[Andalusi Studies] Andalusi_Studies Digest, Vol 69, Issue 1

Fri Sep 11 12:26:47 PDT 2020

Dear Colleagues,

Good evening from Doha. Does anybody have a PDF copy of Olivia
Constable's *Medieval
Iberia *(chapters 21, 46, and 83a) you can share with me for teaching?
Thank you.

Best wishes,

Josef Meri

On Fri, 11 Sep 2020 at 22:00, <andalusi_studies-request at lists.uoregon.edu>
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>    1. [gdecallataycontacts] Fwd: The Future of EU R&I and the long
>       term EU budget: a personal message by Prof. Jean-Pierre
>       Bourguignon, ERC (Godefoid Decallatay)
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> From: Godefoid Decallatay <godefroid.decallatay at uclouvain.be>
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> Subject: [Andalusi Studies] [gdecallataycontacts] Fwd: The Future of
>         EU R&I and the long term EU budget: a personal message by Prof.
>         Jean-Pierre Bourguignon, ERC
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> Dear colleagues, dear friends,
>
>
> Please find here this unusual message from the ERC president which I in
> turn invite you to spread widely around you.
>
> Kind regards,
>
>
> Godefroid de Callata?
>
>
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> Sujet?:         The Future of EU R&I and the long term EU budget: a
> personal
> message by Prof. Jean-Pierre Bourguignon, ERC
> Date?:  Fri, 11 Sep 2020 11:16:55 +0000
> De?:    ERC-PRESIDENT at ec.europa.eu
> Pour?:  ERC-PRESIDENT at ec.europa.eu
>
>
>
> Dear ERC grantee,
>
> I hope you and your loved ones are fine in these troubled times.
>
> I am sending you an unusual message about the ongoing fierce battle
> around the EU?s future research budget.
>
> At the European Council summit in July, the EU?s national leaders?agreed
> on a compromise about the EU long-term budget that entails?a massive cut
> to the?planned budget for the next framework programme Horizon Europe,
> and potentially for the ERC.
>
> A potentially disastrous threat for the future of Europe?s research,?at
> a time when research is needed more than ever and when political leaders
> claim that the success of their?policies will?depend on research and
> innovation.?There is a considerable gap with the ambitions?expressed.
>
> The research community and the ERC are currently working very?hard to
> achieve an important revision of this compromise. On Monday I was given
> the opportunity to speak at the?European Parliament in the ITRE
> Committee that takes care of research. Here is my speech
> <
> https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Ferc.europa.eu%2Fnews%2Fhearing-itre-european-parliament&data=02%7C01%7C%7C9b1e1d04758644f61b5508d856669032%7C7ab090d4fa2e4ecfbc7c4127b4d582ec%7C0%7C0%7C637354345785413569&sdata=b5kDwhBJS17iCIbDQlYm75%2BVI0Vl4fMBaS0EBDsCM7c%3D&reserved=0>.
>
> (See also social media, e.g. thistweet
> <
> https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Furldefense.com%2Fv3%2F__https%3A%2Ftwitter.com%2FERC_Research%2Fstatus%2F1303050689585840129__%3B!!DOxrgLBm!SbhVe2awf94vRfjvHwrPInnsGPE_SWO9O7CkOK1OjQt3_X1hS3mxEcJU0akwpjhffMw55MuWnA%24&data=02%7C01%7C%7C9b1e1d04758644f61b5508d856669032%7C7ab090d4fa2e4ecfbc7c4127b4d582ec%7C0%7C0%7C637354345785413569&sdata=4nibpfz1nYlHRWaJyq%2BeN3eDPmYnMei1%2Fpgqj1fCot8%3D&reserved=0>
>
> andthis
> <
> https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Furldefense.com%2Fv3%2F__https%3A%2Ftwitter.com%2FERC_Research%2Fstatus%2F1303050689585840129__%3B!!DOxrgLBm!SbhVe2awf94vRfjvHwrPInnsGPE_SWO9O7CkOK1OjQt3_X1hS3mxEcJU0akwpjhffMw55MuWnA%24&data=02%7C01%7C%7C9b1e1d04758644f61b5508d856669032%7C7ab090d4fa2e4ecfbc7c4127b4d582ec%7C0%7C0%7C637354345785413569&sdata=4nibpfz1nYlHRWaJyq%2BeN3eDPmYnMei1%2Fpgqj1fCot8%3D&reserved=0>).
>
>
>
> *I hope I can count on you for taking all possible initiatives to get
> the content of our plea and this speech well?disseminated?locally,
> nationally and in your?European networks,?in the worlds of politics,
> media and social media,?and beyond. *
>
> I know many?of you have already signed the petition
> <
> https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Furldefense.com%2Fv3%2F__https%3A%2Fwww.change.org%2Ffriendsoftheerc__%3B!!DOxrgLBm!SbhVe2awf94vRfjvHwrPInnsGPE_SWO9O7CkOK1OjQt3_X1hS3mxEcJU0akwpjhffMxlqobMdw%24&data=02%7C01%7C%7C9b1e1d04758644f61b5508d856669032%7C7ab090d4fa2e4ecfbc7c4127b4d582ec%7C0%7C0%7C637354345785413569&sdata=qSwY4L4oXKf%2FBknfEkAsrQFB26ewxGQZcdPYWeCA0Ko%3D&reserved=0>?initiatedby
>
> the University of Bergen to protect the ERC budget and signed by over
> 16,000 people keen to supportresearch(BBC article
> <
> https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.co.uk%2Fnews%2Famp%2Fscience-environment-54019253&data=02%7C01%7C%7C9b1e1d04758644f61b5508d856669032%7C7ab090d4fa2e4ecfbc7c4127b4d582ec%7C0%7C0%7C637354345785413569&sdata=f4%2BzTA3X5s%2FSJL2XT0Zc8RTEUkNraksjf4v6P%2BgKMMI%3D&reserved=0>;
>
> press conference
> <
> https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fvimeo.com%2F454678262&data=02%7C01%7C%7C9b1e1d04758644f61b5508d856669032%7C7ab090d4fa2e4ecfbc7c4127b4d582ec%7C0%7C0%7C637354345785413569&sdata=gWZFvM8nZ7cKAvB5GnnWc%2FdRM%2BjO9KlpnAobOPWZnjA%3D&reserved=0
> >).
>
> We are now at the critical stage where?politicians have to hear your
> view on the situation.?The moment to act is now - time is running out.
>
> Thanking you in advance for your consideration and your help in the
> present?struggle that is so critical for the future of Europe, I remain
>
> Yours truly,
>
> Jean-Pierre Bourguignon
>
> ERC President /ad interim/
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Prof. Josef Meri
College of Islamic Studies
Hamad Bin Khalifa University
Qatar Foundation
Doha, Qatar

Senior Associate (non-resident)
Center for the Study of
Jewish-Christian-Muslim Relations
Merrimack College, United States
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