Teaching

The Course REBOUND is offered Fall 2022; Fall 2023 and Fall 2024.

Borders can be hard (walls, fences, surveillance systems, agencies operations among others) or soft (socially constructed boundaries having to do with processes of self-identification). But what do they mean? How do they frame the EU and what do they tell us of the EU?

The Course offered aims at considering the ‘re-bordering and de-bordering’ power of the EU, looking at different dimensions: internal, external and international. Each dimension is looked at from the point of view of narratives used and practices enacted and privileged realms of examination are EU’s global role in the liberal order, the governance of migration and the impact of and reactions to globalization dynamics. The proposal for a multilingual Course (English, Italian, Russian) is innovative and relevant in two main ways: first, to emphasise how languages are in themselves powerful bordering device in cognitive terms, conveying specific understanding of ‘otherness’ or ‘affiliation’; and second, to strengthen inter-disciplinary and inter-departmental collaboration.

Last,  perspectives about borders and boundaries are explored in  specific fields: Critical geography; History of European Integration; political thought; History of Eastern Europe and Central Asia; International relations.

The Course is part of MIREES - Second Cycle Degree in East Eauropean and Eurasian Studies; students of the Second Cycle Degree in Diplomatic and International Science can also enroll