PROVISIONAL ACADEMIC PROGRAMME

Sessions 1 - 9

4 May 2006

15.30 - 17.30 Session 1: THE SEA AND POWER PROJECTION (A)

• Spiros N. ASONITIS (Ionian University), Charles I Tocco and his Naval Activities in the Ionian Region (14th-15th centuries)
• Diana Gilliland WRIGHT (Seattle University), Bread and Falcons: the View from Crete in 1501
• Miquel Angel CASASNOVAS CAMPS (Minorca), Turkish and North African Attacks against the Balearic Islands in the 16th century
• Brian SANDBERG (European University Institute, Florence), The French Nobles and Religious Struggle in the Mediterranean, 1598-1635
• Ahmed RENIMA (Université de Mascara, Algerie), Les frères Barberousse et la flotte algérienne au 16e-17e siècles.
• K.A.J. McLAY (University of Chester), ‘A Mediterranean Amphibian’: British Warfare, 1693-1713
• Tito Mesod BENADY (Grendon, UK), Gibraltar Corsairs 1719 to 1814
• Giuseppe RESTIFO (Università di Messina), American Naval Power Projection in the Mediterranean and the War against Tripoli 1801-1805

18.00 - 20.00 Session 2: THE SEA AND POWER PROJECTION (B)

• Carlo R. RICOTTI (Università LUISS, Roma), Mediterranean Soldiers in the British Army 1782-1815
• Diletta D’ANDREA (University of Messina) Gould Francis Leckie and the ‘insular strategy’ of Great Britain in the Mediterranean, 1800-1815
• Carmel VASSALLO (University of Malta), Servants of Empire: The Maltese in the Royal Navy
• C.I. CHESSEL (University of South Australia), Spiridion Foresti and Intelligence Collection for the British Mediterranean Commanders
• Kyrillos NIKOLAOU (Bruxelles), La politique maritime impériale de la Grande Bretagne (deuxième moitie du 19e siècle): Famagouste
• Klearchos A. KYRIAKIDES (University of Hertfordshire), Cyprus and the Projection of British Sea Power since 1878
• Elli LEMONIDOU (Université Paris IV - Sorbonne), La flotte alliée en Grèce pendant la première guerre mondiale
• Gàbor BERCZELI (Kodolànyi Jànos University College), From Manila Bay to Fiume: Re-contextualizing US Naval Activity in the Eastern Mediterranean, 1918-1923
• Maura HAMETZ (Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA), Steaming across Mussolini’s ‘ Roman Lake’
• Zisis FOTAKIS (University of Piraeus), Greek Naval Policy and Great Britain, 1919-1939
  

5 May 2006

09.00 - 11.00 Session 3: PORTS AND HARBOURS  

• Pierre A. MACKAY (University of Washington), New Light on Negropont
• Seven AGIR (Princeton University), Empires looking Seawards: The Benefits and Costs of Foreign Seaborne Trade
• Elisabetta MOLTENI (Università di Venezia), The Medieval Harbour of Constantinople in 18th century Cartography
• Lucia FRATTARELLI FISCHER (Università di Pisa), A New Port and a New City in the Mediterranean Sea: Port Structures and Population in Leghorn during the second half of the 17th century
• Fabio BERTINI (Università di Firenze), Leghorn, the Mediterranean and the Risorgimento: The Movement of Goods, Men and Ideas and Modernization
• Sergio DI GIACOMO (Università di Messina), Tuscany and the U.S.A. in the 1800s: Trade and Diplomacy
• Mirella MAFRICI (Università di Salerno), Ports et abords calabrais dans la seconde moitie du 18e siècle
• Elena FRANGAKIS-SYRETT (The City University of New York), The Mediterranean Commercial World of the Eighteenth Century: Ottoman and Italian Ports 

11.30 -13.30 Session 4: GREEK MARITIME HISTORY  

• Cristina PAPAKOSTA (Istituto Ellenico, Venezia) The Consuls of Merchants in the Greek territories under Venetian Domination
• Katerina PAPAKOSTANTINOU (Ionian University), Malta and the Rise of the Greek-owned Fleet in the 18th century
• Despina VLAMI (Academy of Athens), Seamen, Merchants, Ship owners: Greek Navigation between Leghorn and the Levant in the late 18th century
• Fabio DI VITA (Università di Catania), Greek Ships in Sicily during the 18th century
• Theoharis PETROU (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki), Cases of Espionage in the Area of Eastern Mediterranean during the last quarter of 18th and the early 19th century. The Case of Hydra
• Gelina HARLAFTIS (Ionian University), The Grain Trade during the Napoleonic wars in the Port of Genoa
• Gerassimos PAGRATIS (University of Athens), The Consulates of the Septinsular Republic (1800-1807) in Sicily
• Frank THEUMA (University of Malta), To be announced.
• Katerina GALANI Commercial Practices and Culture in the Eastern Mediterranean in the 18th century; the Entrepreneurial Organization of the Levantine trade
  

6 May 2006

09.00 - 11.00 Session 5: SHIPS AND NAVIGATION  

• Sergiy ZELENKO (University of Kiev), Underwater Excavation of an Italian Shipwreck of the 13th century AD in the Black Sea, the Crimea, Ukraine
• Z. Kenan BILICI (University ofAnkara), New Discoveries in Alanya Castle: Ships’ Graffiti and some Comments on Shipping in the Eastern Mediterranean
• Eyüp ÖZVEREN - Onur YILDIRIM (University of Ankara), Procurement of Naval Supplies during the 16th century: The Venetian Arsenale and the Ottoman Tersane compared
• Jean - Pierre FARGANEL (Université de Provence), La navigation vers le Levant à l’époque moderne (1549-1715) vue à travers l’exemple de quelques voyageurs français
• Hubert POILROUX-DELEUZE ( Société Française d’Histoire Maritime), The Construction of Vessels for Malta to replace Galleys
• Luca LO BASSO (Università di Genova), Ligurian Ship-owners, Captains and Seamen in the Mediterranean during the 17th century
• Biagio PASSARO (Università dell’ Abruzzo “Gabriele D’Annunzio”), Ship-owners from Sorrento in Corfu at the beginning of the 18th century
• José-Luis CORTÉS (Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes, Paris) , La Polacre, bâtiment de commerce méditerranéen au travers de deux devis de construction de chantiers navals marseillais au début du 18e siècle (1719)
• Jordi IBARZ GELABERT (Universitat de Barcelona), Building Skills: the Case of Barcelona's Dockers in the 20th century
• Giovanni PANELLA, Il patrimonio marittimo mediterraneo e l’emigrazione, il caso della “San Francisco’s felucca”
  

11.30 - 13.30 Session 6: MERCHANTS, GOODS, IDEAS

• Jean-Claude HOCQUET (Université de Lille), Au coeur des navigations méditerranéennes: le sel d'Ibiza (fin 13e - milieu 17e siècle)
• Gigliola PAGANO (Università della Calabria), Northern Europe and the Mediterranean System in the “long” 17th century
• Ivan GRECH (University of Malta), Struggling against Isolation. Communication Lines and the Circulation of News in the Mediterranean: the Case of 17th century Malta
• Idamaria FUSCO – Angelina MARCELLI (Università della Calabria), Calabria and Silk: A Region of the Mediterranean
• Luigi PICCIONI (Università della Calabria), Liquorice Paste Production in Calabria, 18th-20th centuries
• Rosario LENTINI (Palermo), British Merchants, Ships and Goods in Palermo 1800-1815 - (table 1, table 2, table 3, table 4).
• Laura CALOSCI (Universitat de Barcelona), La transformation du commerce méditerranéen catalan en relation avec Gênes y Marseille durant la première moitié du 19e siècle
• Flavio CORPINA – Nicola CRINITI (Università di Messina), U.S. Shipping and Trade in the Ports of Barcelona and Trieste 1800-1861

15.00 - 16.30 Session 7: THE PORT AND THE STRAITS OF MESSINA

• Anna Maria PRESTIANNI (Università di Messina), Le Détroit et le port de Messine dans l’Antiquité (âge grec)
• Maria CANNATA (Università di Messina), Zancle: la ville ‘très belle’
• Maria CACCAMO CALTABIANO (Università di Messina), The Straits and the Two Cities. Images and Symbols of the Political Identity of Messana and Rhegion in the Greek Age
• Antonio PINZONE (Università di Messina), Le port de Messine à l’époque romaine
• Rosy SANTORO (Università di Messina), The Straits of Messina in Latin Literature: Myths, Legends and Metaphors
• Enrico PISPISA (Università di Messina), The Harbour of Messina from the 11th century to the 15th century
• Vincenzo FERA (Università di Messina), Constantine Lascaris at Messina: a Letter to Giorgio Valla (1494)
• Salvatore BOTTARI (Università di Messina), The Port of Messina, 1591-1783. Golden Age and Hard Times
• Antoni PICAZO MUNTANER (Universitat de les Illes Baleares), The Hispanic Monarchy and the Trade of Messina in 1694
• Michela D'ANGELO (Università di Messina), The Port and Straits of Messina, 1784-1815. Re-launching Maritime Trade
• Rosario BATTAGLIA (Università di Messina), The Port of Messina, 1815-1908. The last shining century
• Gabriella ADAMO (Università di Messina) , Le port de Messine à travers les témoignages de quelques voyageurs et ‘chroniqueurs’ français au tournant du 1860
• Maria Teresa DI PAOLA (Università di Messina), The Port of Messina and the Earthquake of 1908
• Lucrezia LORENZINI (Università di Messina), Le détroit de Messine et le métaphore de l’existence

7 MAY 2006

09.00 - 11.00 Session 8: THE RESOURCES OF THE SEA: SCIENCE, FISHING & LEISURE

• Oliver CRAIG (Università di Roma II), Determining Marine Consumption in Archaeological Populations through Stable Isotope Analysis: an Overview.
• Athena TRAKADAS ( Aarhus University), Managing Marine Resources in the Ancient World
• Maria Lucia DE NICOLÒ (Università di Bologna), The Fishing Concern in the Mediterranean Sea in the Modern Age: Sailing Techniques, Times and Places, Investments, Markets
• Evdokia OLYMPITOU (Ionian University), Rapports techniques - société: l’introduction du scaphandre dans la pêche d’éponges grecque au 19e siècle
• L. BOTTER, O. GIOVANARDI, & S. RAICEVICH (Instituto Centrale per la Ricerca Applicata al Mare), The Migrations of Chiogga’s Fishing Fleet in the Adriatic Sea during the early 20th century
• Vivia BRUNI (Università di Messina), Research on Marine Biology in the Straits of Messina: Past and Present
• Sofiane BOUHDIBA (Université de Tunis), Mer et Guérison: Histoire de la lutte scientifique contre la peste en Méditerranée orientale
• Salvatore SPEZIALE (Università di Messina) Navigating in “Deep Waters”. Epidemics and Maritime Control in Mediterranean Africa from Plague to Cholera
• Maria SIRAGO (Napoli), Bathing in Naples during the 18th century
• Claude ARNAL (Juillac), Jeannette Villepreux Power a Messine. L’Argonauta Argo et l’invention de l’aquarium (1832)