dominant narratives with ethical, culturally grounded perspectives.

🔗 Submit your abstract by September 7, 2025!
📩 Email: [email protected]

🌐 More info: https://micam-med-conference.blogspot.com

Let’s amplify marginalized voices and reimagine the Mediterranean together!






Coordinator: Dr. Siham Marroune | Venue: Faculty of Languages, Arts & Humanities, Ait Melloul, Agadir 🇲🇦

📸 Swipe to see the full call for papers and committee details!

Join us for an insightful talk on:

"Instruments of Power: Music, Ritual, and Minorities in Tunisia"

by Professor Richard Jankowsky from Tufts University!

Hosted by the Transcultural and Memory Studies MA Program.

📅 Tuesday, July 1st, 2025 | 10:00 AM

📍MA Classroom, Faculty of Languages, Arts and Human Sciences - Ait Melloul.

Coordinators:

Dr. Hassane Oudadene , Dr. Houcin Hamdoune , Dr. Rachid Ait Abdelmouman

CFP Humanities Bulletin 8.2 (November 2025) - Special Issue: Reading to Know, Learning to Hear, Engaging in Respect and Love within an Intercultural Frame
Posted on 2025-03-24
Humanities Bulletin 8.2, November 2025

Special Issue: Reading to Know, Learning to Hear, Engaging in Respect and Love within an Intercultural Frame



Editors: Prof. Dr. Carla Locatelli and Dr. Victor Pricopi

In line with the scientific and international profile of the Journal, this Call for Papers suggests some broad thematic lines to focus on the theme of reading/understanding in a transnational frame.

This issue will focus (primarily, but not exclusively) on multicultural knowledge of cultural, social, philosophical, and cognitive readings of literary texts.

It could involve texts, translations, adaptations, and/or experimental innovations in a frame of intercultural hermeneutics, performance, and reception.

Conditions of affective reading are inscribed in the understanding of any text (Cfr., Georges Poulet, Roland Barthes, Ngugi wa Thiong'o, Bell Hooks, Barbara Herrnstein Smith, Pierre Bourdieu, Gloria Anzaldúa, etc.).

How can affects be presented and highlighted in intercultural dialogues? Affective readings are often pre-conditions of access to different "horizons of expectation" (Hans Robert Jauss). How do they orient, enrich or simplify hermeneutical performances?

Why do we read international works? Why and how do we choose what we read? What desire (pleasure, fear, curiosity, etc.) drives our reading of international works?

Any reading performance establishes a unique relation between the text and the reader. Should the search for authorial intention be the dominant rule of reading? Should the polyphonic structure of works of literature speak to their reception? How can a dialogic hermeneutic practice develop? Perhaps through multiple transnational readings?

The reception and interpretation of works of literature has often changed, geographically and historically, highlighting varying social and cultural interpretations and appreciations of literary works. Can evidence of historical readings demonstrate, and eventually deconstruct cultural prejudice?

These questions may serve as starting points for the studies submitted by authors. While thematic articles are encouraged, submissions on other subjects within the scope of the journal are also welcome.



Authors should clearly indicate that their submission is intended for this Special Issue.



Submission deadline is 20 September 2025 and there is no Article Publication Charge (APC).

https://journals.lapub.co.uk/index.php/HB/announcement/view/21