ELASTIC BORDERS Research Project

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3/3 Registration closes today! Info & registration: coe.int/en/web/observa… #ElasticBorders #HistoryTeaching #Education @UniGraz @CSEESGraz

2/3 Prof. Ayata will join the panel “Crises in Europe – What Can History Teach Us?” alongside historians and educators to discuss how studying historical crises, such as migration, can inform responses to current and future challenges.

1/3 📅 Upcoming Event Join Project Leader Prof. @AyataBilgin at the @coe 4th Annual Conference of the Observatory on History Teaching in Europe, “History in Crisi(e)s?” 🗓️ Dec 5 ⏰ 14:30-16:00 📍 Strasbourg & online coe.int/en/web/observa…

4/4 This conference is hosted by Kunsthaus Graz, in collaboration with the Center for Contemporary Art at @unigraz's Department of Arts and Musicology and the Strange Tools Research Lab at @uofcincy. #ElasticBorders #ModernArt #PostcolonialStudies #KunsthausGraz

3/4 Within the “Poetics of Power”, the conference “Entanglements: The Politics of Aesthetics and Retelling of Modernisms and Modern Art” examines colonial legacy within Western modernity. museum-joanneum.at/kunsthaus-graz…

1/4 Join Project Leader Prof. @AyataBilgin for her talk “Dying more elegantly”: Displacement, Dehumanisation, and Deterrence at the EU Border” at the exhibition “Poetics of Power” 🗓️ Nov 16 ⏰ 10:00 - 12:00 📍Kunsthaus Graz, Space04

3/3 Don’t miss this discussion on technology’s impact on migration. Details and registration: unesco.at/wissenschaft/a… #UNESCO #ElasticBorders @UniGraz @CSEESGraz

2/3 @LauraJung will deliver the keynote, examining AI applications in asylum processes and exploring the ethical and human rights challenges of these technologies. The panel will be moderated by project leader @AyataBilgin and will include voices from academia, policy, and NGOs.

1/3🌐 Upcoming Event: "AI at the Border – Digital Technologies in Migration Contexts" 🗓️ November 13, 2024 🕒 Time: 17:00-18:30 📍 @UniGraz Join project leader Prof. @AyataBilgin and project member Dr. @LauraJung for an event on AI’s role in migration and asylum.

To unveil simplistic narratives, we will analyse the dynamics of the border and discuss terms such as "fight", "mafias" or the "instrumentalisation of migration". With @AyataBilgin, S.Cobarrubias and L.Gabrielli Tomorrow at @CidobBarcelona 5-8pm 🔗bit.ly/UnveilingSimpl……

7/7 @DiChiaPa @unigraz @CSEESGraz #ElasticBorders #MigrationResearch #USMBA #EuroMedMigration #BorderStudies #HumanRights

6/7 Both academic gatherings offered a vital platform for sharing knowledge and fostering collaboration among scholars, policymakers, and activists, emphasizing the need for interdisciplinary approaches to tackle the complex challenges in migration and border studies.

1/7 🌍 Our project member Dr. Chiara Pagano (@DiChiaPa) recently participated in two international events on migration and border studies held in Montpellier (France) and Fès (Morocco), presenting insights from her research. #ElasticBorders

4/ Admission is free; registration is not required! More info: montagsakademie.uni-graz.at/de/unser-progr… @UniGraz @CSEESGraz #AcademicTalk #MigrationResearch #EU #ElasticBorders #Montagsakademie

3/ Prof. Ayata will illustrate how the Mediterranean region has been reshaped since 2015 through international agreements and the implementation of the Hotspot Approach in Greece and Italy, with political, economic, and social consequences for Tunisia, Libya, Turkey, and beyond.

1/ 🗣️ Upcoming Lecture! Our project Leader, Univ.-Prof.Dr @AyataBilgin, will deliver a keynote lecture at the Montagsakademie of the @UniGraz titled “European Migration Policy and Its Impact on the Mediterranean Since 2015.” 🗓️November 4, 2024 🕒 19:00 📍 Hauptgebäude & online