IS-LE
Islamic Legacy: Narratives East, West, South, North of the Mediterranean
(1350-1750)
The purpose of the Action is to provide a transnational and interdisciplinary approach capable of overcoming the segmentation that currently characterizes the study of relations between Christianity and Islam in late medieval and early modern Europe and the Mediterranean.
Over the last thirty years, some separate geographic and academic areas have been defined in this research field: the Iberian Peninsula, Italy, Central Europe and the Balkans, and Greece and the different islands of the Mediterranean. These different geographical areas have been analysed in isolation and have been further disjointed in a scientific context defined by the separation of disciplines and chronologies.
The creation of this network will help to provide a comprehensive understanding of past relations between Christianity and Islam in the European context through the addressing of three main research problems: otherness, migration and borders. Beyond the strictly academic realm, IS-LE also aims to revive diversity and Euro-Mediterranean relations in education, at a moment when Europe is at a cultural and political crossroads.
Recent News
Over the past decades, Marie Louise Prat’s concept of “contact zone” has made a huge impact on studies of cultural...
The legacies of a medieval (in the case of in the case of the Iberian and Italian peninsulas, Sicily and...
This call for papers is now open for those researchers who are interested to participate in the conference. They are...
Short Term Scientific Missions (STSM) are institutional visits aimed at supporting individual mobility, fostering collaboration between individuals.
Activities
Conference
CA18129 IS-LE is a research Cost Action funded by EU Cost Association H2020 which is based at the Universidad Nacional...
Short Term Scientific Missions (STSM) are institutional visits aimed at supporting individual mobility, fostering collaboration between individuals.