The Euro-Mediterranean Institute for Inter-Civilization Dialog (EMID) proposes to promote cultural and religious dialogue between Mediterranean civilisations ; to establish a network of specialists in inter-Mediterranean dialogue ; to encourage Euro-Mediterranean creativity ; to encourage exchange between Mediterranean societies ; to work to achieve Mediterranean conviviality ; to advise charitable organisations working around the Mediterranean and provide the support necessary to achieve their original projects.
Mediterranean group & workshop
Si mes gènes, si mes chromosomes pouvaient parler, ils vous raconteraient une odyssée méditerranéenne… ils vous diraient plus d'un millénaire d'enracinement…Edgar Morin, Discours de Barcelone pour le prix international Catalunya, 1994
Description
Vision
This research workshop is devoted to the stages and aspects of the Mediterranean, seeking to develop a new Beit Midrash model to deepen our understanding of Mediterranean society and Jewish culture in all its forms.
The interweaving of mystical, philosophical, and ritual sources with rabbinical and "maskilic" material will also lead to the inclusion of other Mediterranean cultures and Arabic, French, and Spanish sources.
Activity
The students will be sent out on reading missions that will create a new interweaving of philosophical sources from North Africa and the Maghreb down to Egypt with unique rabbinical sources in an attempt to collect and present the peculiar character of the Mediterranean.
Biography
Haviva Pedaya is a philosopher, researcher of Judaism, Mysticism, Kabbalah and Hasidism, and is engaged in writing a mass of criticism and culture. She is considered one of the most prominent theorists in the field of Jewish history of the Jews from the countries of North Africa, Middle East, and east Asia - both politically and historically, as well as in the literary field.
She is also a creator in theater, music and poetry. She regularly writes essays and articles that get extensive echoes.