MESOPOLHIS is delighted to welcome Natalia Ribas-Mateos from 1 March to 10 April 2026.

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Natalia Ribas-Mateos is a researcher at the Universitat autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), within the TRANSMENA research group. She is preparing an HDR (habilitation to supervise research) with professor Adelina Miranda (University of Poitiers, Migrinter) entitled A Sociology of Crosslocations.

Her main areas of research are the Mediterranean, southern Europe, Morocco, the Levant and the border between Mexico and the United States. She has published nine books as sole author. For a full list of her works, see : Natalia Ribas-Mateos (0000-0003-1106-4467) (orcid.org)

His work at MESOPOLHIS includes translating parts of his HDR into French. Related to Axis 2: «Migration, mobility and traffic».», His project is supported within the laboratory by : Constance de Gourcy, Sylvie Chiousse, Sofia Laiz, Lina Benchekor and Anne Tricot.

One month before her HDR defence, Natalia Ribas-Mateos will organise a public defence at MESOPOLHIS (date to be announced).

[English] Natalia Ribas-Mateos is a researcher at the Universitat autònoma de Barcelona (UAB) - TRANSMENA research group. She is preparing a HDR (habilitation à la direction de recherches) with professor Adelina Miranda (University of Poitiers) with the title A Sociology of Crosslocations.

Her main research areas include the Mediterranean, Southern Europe, Morocco, the « Levant » and the Mexico-US border. She is lone author of nine books as a single author. For a for a full list of works see: Natalia Ribas-Mateos (0000-0003-1106-4467) (orcid.org)

Her project at MESOPOLHIS involves a translation of selected parts of her HDR into French. Her work is related to research area 2 «Migration, mobility, circulation». Her project is supported at MESOPOLHIS by: Constance de Gourcy, Sylvie Chiousse, Sofia Laiz, Lina Benchekor and Anne Tricot.

One month before her HDR viva, Natalia Ribas-Mateos will hold a public viva rehearsal at MESOPOLHIS (date to be confirmed).

🔎 Title and table of contents of his research project :

A Sociology of Crosslocations

PART 1. CONTEXT - 1. Locating the five pillars. 2. On grounded ethnography. 3. Periods, intervals, trajectories. 4. genealogies and structures.

PART 2. THEMES - 5. On Cartography. 6. Gendering. 7. The concept of Multiple Presence. 8. The Iconic Filipino case9. Conditions of Mobility. Teenagers as an Illustration.

PART 3. THE GLOBE - 10. A mapping of global circuits.

PART 4. REGIONS - 11. The Mediterranean Paradox after Marseille. 12. A focus on Southern Europe after Napoli. 13. “El Río Bravo Mediterrráneo”. 14. The Middle East as a Region. 15. West Africa revisited (1994- 2025).

PART 5. CITIES - 16. Global Imperial Cities (London-Paris). 17. Border Cities in different regions. 18. Border Cities in Lebanon as an illustration. 19. Cosmopolitan cities beyond nostalgia. 20. Barcelona in the 70s: the origin of many questions.

PART 6. NEIGHBOURHOODS. - 21. Balat (Istanbul) as a small-scale illustration. 22. Old Damascus before the war as an illustration.

PART 7. RURALITIES - 23. Jebala (Morocco) as an iconic fieldwork. 24. The Province of Huelva (Spain) in pandemic times. 25. Alt Empordà: The banyan (taking roots).

PART 8. CONCLUSIONS - Closing Routes: “From La Font de la Pòlvora to La Font Rovellada”

📨 Contact : n.ribasmateos[at]gmail.com

📍 Locations : Espace Philippe Séguin and Maison méditerranéenne des sciences humaines et sociales

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