Aula Mediterrània Morocco Summer School
8 July 2025- 11 July 2025 | Workshop | University Abdelmalek Essaâdi Tetouan
From July 8 to 11, 2025, Tetouan will host the first edition of the Aula Mediterrània Morocco Summer School, a pioneering initiative promoted by the Government of Catalonia’s Delegation in North Africa, the IEMed, and the Catalan Agency for Development Cooperation (ACCD), in collaboration with the Abdelmalek Essaadi University of Tetouan. This first edition also has the support of the Education Department of the Spanish Embassy in Morocco.
This new training space opens a new era of academic cooperation between Catalonia and Morocco and is part of the IEMed’s Aula Mediterrànea interuniversity program, which this year celebrates its seventeenth edition, with the participation of seventeen Catalan university master’s programs.
Under the title “Understanding the Mediterranean in Turbulent Times,” the program will address, from a transversal and critical perspective, the major challenges affecting both shores of the Mediterranean: migration, hate speech, historical narratives, cultural diplomacy, and urban diversity, among others. The School will combine lectures, workshops, debates, and academic visits, offering an immersive experience for participants. It will also be a space for the presentation of master’s degree theses, helping to highlight emerging research in the Mediterranean.
The Summer School is aimed at master’s and doctoral students, researchers in training, and professionals in diplomacy, cooperation, and the social sciences. The objective is to foster a vibrant, connected Mediterranean academic community committed to intercultural dialogue and critical research.
The Summer School was created with the aim of strengthening collaboration between Catalan and Moroccan universities, continuing the Mediterranean Classroom program as a platform for knowledge and academic networks, training young researchers, and generating new spaces for Euro-Mediterranean dialogue.
Faculty from various Catalan universities (UAB, UB, UPF, UdG, Comenius, Blanquerna-URL, ETSAB-UPC) and Moroccan universities (UAE, Moulay Ismail University), specializing in areas such as international relations, sociology, communication, law, urban planning, and history, will participate.