19th Annual International Conference on Mediterranean Studies | |||
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| 1 | Declaration of Enduring Peace and Prosperity in the Middle East Academic Responsible: Dr. Gregory T. Papanikos, President, Athens Institute This symposium aims to examine pathways toward regional stability, intercultural dialogue, and shared economic growth. Proposals from all academic disciplines are welcome. | ||
| 2 | The War in Ukraine and the MENA Countries Academic Responsible: Dr. Gregory T. Papanikos, President, Athens Institute This symposium aims to bring together scholars, analysts, and policymakers to examine the multiple dimensions of this evolving relationship between the Ukraine conflict and the MENA region. | ||
| 3 | Energy Security in the Mediterranean Basin: Global Challenges Academic Responsible: Dr. Hemmat Safwat, Deputy Director, Engineering Division, Athens Institute. The Mediterranean region stands at the crossroads of Europe, Africa, and the Middle East—making it a strategic hub for global energy flows, trade, and geopolitical interactions. As the world transitions toward cleaner and more sustainable energy systems, the Mediterranean faces unique challenges and opportunities in ensuring energy security, resilience, and cooperation. This session invites papers that explore the economic, political, technological, and environmental dimensions of energy security in the Mediterranean basin. | ||
| 4 | Cyprus: History, Memory and Politics Academic Responsible: Dr. Utku Ozer, Research Fellow, Athens Institute. This session aims to bring together researchers from different fields of social sciences to rethink Cyprus in its historical, political, cultural and economic contexts and to discuss the Cyprus Issue from different disciplinary perspectives. The session aims to discuss Cyprus’s position in the Mediterranean world, its post-colonial transformations, social memory and identity constructions, practices of conflict and reconciliation, forms of cultural production, and transnational interactions from an interdisciplinary perspective. In addition to studies addressing the political, social, and cultural dynamics of the island within a framework of historical continuity and transformation, the session will also cover the reflections of the issue in the context of the Mediterranean geography, the European Union, the Middle East, and Eastern Mediterranean energy policies. Presentations may come from different disciplines such as history, political science, sociology, anthropology, economics, cultural studies, literature, and art history. Participants are expected to contribute both empirically and theoretically. |
