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Successful kick-off: The first forum Greater Region of the UniGR-Center for Border Studies
On 7 June 2018, the first “Greater Region” forum on the subject of “Cross-border employee mobility as a resource for the Greater Region” took place at the House of the Greater Region (Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg) as part of the Interreg VA Greater Region project “UniGR-Center for Border Studies” with the participation of the Minister of Labor and Employment of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg,…
Kick-off Conference – Border Studies – Towards a research network of excellence
“Border Studies – Towards a research network of excellence” - under this heading, the University of the Greater Region and its member universities presented the project “UniGR-Center for Border Studies” for the first time to the public at the University of Luxembourg on 24 October 2018. The project is funded by the INTERREG VA Greater Region program with €2M ERDF until 2020. “I am very…
2nd Greater Region Forum: Cross-border mobility in the educational sector
The second “Greater Region Forum”, under the heading “Realities and Visions of Cross-Border Mobility in the Educational Sector”, took place on 7 November 2018 in the House of the Greater Region (Esch-sur-Alzette) under the high patronage of Ms Corinne Cahen, President of the Summit of the Greater Region during the Luxembourg Presidency (2017-2018). The podium participants themselves were…
Guest lecture in the Border Textures Workshop
On 6 December 2018, Prof. Dr. Johan Schimanski from the University of Oslo was guest lecturer in the “Border Textures Workshop”. He works in the intersection between cultural sciences and border studies and is an expert in the field of “Border Aesthetics”. In his guest lecture, the comparatist reconstructed the central lines of development in border studies from a cultural science perspective…