The Union Européenne des Arabisants et Islamisants (European Union of Arabists and Islamicists, UEAI) was founded in 1962 in Cordoba, following initial steps taken at the 20th International Congress of Orientalists in Moscow in 1960. Its aims are to facilitate meetings and exchange of ideas and information among specialists of the Arab and Islamic world working in European universities. Congresses are held every two years and the proceedings are published. Members have to have obtained a doctor’s degree and to work in a European university or to be nationals of a European country.

Gautier H. A. Juynboll (1935-2010)

 Gautier Juynboll passed away at his home in Leiden on 19 December 2010. He was the first president of the Union des Arabisants et d’Islamisants (UEAI) after the long period during which Felix Maria Pareja from Spain had dominated the Union. At the UEAI Congress in Venice in 1986, Juynboll was first chosen among the national representatives of the Netherlands, and some days later became a member of the board and president of the Union.

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UEAI - Union Internationale des Arabisants et Islamisants
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Updated : 22.02.2011