MEDITERRANEAN MARITIME HISTORY NETWORK (MMHN)
Making Waves in the Mediterranean
2nd MMHN Conference
Messina-Taormina, 4-7 May 2006
Dear colleagues and friends,
I attach general information about the organizational aspects of the 2 nd MMHN Conference, as well as the provisional programme and booking forms. Additional information will be posted closer to the day.
The conference programme will start on the morning of Thursday 4 May 2006 with a tour of Messina and will end at lunchtime on Sunday 7 May, although there will be an optional excursion across the Straits to Calabria, on mainland Italy, in the afternoon of the 7 May. Participants are urged to arrive in Messina not later than the evening of Wednesday 3 May.
Kindly e-mail or fax your hotel booking, the date of your arrival and departure, and so on, directly to me.
I look forward to welcoming you to Messina.
Best wishes,
Michela D'Angelo
Dipartimento di Storia
Facoltà di Scienze Politiche
Università di Messina
Via T. Cannizzaro 9
98123 Messina
Telephone +39 090 2922793
Mobile +39 347 3406299
Fax +39 090 2925578
Email mdangelo@unime.it
Messina , 1 December 2005
MEDITERRANEAN MARITIME HISTORY NETWORK (MMHN)
Making Waves in the Mediterranean
2nd MMHN Conference
Messina-Taormina, 4-7 May 2006
1. Programme
4 MAY 2006 ( Messina)
10.00 - 13.00 Tour of Messina (Cathedral, Museums, etc.)
15.00 - 15.30 Conference Official Opening
15.30 - 17.30 Conference Session 1: SEA AND POWER PROJECTION (A)
17.30 - 18.00 Coffee-break
18.00 - 20.00 Conference Session 2: SEA AND POWER PROJECTION (B)
20.30 Welcome Reception/ Dinner
5 MAY 2006 ( Taormina)
08.00 Transfer to Taormina
09.00 - 11.00 Conference Session 3: PORTS AND HARBOURS
11.00 - 11.30 Coffee-break
11.30 - 13.30 Conference Session 4: GREEK MARITIME HISTORY
13.30 - 15.00 Light Lunch
15.00 - 16.00 MMHN GENERAL MEETING
16.00 - 20.30 Tour of Taormina (Greek Theatre, etc.)
20.30 Dinner
22.30 Transfer to Messina
6 MAY 2006 ( Messina)
09.00 - 11.00 Conference Session 5: SHIPS AND NAVIGATION
11.00 - 11.30 Coffee-break
11.30 - 13.30 Conference Session 6: MERCHANTS , GOODS, IDEAS
13.30 - 15.00 Light Lunch
15.00 - 16.30 Conference Session 7: THE PORT AND THE STRAITS OF MESSINA
16.30 - 20.30 Tour around the Straits of Messina
20.30 Dinner
7 MAY 2006 ( Messina)
09.00 - 11.00 Conference Session 8: SEA RESOURCES (Fishing, Science, Leisure)
11.00 - 11.30 Coffee-break
11.30 - 13.30 Conference Session 9: SEA, CULTURE AND IDEOLOGY
13.30 - 15.00 Farewell Lunch
15.30 - 20.00 Excursion across the Straits of Messina
2. Registration, Hotels, etc .
The Conference Fee of €100 includes registration; visits in Messina, the Straits and Taormina; the welcome reception/dinner (4 May pm); the light lunches (5-6 May); the farewell lunch (7 May); and coffee breaks.
It does NOT include lunch on the 4 May, and dinners on the 5, 6 and 7 May, 2006.
4 May 2006 ( Messina)
Visit to Museum Cathedral free
Coffee-break free
Welcome Reception Dinner free
5 May 2006 (Taormina)
Transfer to/from Taormina free
Coffee-break free
Light Lunch free
Dinner €25
Tour in and around Taormina free
6 May 2006 ( Messina)
Coffee-break free
Light Lunch free
Dinner €25
Tour around the Straits free
Visit to Museum of Fine Arts free
7 May 2006 (Messina/Tyndaris)
Coffee-break free
Farewell Lunch free
Optional excursion across the Straits
(In the afternoon) free