About the MSA

‍The Mediterranean Studies Association is an interdisciplinary organization which promotes the scholarly study of the Mediterranean region in all aspects and disciplines. It is particularly concerned with the ideas and ideals of Mediterranean cultures from antiquity to the present and their influence beyond these geographical and temporal boundaries.

CONGRESS PRESIDENT

President of the Congress 2026:

Ioanna Karamanou
Professor of Classics
Head of the Faculty of Philology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece

OFFICERS OF THE MSA

President, Executive Director:

Benjamin F. Taggie

Vice President, Associate Director,
Congress Coordinator:
Louise Taggie

Assistant Director:

Vaios Vaiopoulos, University of Athens, Greece

Mediterranean Studies Editor:

Susan L. Rosenstreich, Dowling College

Chair Congress Program Committee:
Kathy A. Miraglia, University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth

Benjamin F. Taggie, President, Executive Director

Louise Taggie, Vice President, Assoc. Director, Congress Coordinator

Jennifer Ballantine Perera, Chair, University of Gibraltar

Vaios Vaiopoulos, Assistant Director, University of Athens

Susan L. Rosenstreich, Editor, Dowling College

Darryl Phillips, Connecticut College

Amikam Nachmani, Bar Ilan University, RamatGan, Israel

Salvatore Bottari, University of Messina

Caroline Jewers, University of Kansas