From antiquity to the present day, the Mediterranean Sea has connected the regions along its coasts and enabled the movement of people, goods, information, and more. As the networks established by the sea were dynamic ones—rather than static ones—linked to the states controlling these lands, they created historical and regional diversities. This project focuses on the roles of people moving across diverse boundaries—be they political, sectarian, or ethnic— in the region. By so doing, it elucidates the formation of Mediterranean networks without losing this history to nationalist narratives. The project will involve researchers specializing in various periods and be based at the Japan Center for Middle Eastern Studies (JaCMES) in Beirut.
Venue: Japan Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Beirut (JaCMES), Online meeting
Language: English
Organized by ILCAA
The second meeting of the Joint Research Project, “The Mediterranean Sea as a Connected Sea”, will be held at JaCMES in Beirut on 20 March.
The presenters are as follows:
Felix Arnold (ILCAA Joint Researcher, German Archaeological Institute) “Domed audience halls across the Mediterranean in the 14th century CE”
Georg Christ (ILCAA Joint Researcher, University of Manchester) “A Transmediterranean Network? Multilayered statehood and trade connectivity in the Mediterranean and Red Sea”
Tomoaki SHINODA (ILCAA) “Muslims or Christians? Learning agnosticism in Saadian Marrakesh”
Haruka SUEMORI (Hokkaido University) “Ottoman-Venetian Maritime Regime on Piracy in the Early Modern Mediterranean”