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New UniGR-CBS Publication – Identities and Methodologies of Border Studies
In recent decades, Border Studies have gained importance and have seen a noticeable increase in development. This manifests itself in an increased institutionalization, a differentiation of the areas of research interest and a conceptual reorientation that is interested in examining processes.
So far, however, little attention has been paid to questions about an integrated…
Guest Lecture – What happened to the Balkan route? An anthropological view of the European migration regime from the borders of the EU
The lecture focuses on different phases of migration to and through the so-called Balkan countries, which have been transformed continuously due to the changing European migration policy. In addition to the European level, Carolin Leutloff-Grandits will also consider national and local strategies for managing mobility and the associated self-empowerment, and will point out some consequences of…
Just released: Les Cahiers de la Grande Région 3
Education in the Greater Region: realities and challenges
In line with the 2nd edition, which discusses the challenges of the labour market, the subject of this 3rd edition of the Cahiers de la Grande Région, edited by Isabelle Pigeron-Piroth (University of Luxembourg) and Rachid Belkacem (Université de Lorraine), is the education in its several forms (professional training,…
Guest Lecture – Beyond push and pull: flight and migration as an issue of distribution in the fall of 2015
While Europeans enjoy freedom of movement in the Schengen area and (pre-COVID) can travel to most countries of the world with only a few requirement and often visa-free travel, millions of displaced persons in refugee camps in developing countries eke out their existence. About 40 % of all refugees are housed in camps, in rural areas even around 80 % according to…
New UniGR-CBS Working Paper: Corona-Zeiten, Corona Räume
As a reaction to the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic, many people all over the world were confronted with a rupture of social and spatial routines. In Germany, the state governments took a leading role trying to contain the further spread of the pandemic by issuing ordinances and regulations. In this context, the way how laws and rules pervade places of everyday life…
Guest Lecture – About Borders. How refugees challenge democratic orders
Although political orders cannot be thought of without defining borders, they have so far rarely been part of political theory-building. Especially in times of limited nation-statehood, they have long provided the framework in which central political concepts such as freedom, equality or even welfare state solidarity have been thought and discussed. They usually…
Call for Papers: Border Languaging: Multilingual Practices on the Border
The work of the border as a productive site of encounter and of the formation of identities and otherness becomes visible through related language use and linguistic performances. In developing a focus on border languaging, we aim to carve out new understandings of (the use of) communicative resources in relation to the border.
Contributing to the growing…
Guest Lecture – Migration or cross-border living? Luxembourgers in German Moselle villages
The relocation of the place of residence to the other side of a national border is a sort of cross-border mobility that has recently become more significant in various (European) border regions. The Greater Region Saar-Lor-Lux represents a particularly interesting object of study, since the group of "resident migrants" is extremely complex in its composition and the…