The School of Arabic Studies (Escuela de Estudios Árabes, EEA) is a research center that belongs to the Spanish National Research Council (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, CSIC), which is an autonomous public research institution subordinate to the Ministry of Science and Innovation.
Its original headquarter is located at the Casa del Chapiz (House of the Chapiz), a former Morisco building qualified as Monument of Cultural Interest, whose origins date back to the 14th century.
The building is situated in the Albaicin -a quarter of Granada that is included in the UNESCO World Heritage List-, specifically on the corner to the way to Sacromonte.
Nowadays, the EEA has two headquarters: the above-mentioned one in Casa del Chapiz, and a second one in Carmen de los Mínimos, a recently constructed building that opened in 2007.
The research activity in the EEA focuses mainly on the History and Culture of al-Andalus through written documents on the one hand, and on Islamic Archaeology and Architecture on the other.
A good synthesis of the EEA history and headquarters, as well as its researchers’ work, can be seen in the institutional video.
رابط إلى الفيديو في التاريخ لمدرسة الدراسات العربية ومقرها بالعربية
In this section you can access different documents related to the history of the School of Arabic Studies.
In 2007 and 2022 the EEA celebrated its 75 and 90 anniversaries, respectively. Many activities were carried out to celebrate both events.
Institute Board |
Scientific Board |
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Mayte Penelas Meléndez (Director) | Juan Pablo Arias Torres |
Montserrat Benítez Fernández (Scientific Deputy-Director) | José Bellver Martínez |
J Ignacio Zúñiga Urbano (Technical Deputy-Director) | Montserrat Benítez Fernández |
Luis José García Pulido (Head of the Department) | Ana María Carballeira Debasa |
José Antonio Ponce Fajardo (Manager) | Elsa Cardoso |
Miriam Font Ugalde (staff representative) | Juan Castilla Brazales |
Concha de la Torre de Benito (staff representative) | Angelo Castrorao Barba |
Kerstin Elert | |
Luis José García Pulido | |
Luis Molina Martínez | |
Julio Navarro Palazón | |
Antonio Orihuela Uzal | |
Mayte Penelas Meléndez | |
Elena Salinas Pleguezuelo | |
Mª Ángeles Utrero Agudo |
Persons in charge of the Research support units |
Committee in charge of analyzing complaints |
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Javier de la Fuente López (ICT) | Javier de la Fuente López |
Miriam Font Ugalde (Library) | Alberto Pérez Lozano |
Juan Ignacio Zúñiga Urbano (Scientific Culture) | Víctor Ropero |
Equality Committee |
Sustainability Committee |
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Luís J. García Pulido | Luís J. García Pulido |
Irene Muñoz Zarco | Mayte Penelas Meléndez |
Sara Peñalver Martín | Antonio M. Quiles Gutiérrez |
Carmen Vera Cebrián | Carmen Vera Cebrián |
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