The Mediterranean as a Backdrop to the Great events of History – Bulletin of the Royal Institute for Inter-Faith Studies (BRIIFS)

Bill Finlayson

Regional Director of the Council for British Research in the Levant and Visiting Professor in Archaeology at the University of Reading, UK

Rami Daher

Associate Professor of Architecture at the Department of Architecture and Design, the American University of Beirut, Lebanon and Chief Executive Officer at Turath: Architecture and Urban Design Consultants, Amman, Jordan

ABSTRACT :

In February 2007, a conference was held at the British Institute in Amman to explore the impact of constructions of the East/West dichotomy on research around the Mediterranean and to document and understand more complex relationships and cultural realities between these two distinct, yet close political geographies. The conference was organized by the Council for British Research in the Levant (CBRL) and the Royal Institute for Inter-Faith Studies (RIIFS) under the patronage of HRH Prince El Hassan bin Talal. This introduction and the following papers have not been updated since the start of the so-called 'Arab Spring', so do not reflect any of these recent and ongoing events. ‬

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The Mediterranean as a Backdrop to the Great events of History