MRM 2013

European University Institute - Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies

in collaboration with

Mersin University (Turkey)

The Fourteenth Mediterranean Research Meeting will take place at Mersin University, Turkey on 20 – 23 March 2013.

The MRM 2013 is co-organised and co-financed by Mersin University.

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APPLICATIONS FOR LISTENING PARTICIPANTS ARE NOW OPEN

In order to apply, contact the workshop directors of the workshop you are interested in, who will evaluate your request and decide whether to accept your participation. Please note that workshops work simultaneously and you are not allowed to go from one workshop to the other.

Fee: euro 100, including all meals offered by the Mediterranean Meeting and ground transportation to and from Adana airport.

Instructions on how to pay the fee, as well as help in booking a hotel in Mersin, if needed, will be sent to you by the Mediterranean Meeting team once you have been selected.

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Information for Participants

Goals of the MRM

Reaching its fourteenth session, the Mediterranean Research Meeting:

is committed to fostering theoretical and empirical research and dialogue among scholars from countries across the Mediterranean, whose research focuses on the Mediterranean
covers all Mediterranean areas as widely as possible, with topics relating to the Middle East, North Africa, Southern and South-Eastern Europe, including their mutual relationships and relations with Europe
focuses on legal, historical, economic and socio-political issues
enables junior scholars to meet more senior scholars in an interactive environment, promoting further research collaboration
encourages the publication and dissemination of this research in edited volumes, thematic issues of learned journals, and in the Mediterranean Programme Working Papers series

Workshops

1- Politics of Population Growth and Gender Rights in Middle East and South East Europe States
directed by:
Umut Korkut, Glasgow Caledonian University, UK
Emel Akçalı, Central European University, Hungary

2 - Military Engagement in Mobilizing Societies in the Middle East
directed by:
Holger Albrecht, American University in Cairo, Egypt
Dina Bishara, George Washington University, USA

3- Guardians or oppressors: the military-civil relations and democratization in the Mediterranean littoral
directed by:
GülçinBalamirCoşkun, Istanbul Kemerburgaz University, Turkey
AmanySoliman, Arab Academy for Science and Technology, Egypt

4- Law and Corruption in Turbulent Times: Theoretical and Empirical Perspectives from the Mediterranean and South-Eastern Europe
directed by:
Jessica Carlisle, Van Vollenhoven Institute, the Netherlands
Maaike Voorhoeve, Institut de recherche sur le Maghreb contemporain, Tunis - Harvard University, USA

5- The Arab Spring and the EU Democracy Promotion Efforts: Between Intentions and Perceptions
directed by:
Nesreen K. El Molla, Cairo University, Egypt
Dario Cristiani, King's College, United Kingdom – Global Governance Institute , Belgium

6- The Informational Fabric of the Premodern Mediterranean, 1400-1800
directed by:
Wolfgang Kaiser, Université de Paris I (Panthéon-Sorbonne), France
Daniel Hershenzon, University of Connecticut, USA

7- Truth Recovery for Missing Persons in Times of Transition
directed by:
Iosif Kovras, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece
Nikolas Kyriakou, European University Institute, Italy

8- Sport, cultures and societies in Mediterranean
directed by:
Monia Lachheb, Université La Manouba, Tunis - Institut de Recherche sur le Maghreb Contemporain – Tunis
Michel Raspaud, Université Joseph Fourier, France - Laboratoire Sport et environnement social (SENS)

9- Social Media, Urban Movements and Grass-Roots Creativity in the Mediterranean during the Crisis
directed by:
Lila (Triantafyllia) Leontidou, Hellenic Open University , Greece - London School of Economics and Political Science, UK
Antònia Casellas Puigdemasa, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain

10- Women, Social Change and Development in the New Middle East
directed by:
Beverly Dawn Metcalfe, University of Manchester, UK
Anja Zorob, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany

11- The Violence of Pluralism: Urban Transformations and New Political Subjectivities in the Rebellious Mediterranean
directed by:
Daniel Monterescu, Central European University, Hungary
Benoit Challand, New York University, USA

12- Secularism and the Minority Question across the Mediterranean
directed by:
Alexandre Caeiro, Qatar Foundation, Qatar
Frank Peter, University of Bern, Switzerland

13- Arab ‘Revolutions’ in Comparative Perspective, Contestation, Transformation and the Nature of the State
directed by:
Nadine Sika, American University in Cairo, Egypt
Eberhard Kienle, CNRS (PACTE), Grenoble

14- Regulatory Implants and Local Legal Regimes in the Mediterranean Region
directed by:
Yane Svetiev,European University Institute, Italy
Hans-Wolfgang Micklitz, European University Institute, Italy

15- Spontaneity and design in the making of Mediterranean port cities
directed by:
Tolga Ünlü, Mersin University, Turkey
Jean François Perouse, Galatasaray University, Turkey

16- Neoliberalism and Crises in the Mediterranean: Causes, Policy Responses, Forms of Resistance
directed by:
Galip Yalman, Middle East Technical University, Turkey.
Alfredo Saad-Filho, University of London, UK

17- De la compétitivité régionale à la compétitivité internationale: Quels défis pour les économies en transition?
directed by:
Youcefi Rachid, Université de Mostaganem Algérie - POIDEX
Lucreţia Mariana Constantinescu, Université VALAHIA, Roumanie