WOCMES SEVILLE 2018 PROGRAMME World Congress for Middle Eastern Studies Seville, July 16th – 20th 2018 Congrès Mondial des Études sur le Moyen-Orient et l’Afrique du Nord Seville, du 16 au 20 Juillet 2018 Organized by Fundación Tres Culturas del Mediterráneo Three Cultures of the Mediteranean Foundation Fondation des Trois Cultures de la Méditerranée 1 General information / Informations générales Registration Registration is compulsory in order to attend all WOCMES activities. The registration desk will be located at the University of Seville where attendants will receive a welcome pack and a congress badge. Please wear your badge at all times. The registration desk will be open Monday to Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. Please notice that all activities will take place at the University of Seville, unless stated otherwise. WOCMES staff will be available to offer any assistance throughout the congress. Opening Ceremony The opening ceremony will take place on Monday, 16th of July, from 12:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the Aula Magna of the University of Seville. Simultaneous translation will be provided to the audience (EN/FR/ES). The opening speech will be delivered by Inmaculada Marrero Rocha, Executive Secretary of The Euro-Arab Foundation for Higher Studies and professor of Political Science at the Universidad de Granada. WOCMES Reception A reception, hosted by PRODETUR Diputación de Sevilla, will be offered to all WOCMES participants. The reception will take place on Monday 16th of July at the Real Alcázar of Seville at 9:00 p.m., followed by a concert featuring Dorantes & Taksim Trio’s ‘Gypsies from the Mediterranean’. Real Alcázar The Alcázar of Seville is one of the most representative monumental compounds in the city, the country and the Mediterranean culture as a whole. The historical evolution of the city in the last millennium is held within its walls and gardens, amalgamating influences starting from the Arabic period, late Middle Ages Mudéjar right through to the Renaissance, baroque and the XIX century. The declaration of World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1987 acknowledged the survival of cultures and civilizations as a harmonic whole where all of the elements are balanced. Dorantes & Taksim Trio ‘Gypsies from the Mediterranean’ David Peña Dorantes –usually just known as Dorantes - is a world renowned flamenco pianist whose style transcends the frontiers of this genre. His creative energy challenges the conventional parameters of flamenco, bringing the traditional and avant-garde together. Taksim Trio is one of Turkey’s most exciting musical phenomena, combining the talents of three virtuoso players, Hüsnü Şenlendirici’s clarinet, Ismail Tunçbilek’s baglama and Aytaç Doğan’s qanun. ‘Gypsies from the Mediterranean’, created by Tunçbilek and Dorantes, flows between the two groups, making stunning music that explores the links between their cultures. 2 WOCMES Award Ceremony The Three Cultures of the the Mediterranean Foundation and the Royal Seville Symphony Orquestra have the pleasure to invite all congress participants to the WOCMES Award Ceremony which will take place on Wednesday 18th of July in the evening at the Teatro de la Maestranza. Every 4 years, coinciding with a new edition of the congress, WOCMES International Advisory Council highlights the prominent trajectory of an outstanding expert for his/her contribution to Middle Eastern Studies. In this occasion, the Council has endorsed the candidacy of Dr. Rashid Khalidi, Edward Said Professor of Arab Studies at Columbia University and one of the most brilliant scholars of our days. The Award ceremony will undoubtedly be one of the most important moments of the celebration of WOCMES Seville 2018, having a superb finale with a performance by the Royal Seville Symphony Orchestra of Rimsky-Korsakov’s Scheherezade, conducted by John Axelrod. Academic activities: Panels (PA) The panel option allows between 4 and 6 participants plus a Chair (and an optional discussant) to participate in a discussion around a specific issue. Over 400 panels will take place during WOCMES Seville 2018, tackling topics from the refugee crisis and the impact of the social upheavals in the Middle East to the current media landscape; the advancement of women demands and civil society groups or the most recent archaeological discoveries in this geographical area. There will also be room to debate more unusual and highly stimulating topics such as Islam in the pop and metal music scenes, trends in Arabic contemporary literature or science fiction. The duration of each panel is 2 hours maximum. Symposium (SY) This option consists of a series of panels -as described above- grouped together thematically, and is designed to foster a more in-depth and lengthy examination of a given topic. The multiplicity of views is one of the main attractions of this format. Symposia will be identified in the academic programme as follows: ‘Symposium number, number and title of the panel and number of panels within that particular symposium’ i.e. SY- 11: panel 1. ‘New and old foreign policy alliances in the Gulf’ (1/4). This means it is the first panel from a total of 4 that are part of this symposium. 3 Roundtables (RT) The roundtable option is designed to promote debates around current issues and allows institutions to show the state of their scientific research projects. The format lends itself to dialectic exchanges in an atmosphere where participants provide their points of view and engage the audience in active discussion. Speakers do not prepare papers and do not lecture the audience. Amazigh cinema; Islamic bioethics; new technologies applied to the field of cartography; the radicalization of cyber-narratives or women and media are some of the topics which will no doubt lead to inspiring debates during WOCMES Seville 2018. Each roundtable has between 4 and 6 participants. In this programme the name of each participant in a round table is followed by a brief statement describing his/her main points of discussion. The duration of a roundtable is 2 hours maximum. Meetings in Conjunction (MIC) This format allows institutions, associations or individuals to meet to discuss certain issues or topics or to celebrate conventions. Most Meetings in Conjunction permit only the participation of invited members but there are a few which are also open to the public. The duration of each Meeting in Conjunction is 2 hours maximum. Posters (PO) Posters are a visual presentation used to communicate ideas and messages. This format is an excellent way to get to know an institution or learn about a specific topic in a friendly and dynamic context. Members of the audience can attend the presentations and approach the speakers with specific comments or questions. Posters are commonly used to present the output of scientific projects although broader subjects are also dealt with. Global Halal consumerism; graphic novel in Iran; how to improve public spaces in the Mediterranean; the impact of foreign direct investment on the energy sector or ethnobotany in Al-Andalus are just some of the compelling subjects which will be presented during WOCMES Seville 2018. Around 40 posters will be exhibited continuously during the congress in the main hall of the University of Seville. Poster presentations by their authors will take place every day from Monday afternoon to Friday, according to the following schedule: Monday 16: from 4:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. Tuesday 17: from 11 a.m. to 12 noon Wednesday 18: from 4:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. Thursday 19: from 11 a.m. to 12 noon Friday 20: from 11 a.m. to 12 noon 4 All posters must be sent to the WOCMES Seville 2018 Secretariat at: The Three Cultures of the Mediterranean headquarters no later than June 25th 2018. (Address: Fundación Tres Culturas del Mediterráneo, C/ Max Planck, nº 2 - Pabellón Hassan II. 41092. Sevilla). Please, indicate clearly in the label that it is a 'Poster for WOCMES'. The WOCMES Seville 2018 Secretariat will take care of delivering the posters to the University, where they will be placed in the poster exhibition area so that they will be continuously shown during all the days of the congress. We strongly recommend to leave all posters during the 5 days of the event (16-20 July 2018), even if you will not be able to stay those 5 days. Side events A series of side events will take place during WOCMES Seville 2018. Organized outside the academic programme, these activities provide an excellent opportunity for all participants to approach institutions or projects related to the geographical area of the congress but working on the margins of academia. The list of side events can be found in a special section within this programme. Chairs The Chair is responsible for introducing each of the paper presenters, monitoring the time of their presentations, and ensuring that the panel ends promptly at the scheduled time. The Chair is requested to facilitate the discussion session, and to open the floor to questions for the panelists. Sessions have a maximal duration of 2 hours. Consequently, each presenter is expected to give a 15-20 minutes presentation depending on how many papers there are within a panel, panel structure, etc. Cultural activities: WOCMES Film Festival WOCMES Book Exhibition Around thirty publishers, editors and organizations will be represented in WOCMES’ book Exhibition located in Pier Paolo Pasolini Space, in the heart of the University of Seville. It aims not just to stimulate interest in books concerning the Middle East and North Africa, but also to become a forum where ideas and experiences are shared and exchanged. The book Exhibition will be open at the following times: Monday, July 16th – Thursday, July 19th | 10:00 a.m.