The Mediterranean Institute is pleased to announce the next seminar session on its Mediterranean Institute Seminar Series. The Seminar is titled 'Perpetuating European colonialism in the Mediterranean: the cases of cultural governance in Malta and Tunisia' and will be delivered by Dr Karsten Xuereb.
The session will take place at the Hursun Farmhouse (Msida Campus) on Thursday 17 January at 18:00 and will be followed by a Q&A session.
The session will take place at the Hursun Farmhouse (Msida Campus) on Thursday 17 January at 18:00 and will be followed by a Q&A session.
A study of cultural governance in Malta and Tunisia illustrates how former European colonial practice has influenced the current implementation of policy addressing culture in European Union (EU) and non-EU Mediterranean territories. This seminar will assess the continuity of the praxis of British and French rule, respectively, on contemporary cultural policy in Malta and Tunisia. It does this in the context of particular structural practices at EU level. In particular, the EU has supported politically conservative yet economically liberal approaches to culture that have strengthened nationalism and instrumentalisation. The choice of one EU, and one non-EU, country, both from the Mediterranean, allows for a comparison to be drawn between similarities as well as differences in the impact of the legacy of colonialism through the EU on cultural governance in postcolonial contexts.
Karsten read for a PhD in cultural relations in the Mediterranean at the Universitat Rovira i Virgili in Tarragona (2012) and an M.A. in European Cultural Policy and Management at the University of Warwick (2005) as a Chevening Scholar. He is a member of the scientific committee of The Phoenicians' Cultural Route of the Council of Europe on behalf of the Maltese cultural association Inizjamed, and of the Brokering Intercultural Exchange Network, a research network exploring the role of arts and cultural management. He is projects coordinator at the Institute for Tourism, Travel & Culture at the University of Malta.
The Seminar is free and open to the general public, and students are particularly encouraged to attend.
After the Seminar, you are welcome to join us for a drinks reception. For more information and reservations, kindly contact the MI Seminar Convenor, Dr Norbert Bugeja or Ms Isabelle Abela.