Symposium on "The New Mediterranean"
September 21-22, 2008, New York, US
“The New Mediterranean,” organized by the European Institute of the Mediterranean (IEMed) and The Catalan Center at NYU, with the support of the New York University’s Center for European and Mediterranean Studies and the King Juan Carlos I of Spain Center, will focus on the renewed protagonism of the “Barcelona Process: Union for the Mediterranean,” establishing a dialogue between Mediterranean and North American experts on the Euro-Med Project.
Among the speakers will be Hassan Abouyub, Ambassador of the Kingdom of Morocco; Zergun Koroturk, Ambassador, Undersecretary for European Affairs, Republic of Turkey; Josep Piqué, former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Spain, Álvaro de Vasconcelos, Director, European Institute for Security Studies (EUISS), Paris; John L. Esposito, Professor of Religion and International Affairs and of Islamic Studies, Founding Director of the Prince Alwaleed bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding, Georgetown University; Senén Florensa, Director General, IEMed.
Sessions will take place at the King Juan Carlos I of Spain Center (NYU 53 Washington Square South) on Sunday, September 21, from 6-7:30 p.m. and Monday, September 22, from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., and will address, among other topics: “New Perspectives on the ‘Barcelona Process: Union for the Mediterranean’”, “The New Role of Europe, Spain and Catalonia in the Mediterranean”, “Immigration, Integration, and Cultural Dialogue.”
For more information, please write an e-mail to ml153@nyu.edu or call +1 212 998 8255.
