Introduction to the QM35 issue by Maria-Àngels Roque, Editor-in-Chief of the journal.
The Mediterranean region is in turmoil. Many countries around the Mediterranean have been shaken by protests, unrest and upheaval.
The publication in 1978 of Edward Said’s Orientalism meant a renewal in the field of literary and cultural studies.
In 2014, the European Institute of the Mediterranean (IEMed) celebrates 25 years of its work fostering actions and projects that contribute to awareness and exchange between Mediterranean societies.
Historically, the Mediterranean region has demonstrated a creative strength derived from the richness of its societies.
The dynamics of contemporary art have always been in the frontline and therefore are one of the most controversial debates, whose rules seem to change with each generation.
We can define the city as an ongoing changing event, an interaction between the individual and society, whose latent structures rule the acts of its people.
The Mediterranean Sea has historically been dominated by changing powers that have turned the common origins of the countries of this area into points of confrontation and separation.
Currently, there are several reasons why Israel must remember that, from the geographical and historical point of view, it is an integral part of the Mediterranean.