Research Seminar: Border Politics and Policy in Today's Europe

As part of a two-day programme on migration and border politics in Europe, this research seminar will open with some introductory remarks by Virginie Guiraudon (PhD, 1997, Harvard) followed by a series of breakout sessions. If you plan on attending today’s seminar, make sure you do not miss Guiraudon’s keynote address taking place at the Institut français d'Ecosse on Thursday, 29 November.

Summary:

Since 2015, migration has become high politics and topped the agenda of EU summits, exacerbated tensions between member states and is considered to be emblematic of the “crisis of Europe”. In the UK, the 2016 referendum also focused on migrants although the UK was never a member of Schengen and has shifted its land and maritime border in Northern France since the 2003 Touquet agreement.

These debates are often framed in Manichean terms: bona fide refugees vs. “economic migrants,” security vs. humanitarian concerns, identity politics vs utilitarian logics. Yet it may be important to analyse EU border policy in medias res. How does it work (or not)? Who is really in charge? One entry point to answer this question is the study of the actual sites where migrants are on hold, in the big European waiting room: “hotspots” in Italy and Greece, and encampments near borders such as Calais.

Event details:

Border Politics and Policy in Today’s Europe
Friday, 30 November 2018, 6.45 - 8.15pm
Research seminar in ENGLISH | FREE

Schedule:

• 9.30am: Arrival and registration
• 9.45am: Introductory remarks
• 10.00am: Session 1*
• 11.00am: Coffee break
• 11.15am: Session 2
• 12.15pm: Lunch break
• 1.45pm: Session 3
• 2.45pm: Coffee break
• 3.00pm: Session 4
• 4.00pm: Closing remarks
• 4.30pm: Seminar ends

*Sessions consist of a 30-minute presentation followed by a 30-minute discussion.

Institut français d'Ecosse
West Parliament Square
Edinburgh EH1 1RF

This seminar’s target audience is for academics and experts on the selected topic. Nevertheless, all are welcome to attend. Spaces are limited, so advanced booking is required ONLINE via our extranet, at 0131 285 60 30, or at info ifecosse.org.uk

This event is delivered by the Embassy of France in London, the Institut français d'Ecosse, and the University of Edinburgh as part of the Embassy’s seminar series The Fabric of Citizenship.

Image: Le radeau de la Méduse
Credit: Théodore Géricault, 1818

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