MED Panels

17 Oct 2025
11:30 - 12:15  CEST
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Conceptualising the Mediterranean: “Near West”, Hybrid Identities and Societies on the Move

Chair:
Chiara Lovotti

Associate Research Fellow, ISPI

Speakers:
Eshkol Nevo

Author

Josep Ferré

Executive Director, Anna Lindh Foundation

Sebastiano Maffettone

Professor, LUISS Guido Carli

At the crossroads of Europe, Asia and Africa, the Mediterranean is where history, culture, and artistic expressions converge and intertwine, generating a unique interplay. Even in times of geopolitical frictions, this cultural landscape offers the chance to overcome distances and to shape new blended identities. This session aims at conceptualising the Mediterranean identity today, bringing together intellectuals to imagine a renewed society built around hybridity: no longer split between Europe, Asia and Africa but re-envisioned as a shared and interconnected space.