Events
Conference
The Words that Nourish Everyday Life: African Oral Manifestations in Europe
Conference of the Aula Mediterrània 2024-2025 series with Vicente Enrique Montes Nogales, Associate Professor and Researcher at the University of Oviedo.
Conference
The City in The Islamic World: Medieval Town Planning & The Preservation of Architectural Heritage in Fez
Conference of the Aula Mediterrània 2024-2025 series with Said Ennahid, an archaeologist and Professor of Islamic Art and Architecture at the School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Al-Akhawayn University (Morocco).
Conference
Kaoutar Harchi presents her latest novel
A dialogue with writer Kaoutar Harchi who base her creations within the framework of the cross-cutting identities of the Mediterranean.
Conference
2025 Meeting of the Spanish Network of the Anna Lindh Foundation
The XXIV Meeting of the Spanish Network of the Anna Lindh Foundation in Casa Mediterráneo (Alicante).
Conference
Tackling online misinformation and AI-generated content in the Middle East
A lecture by Shayan Sardarizadeh, Senior Journalist, BBC Verify, on the potential consequences of viral misinformation and the growing influence of AI-generated content on news and political landscapes.
Conference
Palestine through Visual Arts: An Artistic First-Person Experience
Conference of the Aula Mediterrània 2024-2025 conference series with Samira Badran, Palestinian visual artist.
Presentation
Building stronger, more cohesive and resilient communities
The Spanish Network of the Anna Lindh Foundation (REFAL) - coordinated by the IEMed - is launching a new awareness-raising campaign to build stronger, more cohesive and resilient communities to confront polarisation and hate speech.
Conference
A Filmmaker in Times of War
Conference of the Aula Mediterrània 2024-2025 conference series with Eliane Raheb, Lebanese filmmaker, director of the documentary “Miguel’s War”.
Presentation
Presentation in Madrid of Quaderns de la Mediterrània 36: Minority Cultural Roots in the Southern and Eastern Mediterranean
Presentation in Madrid of the 36th issue of the magazine Quaderns de la Mediterrània, which highlights the importance of reflecting on religious or ethnic minorities of the Mediterranean mosaic.
Cultural activity
Mediterranean Day 2024 Concert
The European Institute of the Mediterranean (IEMed) co-organises with the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) the City Council of Barcelona, the Catalan Government and the Spanish Foreign Affairs Ministry a concert to commemorate the Mediterranean Day....
Conference
Power, Conflicts and Riots in Spanish Sicily (16th-17th Centuries)
Conference with Rossella Cancila, Professor of Modern History, Università degli Studi di Palermo
Conference
“Blue and Lilac Narratives” with Franco-Moroccan writer Zineb Mekouar
A literary evening with young Franco-Moroccan author Zineb Mekouar, to discover her latest novel Souviens-toi des abeilles ("Remember the Bees")
Conference
A Sea of Bulls: The Western Mediterranean and the “Curial Market” (1450-1750)
Conference with Antonio J. Díaz Rodríguez, Lecturer, Faculty of Philosophy, Universidad de Córdoba.
Conference
26th FIMAM forum in Alicante
The IEMed participates in the 26th edition of the main forum in Spain for academic research on the Arab and Muslim world.
Conference
The Mediterranean: which myth do we want?
A debate to rethink the Mediterranean imaginary in the face of the current complexity of the world, in the framework of the Biennial of Thought 2024 in Barcelona.
Cultural activity
Concerts in the Barcelona’s Festa Major 2024
The IEMed collaborates with two concerts by emerging artists in the Barcelona's Festa Major 2024.
Webinar
Tackling Disinformation and Hate Speech Narratives across the Euro-Mediterranean Region
A webinar in the afkar Debates series addressing how to tackle disinformation and hate speech narratives across the Euro-Mediterranean region
Presentation
Presentation of Quaderns de la Mediterrània 36: Minority Cultural Roots in the Southern and Eastern Mediterranean
Presentation of the 36th issue of the magazine Quaderns de la Mediterrània, which highlights the importance of reflecting on religious or ethnic minorities of the Mediterranean mosaic.
Cultural activity
Festival Jordi Savall
The Festival Jordi Savall is one of the most unique music festivals in Europe. The IEMed is one of the institutions collaborating in the 2024 edition.
Conference
Concert of the Algerian singer Neila Benbey
Neila Benbey will tour the Mediterranean with songs from Tunisia, Egypt, Lebanon, Spain, France, and Algeria.