The 2025 edition of our Northeastern Dialogue of Civilizations Jews, Christians, and Muslims in Medieval Spain and Morocco: History, Literature, and Memory is now in the books. Students, faculty, and staff all learned together and from each other about history, literature, and memory in an experience we will all remember.

You can find all of our 2025 photos here.

You can find all of our blog posts here.

You can find all of the students’ fabulous final DH projects here.

Who’s Who in 2025

Faculty: Lori Lefkovitz and Simon Rabinovitch

Program and Teaching Assistant: Kaedyn Murphy

Program Managers: Jaouad Elguant (Morocco) and Keiner Jimenez-Alvarado (Spain)

Students:

Maya Alexander, Ariana Bhimani, Chase Brown, Gleb Cherevichnyy, Rebecca Haile, Annie Jones, Ava Levinson, Charlotte Marvin, Charlotte, Marvin, Emma Neuman, Mihir Patankar, Kayla Ruggiero, Ashley Winnor, Arthur Wolff, Daniel Zappin

Guest Speakers:

Aimane Cherragui, Fondation Abdelkader Bensalah, Rabat

Mustapha El Qadery, Mohammed V University, Rabat

Abdelhak El Kaoukabi, Mimouna Association, Rabat

Tahir Shah, author, Casablanca

Yosef Ben-Meir, High Atlas Foundation, Marrakesh

Otmine Mazzine and Ahmed Hamouz, Dar Souiri Foundation, Essaouira

Mustapha Atki, Hassan II University, Meknes/Volubilis

Gonzalo Vinuales Ferreiro, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Madrid (Aranjuez)

Helena Dominguez del Triunfo, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Madrid (Aranjuez)

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