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Asian Federation of Mediterranean Studies Institutes IV Biennial International Conference
"Spaces of Familiarity, Spaces of Difference in the Mediterranean"

Registration link: https://forms.gle/NxMKiWEEDnDDo8FUA
Advanced registration is required for attendance. Space is limited and on-site registration is not available. Online registration will close on March 11, 2024.

Description:
The Institute of History and Philology is pleased to host the Asian Federation of Mediterranean Studies Institutes' IV Biennial International Conference at Academia Sinica, Taiwan on March 18-19, 2024.  The meeting is sponsored by The Mediterranean Seminar, Spain-North Africa Project, and UCLA CMRS Center for Early Global Studies.  It is co-sponsored by the Institute of History and Philology, IHP World History Research Unit, IHP History Department, Taiwan National Science and Technology Council, and the Taiwan Studies Program at University of Alberta.

The conference's theme examines "Spaces of Familiarity, Spaces of Difference in the Mediterranean" from ancient Greece to the contemporary Middle East via more than fifteen disciplines in the humanities, social sciences, and applied sciences.  Taking place in Taiwan, this exploration of space also globalizes Mediterranean studies by including links between eastern Asia and the Mediterranean as well as perspectives developed by an international mix of 50+ scholars from East-Southeast-West Asia in conjunction with researchers from Africa, Europe, Australia, and North America.

Keynote Speaker: 
Dr. Teofilo Ruiz
Distinguished Research Professor, University of California, Los Angeles
Recipient of the United States National Humanities Medal
"In Search of Deliverance: Lived Experiences of Mediterranean Space in the Past and Present"

Sponsor:
Institute of History and Philology, Academia Sinica;
Spain-North Africa Project,
The Mediterranean Seminar,
and UCLA CMRS Center for Early Global Studies.

Co-sponsored:
The Institute of History and Philology, IHP World History Research Unit, IHP History Department;
Taiwan National Science and Technology Council,
and the Taiwan Studies Program at University of Alberta.

Remarks:
1. The conference website provides links to downloadable materials including the conference flyer, registration, program, abstracts and biographies, and other information:
Conference website: https://www.spainnorthafricaproject.org/bulletin/afomediivconference

2. The conference is in-person only and the official language is English.

3. To contact the conference organizing committee:
Dr. Prof. Toby Yuen-Gen Liang
President, Asian Federation of Mediterranean Studies Institutes
Associate Research Fellow, Institute of History and Philology, Academia Sinica, Taiwan
afomedi2024@gmail.com