GOVERNMENT OF GIBRALTAR MINISTRY FOR CULTURE, HERITAGE, SPORT & LEISURE 310 Main Street Gibraltar
PRESS RELEASE
No. 182/2011
Date. 17/06/2011
Calpe 2011 Conference - The Strait of Gibraltar; Bridge or Barrier in History ?
22 nd -24 th September, 2011 – John Mackintosh Hall
This year’s Calpe Conference will focus on the history of the Strait of Gibraltar, from its origins to the present day. The conference promises to hold something of interest to many and a lot to those who are keen historians and geographers. The panel of speakers has been selected to represent the top specialists in their field and the key note lecture will be delivered by Professor David Abulafia of Cambridge University, an eminent historian who has just published his latest book which is a history of the Mediterranean. From 5-million year old cataracts to the cold war and current immigration issues across the Strait, this conference promises to be a landmark event.
The conference will be formally opened by the Honourable Edwin J. Reyes, MP, at 0930 hours on Thursday 22 nd September at the John Mackintosh Hall.
Registration is free for residents of Gibraltar who are encouraged to attend. Registration details may be obtained from the Gibraltar Museum or via its website http://www.gibmuseum.gi/Welcome.html . For further information please contact Professor Clive Finlayson at the Gibraltar Museum.
A full programme of speakers is listed below.
Key Note Paper David Abulafia, University of Cambridge, UK Between the Great Sea and the Ocean, between Africa and Europe
Joaquín Rodríguez Vidal, Universidad de Huelva, Spain The Strait of Gibraltar: 5 Myr of drastic changing landscape
Juan Pleguezuelos, Universidad de Granada, Spain The Strait of Gibraltar, bridge and barrier for terrestrial vertebrates
Jose Carlos Garcia Gomez, Universidad de Sevilla, Spain Marine biological diversity and ecological dynamics in the Strait of Gibraltar: historical, present and future considerations
Clive Finlayson, The Gibraltar Museum, Gibraltar From Toumai to Colombus: how a terrestrial mammal conquered the oceans
Telephone: (350) 20047592; Fax: (350) 20047579; E-mail: minculture@gibtelecom.net José Ramos, Universidad de Cádiz, Spain The Strait of Gibraltar as bridge for prehistoric societies
Darren Fa, The Gibraltar Museum, Gibraltar Beachcombers and aquanauts on prehistoric shores: Palaeolithic hunter-gatherer subsistence economies and maritime activities along the Strait of Gibraltar
Jaume Bertranpetit, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain Re-evaluating the genetic exchange of humans through Gibraltar: how far back can we go?
Jose Maria Gutierrez and Cristina Reinoso, Museo de Villamartín, Spain Mariners, devotees and merchants: the Columns of Melqart in the Phoenician-Punic phase of Gorham’s Cave
Dario Bernal, Universidad de Cádiz, Spain The Strait, a sea of marine resources. An interdisciplinary look at the fishing and product conservation cycle.
Margarita Vallejo Girvés, Universidad de Alcalá, Spain Contextualizing the Islamic conquest of the Visigothic Kingdom: the failure of the renewed Bizantine promise in the west?
Francisco Giles Pacheco, Freelance Archaeologist, Cadiz, Spain 14th Century Gibraltar in geopolitical context: historical and archaeological evidence
Virgilio Martinez Enamorado, Escuela de Estudios Arabes de Granada, CSIC, Spain Demographic transfers between the Maghreb and the Iberian Peninsula through the Middle Ages: al-Andalus as result of a migration
Agustin Guimera, CSIC, Madrid, Spain The Strait, a Permeable Frontier in the Wars of Revolution and Empire (1776-1815)
Larry Sawchuk, University of Toronto, Canada The Grand Emporium at the Straits of Gibraltar
Geraldine Finlayson, The Gibraltar Museum, Gibraltar The port of Gibraltar in the 19th Century: an analysis
Andrew Lambert, King’s College, London, UK The Limits of Naval Power: Three Sisters , Black Charley and the Moroccan Pirates.
Marcus Faulkner, King’s College, London, UK Barrier, Key and Conduit: The Evolution of Gibraltar's Geostrategic Position 1930- 1960
Dennis Beiso, Gibraltar Government Archives, Gibraltar Of Gibraltar Bridges and Arab Springs: the Strait and western Mediterranean in the 21st Century
Telephone: (350) 20047592; Fax: (350) 20047579; E-mail: [email protected]