BIG research seminars

Borders in Globalization will be hosting a series of bi-monthly seminars at the University of Victoria from August 2018 to June 2019. These seminars will work to move the field of border studies forward by, among other things, exploring theoretical conceptual thinking on borders, and understanding practical issues addressed by policy makers.

Seminars:

• Introduction to Border Studies (Sep 18, 2018)
• The Cultural Dimension of Borders (Sep 25, 2018)
• The History of Borders (Oct 9, 2018)
• Security/Preclearance Policy in the Pacific Northwest (Oct 23, 2018)
• European Border Regions (Nov 13, 2018)
• Immigration and Borders (Nov 27, 2018)
• Sustainability and Borders (Jan 15, 2019)
• Post-Modern Borders: Governance (Jan 29, 2019)
• Post-Modern Borders: Mutations: the EU (Feb 12, 2019)
• Post-Modern Borders: Global Borders (Feb 26, 2019)
• The Social Construction of Borders (Mar 12, 2019)
• A-Territorial Borders (Mar 26, 2019)
• Borders and Transnational Popular Struggle (Middle East) (Apr 9, 2019)
• Mediterranean Borders: History (Apr 23, 2019)
• Mediterranean Borders: Culture (May 14, 2019)
• Border Dispute Resolutions (May 28, 2019)
• Lessons from BIG (June 11, 2019)

For more informartion, visit the BIG website. To register for a seminar, please email registration@biglobalization.org.