The Saison Méditerranée 2026 showcases the richness and diversity of Mediterranean cultures. It celebrates the artists, creators and young talents of this region, promoting cultural and human exchanges, artistic scenes, cultural structures in the Mediterranean region and diplomatic networks.
The Mediterranean Season will take place mainly in France, between May 15 and October 31, 2026, opening in Marseille on May 15!
For ten days, from May 15 to 24, 2026, the city of Marseille becomes the anchor for a dynamic event that will spread throughout the region.
This opening fully embodies the identity of Marseille: a city of movement, crossbreeding and invention, a natural pivot between France and the shores of the Mediterranean.
The opening in Marseille combines high artistic standards with a popular dimension. It offers over 50 artistic and cultural initiatives.
A wide variety of disciplines: music, open-air cinema, site-specific theater, dance, visual arts, literature, gastronomy. Encounters between young people from every corner of the Mediterranean. Projects promoting cooperation, exchange and concrete impact.
At the same time, several major exhibitions will open simultaneously in Marseilles institutions (museums, art centers, heritage sites). They will continue throughout the summer, amplifying the national and international visibility of the Season.
This Season is an opportunity to promote initiatives by young people and diasporas, to support creation and innovation through the circulation of ideas and people, and to encourage cooperation between civil societies, particularly with Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Egypt and Lebanon, especially in these times of crisis and war.
Highlights for the UFR ALLSH and amU
Wednesday May 18 - MucemLab, Fort Saint-Jean
From 9:00 am
Screenings and Performances
- Screening of short films:
Made by SATIS students.
"Je me souviens..." by Samawi Blue (directed by Victoire Godard, Juliette Flamand, Aya Alaoui and Dalida Bencheffaj, with Hamid Aidouni, Université Abdelmalek Essaâdi (Tétouan) and Pascal Cesaro, ALLSH Aix-Marseille Université). - Hakawati:
Theatrical performance by students in the theater studies section of ALLSH Aix-Marseille Université.
Workshops
- Comics and the Mediterranean workshop:
Discover the richness of comics in this region. - Guided tour of the "Méditerranées" exhibition:
Led by Yannick Butel.
Research Seminar - GlobalMed
2:30 pm - 5:00 pm
- With Céline Regnard (ALLSH, Aix-Marseille Université, TELEMMe) and Emmanuel Botte (CNRS, CCJ), director and deputy director of the GlobalMed network.
Round Table
From 3:30pm - Salle Meltem, MucemLab
- Theme: "Let's tell each other a story".
- Speakers:
Samaneh Latifi, Constance de Gourcy, Maria Douaihy, Marianne Noujaïm, Abdo Nawar, Marc El Riachy, Julien Blaine (ALLSH and guests).
Wednesday May 20 - Le Pharo
Round Table: Creative Mediterranean
- Opening by :
Maryline Crivello, Nadia Shama, Roxana Nadim, Brian Sandberg, Manoël Pénicaud and Dionigi Albera. - Theme:
"A sea of intersecting histories, conflicts and sharing. How can research, the arts and cultural cooperation help shape a more open Mediterranean future?
Youth Agora: Dialogues, Innovations and Shared Goals
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
- Multilingual and multimodal manifestos:
Presentation by Master FLE students of manifestos on the climate emergency, co-created with students from :
- Ain Shams University (Egypt)
- Autonomous University of Madrid (Spain)
Telecollaboration project as part of the EU "Designing and tutoring an online language course", led by Christelle Combe (ALLSH Aix-Marseille Université) in collaboration with Nadia Shama, Mona Mohsen (Ain Shams University) and Aranzazu Gil Casadomet (Autonomous University of Madrid).
- Multilingual climate manifesto:
Produced by SUL students.
WE4LEAD: Gender Equality in Mediterranean Universities
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
- Collectives of dancers from SUAPS (Aix-Marseille University), supervised by Céline Capelle.
