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 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...