Mediterranean

Studies Association

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.

‍The Association was incorporated in 1994 after several years of informal existence and is a publicly-supported organization exempt from federal income tax under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.

MSA OFFICERS

2027 CONGRESS PRESIDENT

Ilias Giarenis

Professor of History of Byzantine Literacy & Education

Member of Board of Governance of

Ionian University

Department of History and Digital Humanities, Ionian University

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 Miraglia, University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth

Assistant Conference Coordinator:
Caterina Miraglia, University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth

MSA ADVISORY BOARD

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

Kathy Miraglia, University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth

Salvatore Bottari, University of Messina

Caroline Jewers, University of Kansas

Stelios Panayotakis, University of Crete

Mediterranean Studies Association

8 Merrymount Drive, North Dartmouth, MA 02747 USA

Email: info@mediterraneanstudies.org