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TUESDAY 22 NOVEMBER
3.30 pm OPENING SESSION
Øivind Andersen, President of the Union Académique Internationale
Joandomènec Ros, President of the Institut d’Estudis Catalans
Senén Florensa, Executive President of the European Institute of the Mediterranean
Representative of Barcelona City Council
Representative of Catalan Ministry of Territory and Sustainability
Flocel Sabaté, coordinator of the Conference
LECTURERS
Mona Abaza (The American University in Cairo)
The Global War on Terror, Military Urbanism and Neoliberal Dystopias.
The Arab Spring and Europe *
Rachid Bellil (Centre national de recherches préhistoriques, anthropologiques et
historiques, Algiers)
Habiter et régir le désert : les ksour du Sahara
(Inhabiting and Managing the Desert: the Sahara Ksour)
* Simultaneous translation from English to Catalan
WEDNESDAY 23 NOVEMBER
On Wednesday 23 in the morning, the sessions of lectures explore the origin of the urban
phenomenon in the Mediterranean and describe the mark left by the classical world. Therefore,
in the afternoon, the roundtable can attempt a definition of the city and region binomial in the
Mediterranean, understanding that the foundations of Mediterranean societies rest upon this.
This leads to the current challenges covered by the final presentation.
Morning
9 am – 10.30 am 1st SESSION OF LECTURES
CHAIR: Josep Guitart (UAB-IEC)
Joan Sanmartí (UB-IEC) and Marisol Madrid (UB)
Ciutat i territori a la protohistòria de la Mediterrània occidental
(City and Territory in the Protohistory of the Western Mediterranean)
Joseph Patrich (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem)
The Rural Settlement in Palaestina Byzantina – Several Observations
10.30 am – 11 am Coffee break
11 am – 2 pm 2nd SESSION OF LECTURES
CHAIR: Joan Gómez (ICAC)
Josep Maria Macias (ICAC)
Continuïtat i supervivència de la ciutat clàssica a les portes de l’edat mitjana:
l’exemple hispànic
(Continuity and Survival of the Classical City at the Start of the Middle Ages:
the Hispanic Example)
Almudena Orejas (CSIC, Madrid)
Paisajes y territorios/urbes/y/civitates/en la Hispania romana
(Landscapes and Territories/Urbes/and/Civitates/in Roman Hispania)
Asnu Bilban Yalçin (University of Istanbul)
The Role of Byzantine Constantinople and its Periphery in the Mediterranean
Space: A Reconsidered Study According to New Archaeological Data
SESSION 1 and 2 DEBATE
Afternoon
[3 PM – 3.30 PM GUIDED TOUR OF THE CONVALESCENCE HOME, HEADQUARTERS OF IEC (OPTIONAL)]
3.30 pm – 6 pm ROUNDTABLE:
“Definició de ciutat i regió a la Mediterrània”
(“Definition of City and Region in the Mediterranean”)
CHAIRED BY Flocel Sabaté (UdL/IEC/ICREA)
Participants:
Francisco Beltrán (University of Saragossa)
Antoni Riera (UB-IEC)
Jesús Contreras (University of Barcelona)
Llorenç Ferrer Alòs (University of Barcelona)
Eduard Riu-Barrera (Government of Catalonia)
6 pm LECTURE:
“Les défis des villes méditerranéennes”
(“The Challenges of Mediterranean Cities”)
Farouk Tebbal
Former Minister of Housing of Algeria, international expert on urban issues
[7.30 PM VISIT TO BARCELONA CITY COUNCIL]
24 NOVEMBER
On Thursday 24 in the morning, the sessions of lectures explore the medieval and modern
Mediterranean city and define its legacy in all aspects. Therefore, in the afternoon, the roundtable
can approach the meaning of the Mediterranean as a regional unit throughout history. Assessing
heritage becomes a historical contribution and a real challenge for the identity and social promotion
of the current Mediterranean cities, as addressed in the final presentation.
Morning
9 am – 10.30 am 3rd SESSION OF LECTURES
CHAIR: Hermenegildo Fernandes (University of Lisbon)
Xavier Barral (IEC)
Els reis conquistadors enfront de la ciutat que es troben. Quatre exemples
contraposats de política arquitectònica de conquesta: Mallorca (Jaume I, 1229),
València (Jaume I, 1238), Nàpols (Carles d’Anjou, 1266 / Alfons el Magnànim, 1443)
(The Conquering Kings Faced with the City They Find. Four Compared
Examples of Architectural Conquest Policy: Mallorca (Jaume I, 1229), Valencia
(Jaume I, 1238), Naples (Charles d’Anjou, 1266 / Alfons the Magnanimous,
1443)
Christophe Picard (University Paris I – Panthéon-Sorbonne)
La renaissance des villes côtières du Sharq al-Andalus, à partir des rives berbères
(VIIIe-IXe)
(The Rebirth of the Coastal Cities of the Sharq Al-Andalus, Based on the Berber
Shores, 8th-9th centuries)
10.30 – 11 am Coffee break
11 am – 2 pm 4th SESSION OF LECTURES
CHAIR: Hermínia Vilar (University of Évora)
Pietro Corrao (University of Palermo)
Spazio urbano, élites dirigenti, dinamiche istituzionali: le città siciliane del tardo
medioevo
(Urban Space, Governing Elites, Institutional Dynamics: the Sicilian Cities in the
Late Middle Ages)
Francisco Vidal (University of Jaén)
Urbanismo islámico, derecho y sociedad en las ciudades de al-Andalus (s. VIII-XV)
(Islamic Urban Planning, Law and Society in the Cities of Al-Andalus, 8th-15th
Centuries)
Claudio Povolo (University Ca’ Foscari in Venice)
Nello stato territoriale veneziano: rappresentazioni del potere tra le città
dominante e le città suddite
(In the Venetian Territorial State: Portrayals of Power between the Ruling Cities
and the Subjected Cities)
SESSION 3 and 4 DEBATE
Afternoon
[3 PM – 3.30 PM GUIDED TOUR IN THE CONVALESCENCE HOME, HEADQUARTERS OF IEC (OPTIONAL)]
3.30 am – 6 am ROUNDTABLE:
“Té sentit parlar del Mediterrani com a unitat al llarg de la història?”
(“Is it Meaningful to Speak of the Mediterranean as a Unit
throughout History?”)
MODERATOR: Paulino Iradiel (University of Valencia)
Participants:
Isabel Rodà (Autonomous University of Barcelona)
Luciano Gallinari (Istituto di Storia dell’Europa Mediterranea, CNR, Cagliari)
Christiane Stallaert (University of Antwerp)
Giuseppe Barbera (University of Palermo)
6 pm PRESENTATION:
“El patrimoni com a element identitari de les ciutats mediterrànies.
Com revitalitzar-lo?”
(“Heritage as an Identity Element of the Mediterranean Cities. How
to Re-Invigorate It?”)
Xavier Casanovas
President of RehabiMed: Rehabilitation of Traditional Mediterranean
Architecture
[9 PM GROUP DINNER]
FRIDAY 25 NOVEMBER
On Friday 25, the sessions of morning lectures analyse the constitution of the current city, based
on the historical legacy, the social issues and the challenges of recent centuries. This has woven
a unique urban and regional fabric that will help the afternoon roundtable to examine the
current issues of the Mediterranean city.
Morning
9 am – 10.30 am 5th SESSION OF LECTURES
CHAIR: Salvador Giner (IEC)
Joan Ganau (University of Lleida)
Entre la història i el present: la construcció de la imatge de les ciutats mediterrànies
(Between History and the Present: the Construction of the Portrayal of
Mediterranean Cities)
Francesco Indovina (Istituto Universitario di Archittetura di Venezia)
La metropoli che cambia nell’Europa mediterranea (1970/2015)
(Changing Metropolises in Mediterranean Europe, 1970/2015)
10.30 am – 11 am Coffee break
11 am – 2 pm 6th SESSION OF LECTURES
CHAIR: Oriol Nel·lo (UAB-IEC)
Antoni Font (Polytechnic University of Catalonia)
Territoris metropolitans en les regions urbanes de l’Europa Meridional
(Metropolitan Territories in the Urban Regions of Southern Europe)
João Seixas (Universidade Nova de Lisboa)
Um longo caminho para uma Ítaca diferente – A recomposição da urbanidade
meridional, por entre pressões externas e movimentos internos
(A Long Path for a Different Ithaca – The Reconstruction of Southern Urbanism,
between External Pressures and Internal Movements)
Joan Roca (Museum of the History of Barcelona)
Barcelona i la construcció d’Europa. Apunts des del Museu de la Ciutat
(Barcelona and the Construction of Europe. Notes from the City Museum)
SESSION 5 and 6 DEBATE
Afternoon
3.30 pm – 6 pm ROUNDTABLE:
“Problemàtica actual de la ciutat mediterrània”
(“Current Issues of the Mediterranean City”)
MODERATOR: Senén Florensa (IEMed)
Participants:
Andreu Domingo (UAB)
Laura Fregolent (Istituto Universitario di Architettura di Venezia)
Xavier Tiana (MedCities)
Oriol Nel·lo (UAB-IEC)
6 pm CLOSING SESSION
Joandomènec Ros, President of the Institut d’Estudis Catalans
Senén Florensa, Executive President of the European Institute of the
Mediterranean
Jordi Portabella, Director of the Research and Knowledge Area of La Caixa
Banking Foundation
Josep Guitart, Vice President of the Union Académique Internationale
Flocel Sabaté, coordinator of the Conference