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In September 2002, a
network between the Jean Monnet European Centres of Excellence of the
Universities of Aix-Marseille III, Brescia, Catania, Crete, Complutense of
Madrid, La Sapienza of Rome, and the Ecsa of Cyprus was established in
order to carry on a transnational and interdisciplinary research project
on Trans-Mediterranean
relations at the time being: modernisation, integration, conflicts,
intercultural dialogue.
Co-ordinator of the
project was Prof. Maria Grazia Melchionni, President of the Jean Monnet
Centre of
Excellence of the University of Rome La Sapienza, mariagrazia.melchionni@uniroma1.it
Starting point of the
project was the existence - in curricula studiorum of bachelor,
degree and PhD offered by those Universities - of several disciplines
dealing with Mediterranean matters.
Professors and young researchers involved are members of the European Centres of Excellence. Their activity
was policy oriented, trying
to satisfy the need for update knowledge - considerably increased after
the international events of the last decade - coming both form policy
makers and from public opinion.
The aim of the network has been:
-to give an interdisciplinary and transnational base to the research;
-to organise échanges des connaissances ;
-to connect young researchers belonging to different Academies;
-to spread out the research results.
The final
Colloquium took place in Rome, on November 2004. The proceedings - Le
relazioni transmediterranee al tempo presente
- were
published in 2006 by Rubbettino.
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