Deadline: 30 April, 2024 | New deadline: 17 May, 2024
Within the framework of the International Conference “Europe and the changing Mediterranean: policies and research agendas for culture, heritage, and sustainability”, the MEDHEUS project launches a call for papers addressing the following thematic topics:
– European policies for Culture, Cultural Heritage, and Sustainability
– New European research agendas for the Mediterranean region in the fields of culture, Heritage, and Sustainability
– The role of culture in the European integration project and relations with the Mediterranean
– European values, migration, multiculturalism, and cultural diversity
– Strategies, initiatives, and projects to safeguard cultural and natural heritage in the Mediterranean region (including Intangible Cultural Heritage)
– Digitalisation of cultural heritage and digital transformation of heritage institutions in the Euro-Mediterranean region
– The challenges of cultural landscapes in the Mediterranean
– Strategies and policies for sustainable development in the Mediterranean
– Societal challenges in Southern Europe and the Mediterranean
– Sustainable tourism in the Mediterranean region
– Institutions and initiatives for co-operation in the Mediterranean region
– Adaptation to climate and global change in the Mediterranean
– EU foreign policy in a changing Mediterranean
Proposals should be centred on or directly linked to issues of culture and cultural heritage (including intangible cultural heritage and museums), as well as focusing on the Euro-Mediterranean region.
SUBMISSION OF PROPOSALS
Abstracts: The proposals must indicate the chosen topic of the Congress, title, and abstract (up to 500 words). Each proposal should present the theme and main argument, theoretical framework, methodologies, and main contributions. Format: 12-point Times New Roman font, single-spaced.
Proposals should be submitted HERE.
Fill in and upload the abstract using this TEMPLATE.
Deadline: 17, May 2024
Languages for submission and presentation of papers: English and Portuguese (the congress does not offer simultaneous translation service).
Publication: After the conference, authors will be invited to submit an article for publication in a peer-reviewed e-book to be published by the University of Évora.
The conference does not require any registration fee.
For questions and clarifications: sbombico@uevora.pt