Rethinking Social and Political Dynamics in the Contemporary Mediterranean Region
A major online round table taking place on Thursday 17 June 2021.
The Journal of Mediterranean Politics, The Institute for Advanced Studies of Aix-Marseille University (IMéRA), and the Alwaleed Centre at the University of Edinburgh and the Mediterranean Politics and Society Research Network welcome you to two roundtables on the present and future of social and political research in the contemporary Mediterranean region. Contributors will analyse salient dilemmas and introduce emerging research themes to illuminate the complex dynamics that shape interactions all around the Mediterranean sea today.
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Full Programme
Roundtable 1: 14:00-15:20 Central European Summer Time/13:00-14:20 British Summer Time
Reflecting on the Euromed legacy
Nathalie Ferré, Sciences po Aix-en-Provence / Mesopolhis: Performing the Mediterranean in times of securitization: Revisiting a European founding myth
Nadine Sika, American University in Cairo: Protest activities and policy change in Egypt and Jordan: when formal networks matter.’
Thierry Fabre, IMéRA: Shall we put to rest the idea of the ‘Euro-Mediterranean’?
Chair: Frédéric Volpi, Edinburgh University/IMERA
Comfort Break
Roundtable 2: 15:40-17:00 Central European Summer Time/14:40-16:00 British Summer Time
New trends in Mediterranean research
Sarah Wolff, Queen Mary University of London: Secular Power Europe and Islam: Foreign Policy and Identity
Matt Buehler, University of Tennessee: Racism and Labor Market Threat Perceptions: Surveying Moroccan Attitudes about sub-Saharan Migrants
Dilek Yankaya, Sciences Po Aix-en-Provence / Mesopolhis: Back to the future in the Mediterranean: how history matters in international trade?
Chair: Frédéric Volpi, Edinburgh University/IMERA