Philosophy meetings, an opportunity to highlight medieval Arabic philosophy

The Night of Philosophers is reinventing itself to become the Philosophy Meetings, which will take place from November 7 to 12, in Fez, Marrakech, Casablanca and Rabat.

It is an expanded event, organized by the French Institute of Morocco and which brings together leading Moroccan and French partners including the Royal Academy of Morocco, the Moroccan Ministry of National Education, Preschool and Sports, the Council of the Moroccan Community Abroad, the Arab World Institute, the Agence Universitaire de la Francophonie, the higher education institution – HEM, Euromed University, the UFR of Philosophy of the University Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne.

For the first time, the Rendez-vous de la Philosophie will take place not only in Rabat and Casablanca, but also in Marrakech and Fès, cities highly symbolic for Arab culture and thought, allowing the event to take deeper roots in Morocco.

The approach thus displays a renewed ambition: to place these Rendez-vous de la Philosophie in Morocco on the map of intellectual exchanges between Europe and the African continent, respond to the aspirations of a youth that is increasingly connected and eager to reflect on its future, and become the crossroads of ideas from which to explore new paths of thought.

The Rendez-vous de la Philosophie will also be an opportunity to highlight multiple cooperations, including the creation of a doctoral school of critical thought in Fès that will host around thirty doctoral students from public and private universities, or a program dedicated to the method and practice of philosophy for Moroccan teachers teaching in final-year high school and preparatory classes (Marrakech). Finally, a national philosophy essay competition, in Arabic and in French, has also been launched among students from public schools and French education institutions to promote critical thinking.