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MedNed workshop: ‘Anthropological Views on Migration in the Mediterranean Area'
Catania , 2 nd – 4 th November 2007  

At the MedNet business meeting held on 19 September 2006 during the EASA conference at Bristol , it was suggested that MedNet organise a workshop during 2007 where members could present aspects of their ongoing research projects and discuss them with other social anthropologists doing research in the countries surrounding the Mediterranean Sea . This meeting – with the general title of ‘Anthropological Views on Migration in the Mediterranean Area' – was held at Catania, Sicily from 2- 4 November 2007 , hosted by C.E.M.D.A.I. , the centre for Mediterranean study of the University of Catania, whose director, Francesco La Rocca, very ably organised local arrangements for the celebration of a most successful workshop. The programme of the meeting was as follows:  
 
OPENING SESSION
 
William Kavanagh, CEU San Pablo University , Madrid
Introduction
 
KEYNOTE SPEAKER
 
Jeremy Boissevain, University of Amsterdam
Some of the Consequences of Tourism in Malta , 1960-2006
 
FIRST WORKING SESSION
 
Francesco La Rocca, University of Catania
The Sicilian bridge: Sicilians between nostalgia and globalization
 
David Zammit, University of Malta
Refugees in Limbo: Managing Time in Maltese Refugee Reception
 
SECOND WORKING SESSION
 
Moshe Shokeid, University of Tel Aviv
Jewish Immigrants from the Atlas Mountains and from Ethiopia : Destinies Apart
 
Dorothee Louise Zinn, University of Basilicata
Immigration in Italy :  The View from Immigrant Writings
 
Rino Fichera, University of Catania
Immigration and health problems:Experiences and trends on Immigration, asylum seekers, sans- papiers and hints for improving related strategies
 
Carlo Cappello, University of Catania
Illegality and Immigration
 
THIRD WORKING SESSION
 
Jutta Lauth Bacas , Academy of Athens , Greece
Managing irregular immigration by sea in Greece
 
Annamaria Amitrano, University of Palermo
Human rights and compatibles developments
 
Elisabetta Di Giovanni, University of Palermo
Rom community in Palermo : not-inclusive dynamics
 
Paolo Palmeri, University of Rome
Globalization and illegal flows in Italy
 
EXCURSION TO MOUNT ETNA
Organized by the CEMDAI Center for Mediterranean Study
 
Organisers:
Jutta Lauth Bacas, Athens ; William Kavanagh, Madrid
 
Local Organiser:
Francesco La Rocca, Catania
 
Participants:
Annamaria Amitrano, Palermo
Jutta Lauth Bacas, Athens
Jeremy Boissevain, Amsterdam
Carlo Cappello, Catania
Giampaolo Catelli, Catania
Elisabetta Di Giovanni, Palermo
Rino Fichera, Palermo
Francesco La Rocca, Catania
William Kavanagh, Madrid
Paolo Palmeri, Rome
Moshe Shokeid, Tel Aviv
David Zammit, Malta
Dorothee Lousie Zinn, Basilicata