About

The Mediterranean Worlds (MEDWORLDS) is a series of academic events that commenced in 2009. It aims at being a forum for professional academic exchange by bringing together international academics working in various fields of inquiry devoted to the study of the Mediterranean History. MEDWORLDS has an interdisciplinary and trans-regional orientation. Carefully selected themes of each event attempt to approach the long history of the Mediterranean through different perspectives and lenses. The forum is supported by The Mediterranean Seminar (University of Colorado, Boulder), The Mediterranean Knowledge: International Centre for Studies and  Research (University of Salerno), The Artship Foundation (San Francisco) and this year The Middle East and Africa Studies Application and Research Center-ORDAM (Fatih Sultan Mehmet Vakif University).

 Previous gatherings are listed below.

1. Cultures of Interpretation (3-6/06/2009). Eastern Mediterranean University, Famagusta, Northern Cyprus

2. The Mediterranean of the Myths, the Myths of the Mediterranean (3-6/06/2009). Istanbul Sehir University, Istanbul, Turkey

3. Cultures of Interpretation (6-9/09/2011), University of Salerno, Salerno, Italy

4. Domino Effects and Hybridization of the Mediterranean (5-7/09/2012), 29 Mayıs University, Istanbul, Turkey

5. Light Colour Line – Perceiving the Mediterranean (9-11/09/2013), University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

6. Symbols and Models of the Mediterranean (9-11/09/2014), Università della Calabria, Cosenza, Italy

7. Socio-Economic and Cultural Exchanges in the Mediterranean (15-17/09/2015), Université de Toulon, Toulon, France

8. Cultures, Hopes and Conflicts. The Mediterranean between Land and Sea (26-28/09/2017), University of Salerno, Salerno, Italy