Winter 2012 Mediterranean Studies MRP Workshop: The Maritime Mediterranean
Friday, 3 February • Literature Building, UC San Diego
9:00-9:30 AM Coffee and Welcome
9:30-10:00 AM Introductory Session
10:00-11:15 AM Tatiana Sizonenko (Art History, UC San Diego)
“The Maritime Mediterranean: A Case of Shared Venetian, Byzantine, and Islamic Iconographies in Fashioning Early Modern Imperial Authority”
11:15 AM-12:30 PM Megan Moore (French, University of Missouri)
“The Maritime Mediterranean in Medieval Literature: Seas of Commerce, Exchanges of Knowledge”
12:30-1:30 PM Lunch
1:30-2:45 PM Joshua White (History, University of Michigan)
“The View from the Breach: Piracy, Diplomacy, and Law in the Early Modern Mediterranean”
3:45-3:00 PM Coffee Break
3:00-4:15 PM Plenary Lecture: Nabil Matar (History and English, University of Minnesota)
“The Mediterranean in Arabic Sources in the Early Modern Period”
4:15-4:45 PM Concluding Session
4:45-6:00 PM Reception
Winter 2012 Mediterranean Studies MRP Workshop Roundtable: “(Re)constructing the Mediterranean Past”
Saturday, 4 February • Literature Building, UC San Diego
9:30-10:00 AM Continental Breakfast
10:00 AM-12:00 PM Roundtable: “(Re)constructing the Mediterranean Past (with a focus on the city)”
- Joanne Ferraro, (SDSU History)
- Mark Hanna, (UCSD History)
- Seth Lerer, Dean, (UCSD Division of Arts & Humanities)
- John Marino, (UCSD History)
- David Wacks, (University of Oregon)
- Oumelbanine Zhiri, (UCSD Literature)
12:00-12:30 PM Concluding Remarks
These events are sponsored by the Interdisciplinary Humanities Center; the UC Multi-Campus Research Project on Mediterranean Studies; Dean, UC San Diego Division of Arts & Humanities; and UC San Diego Department of Literature