"This conference examines issues in the relations of the Iberian world with the Middle East. It considers issues in the historical memory of Arab Spain or Andalusia, in Arab emigration to Brazil and Costa Rica, and in diplomatic relations between the two regions. South-South interactions are often slighted in area studies, and this conference is intended to shed light on a web of inter-relatedness that is growing in importance with the rise of the BRICS states and a more multipolar globe.

Presenters: Sergio Moya Mena, Universidad de Costa Rica,
School of Political Science, San Jose, Costa Rica;
Paulo Pinto, professor of anthropology, Director of the Center for Middle East, Universidade Federal Fluminense Studies,
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Eric Calderwood, assistant professor of Spanish, University of Michigan."