14th Mediterranean Research Meeting
20 - 23 March 2013
Mersin, Turkey
Goals
Reaching its Fourteenth Session, the Mediterranean Research Meeting (MRM) aims:
- To foster theoretical and empirical research and dialogue among scholars from countries across the Mediterranean whose research focuses on the Mediterranean
- To cover all Mediterranean areas as widely as possible, with topics relating to the Middle East, North Africa, Southern and South-Eastern Europe, their mutual relationships and their relations with Europe
- To focus on legal, historical, economic and socio-political issues
- To enable junior scholars to meet more senior scholars in an interactive environment, and to promote further research collaboration
- To encourage publication and dissemination of this research in edited volumes, thematic issues of learned journals, and the Mediterranean Programme Working Papers
Structure:
The MRM 2013 consists of 17 closed workshops. Each workshop is directed by 2 workshop directors and on average includes 12 participants. The participants of each workshop meet in four or five sessions for a total of approximately fifteen hours over two and a half days. They discuss papers, general topics, ways to publish the papers, and how to continue collaborative efforts.
Plenary and social events are organised during the MRM. The preliminary programme is available on the MRM web page.
Workshops:
- Politics of Population Growth and Gender Rights in Middle East and South East Europe States directed by Umut Korkut, Glasgow Caledonian University, UK, and Emel Akçalı, Central European University, Hungary
- Military Engagement in Mobilizing Societies in the Middle East directed by Holger Albrecht, American University in Cairo, Egypt, and Dina Bishara, George Washington University, USA
- Guardians or Oppressors: the Military-Civil Relations and Democratization in the Mediterranean Littoral directed by Gülçin Balamir Coşkun, Istanbul Kemerburgaz University, Turkey, and Amany Soliman, Arab Academy for Science and Technology, Egypt
- 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, and Maaike Voorhoeve, Institut de recherche sur le Maghreb contemporain, Tunis - Harvard University, USA
- The Arab Spring and the EU Democracy Promotion Efforts: Between Intentions and Perceptions directed by: Nesreen K. El Molla, Cairo University, Egypt, and Dario Cristiani, King`s College, United Kingdom – Global Governance Institute, Belgium
- The Informational Fabric of the Premodern Mediterranean, 1400-1800 directed by Wolfgang Kaiser, Université de Paris I (Panthéon-Sorbonne), France, and Daniel Hershenzon, University of Connecticut, USA
- Truth Recovery for Missing Persons in Times of Transition directed by Iosif Kovras, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece, and Nikolas Kyriakou, European University Institute, Italy
- Sport, Cultures and Societies in Mediterranean directed by Monia Lachheb, Université La Manouba, Tunis - Institut de Recherche sur le Maghreb Contemporain – Tunis, and Michel Raspaud, Université Joseph Fourier, France - Laboratoire Sport et environnement social (SENS)
- 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, and Antònia Casellas Puigdemasa, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain
- Women, Social Change and Development in the New Middle East directed by Beverly Dawn Metcalfe,University of Manchester, UK, and Anja Zorob, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany
- The Violence of Pluralism: Urban Transformations and New Political Subjectivities in the Rebellious Mediterranean directed by Daniel Monterescu, Central European University, Hungary, and Benoit Challand, New York University, USA
- Secularism and the Minority Question across the Mediterranean directed by Alexandre Caeiro, Qatar Foundation, Qatar, and Frank Peter, University of Bern, Switzerland
- Arab ‘Revolutions’ in Comparative Perspective, Contestation, Transformation and the Nature of the State directed by Nadine Sika, American University in Cairo, Egypt, and Eberhard Kienle, CNRS (PACTE), Grenoble
- Regulatory Implants and Local Legal Regimes in the Mediterranean Region directed by Yane Svetiev, European University Institute, Italy, and Hans-Wolfgang Micklitz, European University Institute, Italy
- Spontaneity and Design in the Making of Mediterranean Port Cities directed by Tolga Ünlü, Mersin University, Turkey, and Jean François Perouse, Galatasaray University, Turkey
- Neoliberalism and Crises in the Mediterranean: Causes, Policy Responses, Forms of Resistance directed by Galip Yalman, Middle East Technical University, Turkey, and Alfredo Saad-Filho, University of London, UK
- De la compétitivité régionale à la compétitivité internationale: Quels défis pour les économies en transition? directed by Youcefi Rachid, Université de Mostaganem Algérie - POIDEX, and Lucreţia Mariana Constantinescu, Université VALAHIA, Roumanie
How to apply:
Candidates apply online by submitting:
- The filled out online application form, including the paper proposal of 500 – 1000 words, in English.
- A Curriculum vitae of max 5 pages.
It is possible to apply for more than one workshop. In that case an applicant should submit the online application form for each workshop separately. However, if an applicant is selected for more than one workshop, s/he should choose only one, as all the workshops are held simultaneously.
Co-authored papers can be proposed, but the Mediterranean Programme is only able to financially support one of the authors. The Mediterranean Programme can agree that additional co-authors participate in the MRM but they have to pay their own travel and accommodation.
Selection:
Workshop directors select the paper proposals, and the results of the selection process will be communicated to all applicants by 1 October 2012.
The full final paper should be submitted by 15 February 2013. By submitting a paper for the MRM, a participant is agreeing to MRM Participation and Copyright Agreement.
All selected candidates need to confirm their participation by e-mail to academic.medmeet@eui.eu within 10 days of the receipt of an invitation to participate. Participants should guarantee their participation in all sessions of their workshop.
Working Languages:
A good working knowledge of English is required. There will be no translation or interpretation services available.
Papers should be written and presented in either English or French.
All abstracts accompanying the final version of the paper should be written in English.
Accommodation and Travel Costs:
Participants receive a travel allowance based on their country of residence (independent of their nationality). This is a flat amount no matter what the actual travel costs are. Please see Information for Participants before applying.
If you are receiving money from another institution to cover your travel costs you will not be granted the travel allowance from the MRM.
Participants pay for their own accommodation costs. However, they will benefit from a special discount rate that hotels offer to the MRM.
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