8‐9th
February
Secularization,
Mysticism
and
Religious
Hybridities
in
the
Mediterranean
University
of
Malta
Valletta
Campus
8th
February
2013
8.45‐9.15
9.15‐9.30
9.30‐11.00
11.00‐11.15
11.15‐11.30
11.30‐13.30
13.30‐13.50
13.50‐14.50
14.50‐15.50
15.50‐16.00
16.00‐17.30
17.30‐17.45
20.00
Registration
Welcome
Speech
(1)
Intra‐denominational
relations
in
the
sixteenth
and
seventeenth
century
Mediterranean
Inter‐religious
dialogue
and
fundamentalism
in
the
Seventeenth‐century
Mediterranean
history
Magic,
Religion
and
Inquisition
in
sixteenth
century
Sicily
The
Jews
of
Malta
and
Catholic
Policy
in
the
16th
and
17th
centuries
Discussion
Coffee
Break
(2)
Mysticism
in
the
Mediterranean
The
Motif
of
Cave
and
Mysticism
in
Spain
The
Mystic
Bridges:
A
comparative
study
of
Orthodox
Christian
and
Sufi
Mystic
Trajectories
Mystic
visions
and
psychotic
delusions:
A
case
study
of
St
George
Preca
of
Malta
Discussion
Lunch
(3)
Fexible
Boundaries
Apostasy,
Conversion
and
Crypto
religion
in
the
pre‐modern
Mediterranean
‐
The
cult
of
the
Immaculate
Conception
and
the
abortion
controversy:
Some
historical
considerations
Discussion
(4)
Islam
and
syncretism
Freethinking
in
Abbasid
Era
Why
do
some
Arabic
poems
take
Christ
and
Muhammad?
From
Marseille
to
Mecca:
Mediterranean
Pilgrimage
in
French
Immigrant
Cinema
Discussion
Conference
dinner
Prof.
J.
Chircop
Chair
Dr
Fabio
Ciambella
Dr
Salvatore
Bottari
Prof.
Carmel
Cassar
Prof.
P.
Sant‐Cassia
Chair
Prof.
Ju‐In
Lim
Dr
Wayne
J.
Burke
&
Dr
Simeon
S.
Magliveras
Dr
Jean‐Paul
Baldacchino
Dr.
Michael
Zammit
Chair
Prof.
Paul
Sant‐Cassia
Dr
Simon
Mercieca
Dr.
Simon
Mercieca
Chair
Ms
Sona
Grigoryan
Prof.
Byung‐Pil
Lim
Prof.
Eun‐Jee
Park
8‐9th
February
Secularization,
Mysticism
and
Religious
Hybridities
in
the
Mediterranean
University
of
Malta
Valletta
Campus
9th
February
2013
9.00‐10.30
10.30‐10.45
10.45‐11.00
11.00‐12.30
12.30‐12.45
12.45‐13.45
13.45‐15.15
15.15‐15.30
15.30‐15.50
15.50‐17.20
17.20‐17.35
(5)
Pilgrimage
and
the
modern
Mediterranean
Sharing
the
Baraka
through
pilgrimages
in
Lebanon
From
Pilgrimage
to
Cultural
Tourism:
Religious
Travel
in
the
Mediterranean
‐
Past
and
Present
The
University
of
Happiness:
relaxing
holiday,
religious
tourism
and
development
strategy
of
a
new
religious
movement.
Discussion
Coffee
Break
(6)
The
transformations
of
Christian
and
Muslim
identity
markers
from
a
variety
of
perspectives.
Muslim
remains
in
Malta
‐
too
close
to
the
surface?
Religious
Hybridities
avant
la
lettre
in
"El
amante
liberal"
by
Miguel
de
Cervantes
Deceduti
and
the
haunting
of
the
secular
Discussion
Lunch
(7)
Religious
Minorities
in
the
Middle
East
Globalization
and
Diversification
of
the
Mevlevi
Order
in
the
20th/21st
century
A
Study
on
the
Syncretic
Islamic
Sect
"Alevi"
in
Turkey
Humanitarian
Operations
and
Displaced
Populations:
The
Case
of
Syria
Discussion
Coffee
Break
(8)
Secularisation
and
identity
in
contemporary
Italy
Gender
and
religious
hybridity
in
Napoli
and
Campania
Secularization,
Identities
and
Religious
Pluralism
in
Multicultural
Italy
‐
Muslim
immigrants
in
contemporary
Italian
society
and
the
secularization
issue
‐
Discussion
Ms.
R.Radmilli
Chair
Dr
Nour
Farra
Haddad
Mrs.
Giuseppina
Cardia
Mr
François
Xavier
Bauduin
Prof.
Cooperson
Chair
Dr
David
Mallia
Prof.
Leyla
Rouhi
Prof.
Michael
Cooperson
Mr.
R.
Fsadni
Chair
Dr
Hendrich
Beatrice
Prof.
Dr
Duck‐Chan
Woo
Prof.
Noriko
Sato
Prof.
A.
Cassola
Chair
Dr
Corinne
Fortier
Prof.
Kim
Sihong
Prof.
Kim
Heejung