MedCat Days 2023

Under the slogan “Transforming the Mediterranean”, MedCat Days 2023 provides a space for reflexion, debate, workshops of actors, Euro-Mediterranean initiatives and projects, as well as institutional meetings.

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The paradoxes of Sudanese politics

Former Sudanese diplomat, Abdelwahab El-Affendi is the President of the Doha Institute for Graduate Studies and was the speaker of the last lecture of our Aula Mediterrània series 2022-23

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The Hundred Years War on Palestine

Historian and writer Rashid Khalidi presented at the IEMed on May 17th the Spanish edition of his book on Palestine

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Mediterranean, literature and artificial intelligence

The 2023 edition of the short story competition "A sea of ​​words" invites young people from 43 Euro-Mediterranean countries to reflect on the impact of artificial intelligence

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Climate change and migration

The Friedrich Naumann Foundation and the IEMed presented in Barcelona their joint report “Climate change and migration. Understanding factors, developing opportunities in the Sahel Zone, West Africa and the Maghreb“

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Trends and challenges for development cooperation in the Mediterranean

The Spanish Minister of Foreign Affairs, José Manuel Albares, participated in the closing ceremony in Madrid of a seminar on development cooperation in the Mediterranean co-organised by the IEMed.

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Publications

Approaching Sectarian Identity Politics and Middle East International Relations in the First Post-Arab Uprisings Decade − A Stocktaking

Approaching Sectarian Identity Politics and Middle East International Relations in the First Post-Arab Uprisings Decade − A Stocktaking

Article AulaMed sobre com investigar les polítiques d'identitat sectària i les relacions internacionals al Pròxim Orient en la primera dècada post Primavera Àrab.

31 May 2023
Irregular Migration in the Mediterranean: Border Politics and Gendered Spaces

Irregular Migration in the Mediterranean: Border Politics and Gendered Spaces

An AulaMed article on migration narratives and the persistence of the irregular migration problem; conceptualization of borders and boundaries; and borders as gendered spaces.

30 May 2023
Towards a Renewed Euro-Mediterranean Cooperation on Sustainable Agri-Food Systems for Food Security in the Region

Towards a Renewed Euro-Mediterranean Cooperation on Sustainable Agri-Food Systems for Food Security in the Region

This joint Policy Study discusses the vulnerabilities of the Mediterranean agri-food system exposed by the food and energy price spikes caused by the war in Ukraine and the implications for human security in the region.

22 May 2023

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Aula Mediterrània

We support interdisciplinary academic knowledge and research on Mediterranean issues, attracting talent and generating reflection.

Educating in Diversity

We turn differences into opportunities by promoting intercultural education as a tool for social cohesion and creation of critical and responsible citizens.

Agenda2030Med

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Media, Democracy and Diversity

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A Sea of Words. The Voice of Youths

We give a voice to young people to promote a change of narratives and contribute to a culture of understanding, peace and dialogue in the Euro-Mediterranean region.

Prevention of Polarisation and Violent Extremism

We help build resilient and inclusive societies, through research and action, that seek to understand factors behind polarisation and violent extremism.

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Events

Conference

12 Jun 2023
13 Jun 2023
Palau de Pedralbes, Barcelona

MedCat Days 2023

Under the slogan "Transforming the Mediterranean", MedCat Days 2023 provides a space for reflexion, debate, workshops of actors, Euro-Mediterranean initiatives and projects, as well as institutional meetings.

MedCat Days 2023

Workshop

03 Jul 2023
07 Jul 2023
Barcelona

Barcelona Summer School of the Mediterranean and the Middle East

New edition of the Barcelona Summer School of the Mediterranean and the Middle East, a joint initiative of IBEI and Blanquerna University with the collaboration of the IEMed.

Barcelona Summer School of the Mediterranean and the Middle East

Cultural activity

14 Sep 2023
07 Jan 2024
Capella de Santa Àgata

Exhibition “The Biblical Scholar’s Viewpoint. Moments of Eternity”

The photographs that the biblical scholar and orientalist Bonaventura Ubach (1879-1960) took in the Middle East, especially in Palestine during the first decades of the 20th century, make up the exhibition “The Biblical Scholar’s Viewpoint. Momen...

Exhibition “The Biblical Scholar’s Viewpoint. Moments of Eternity”