Digital Al Andalus Team, Queen Mary University of London

Digital Al Andalus: On the Record

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The series brings together historians, media scholars, and cultural critics to examine how the past is remembered, mythologized, and mobilised today, from medieval Iberia to digital culture and online misinformation.'Digital Al Andalus: Radical Perspectives Of and Through Al Andalus (2023-2038)' is an ERC selected, UKRI funded project (https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=EP/X042251/1) exploring the uses, abuses, and afterlives of medieval history in contemporary culture and politics. For more information on the project visit digitalalandalus@qmul.ac.uk

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Digital Al Andalus Team, Queen Mary University of London

Episodes

Digital Al-Andalus: On the Record with Prof. Eric Calderwood 23.09.2026 47:46

How does Al-Andalus return in the present? Why do literary and cultural memories of the medieval past continue to travel across borders and generations? In this episode,Cristina Moreno-Almeida speaks with Eric Calderwood about the afterlives of Al-Andalus in modern literature, culture, and politics. Together they explore how Al-Andalus has become a recurring reference point and literary trope, how...

Digital Al-Andalus: On the Record with Prof. Louie Dean Valencia 15.07.2026 33:22

What happens when the past becomes a political weapon? Why are some versions of the past more powerful than others? In this episode, Cristina Moreno-Almeida speaks with historian Louie Dean Valencia about the political uses of history, the rise of far-right revisionism, and the responsibilities of historians in an age of digital misinformation. Together, they explore why the past remains such a po...

Digital Al-Andalus: On the Record with Dr. Delfi Nieto-Isabel 24.06.2026 39:33

How do historians find people and ideas that barely appearin the historical record? And what can those silences tell us about themedieval past? In this episode, Cristina Moreno-Almeida speaks withmedieval historian Delfi Nieto-Isabel about who gets remembered, who getserased, and how historians recover hidden histories, and the digital toolshelping scholars uncover overlooked histories. Together...

Digital Al-Andalus: On the Record with Prof. Eduardo Manzano Moreno 03.06.2026 47:55

What do people really mean when they talk about Al-Andalus? Was medieval Iberia a model of coexistence, a lost paradise, or something far more complex? In this episode, Cristina Moreno-Almeida speaks with historian Eduardo Manzano Moreno about the historical realities of Al-Andalus and the many ways it has been remembered, romanticised, and politically mobilised over time. Together they explore co...

On the Record (Intro) 03.06.2026 0:39

Digital Al Andalus: On the Record is a series which brings together historians, media scholars, and cultural critics to examine how the past is remembered, mythologized, and mobilised today, from medieval Iberia to digital culture and online misinformation. About the Project 'Digital Al Andalus: Radical Perspectives Of and Through Al Andalus (2023-2038)' is an ERC selected, UKRI funded pro...