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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 Workshop Border Textures
Dr. Hannes Krämer of the European University Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder) was guest lecturer in the Workshop Border Textures on 22 February 2018. In his lecture entitled “Border infrastructures”, the Divisional Head for Border Research at the Viadrina Center B/ORDERS IN MOTION illuminated innovative approaches to border region issues. Following on from the recent development in Border Studies of…
The first UniGR-CBS Border Studies Seminar
The first Border Studies Seminar on the topic of “Spatial, Social and Linguistic Borders” directed by Grégory Hamez was organized by the Université de Lorraine. It took place on 11-12 June 2018 in the Premonstratensian Abbey in Pont-à-Mousson and united around 40 border scholars from the Greater Region and beyond. On the first day, Border Studies as a joint field of work was of paramount…
"Borders and Planning Cultures" Workshop 2017
Every geographical unit in the Greater Region has its own spatial planning models, traditions and provisions, i.e. various planning “cultures”. Work, study and participation in cultural events are a few such cross-border activities, which attest to the vibrancy of the Greater Region while also posing challenges to the planners.
How can cross-border spatial development be efficiently…
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…