{"id":30851,"date":"2019-03-25T02:24:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-25T02:24:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2020-09-25T13:55:15","modified_gmt":"2020-09-25T13:55:15","slug":"call-for-applications-for-8th_24","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rubyskynews.com\/index.php\/2019\/03\/25\/call-for-applications-for-8th_24\/","title":{"rendered":"Call for Applications for the 8th International Postgrad Summer School in Lesbos, Greece"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Deadline:<\/strong> <\/span>15 April 2019
Open to:<\/strong> <\/span>participants from around the world
Venue<\/strong>:<\/span> 2 \u2013  11 July 2019 in Lesbos, Greece<\/div>\n

Description<\/span><\/h3>\n
For the eighth year the Department of Social Anthropology and History of the University of the Aegean and the Institute of Migration and Ethnic Studies of the Universityof Amsterdam welcome applications for the Postgraduate International Summer School \u2018CULTURES, MIGRATIONS, BORDERS\u2019 that will take place on the border island of LESVOS, GREECE, from 2 to 11 JULY 2019.<\/strong><\/div>\n
The broader socioeconomic and political transformations in Africa and Asia have recently resulted in increased migration flows to Greece and, more generally, to Europe. Being at the crossroads of populations and cultures the islands of Eastern Aegean have served as one of the entry \u201cgates\u201d to Europe. In this context, and especially in connection to the current crisis, border crossings have become the focus of intense debates as they are intertwined with issues of culture and identity formation, the European Union and state policy, and constructions of ‘otherness’. By drawing on an increasing interest in the study of cultures, migrations and borders, our Summer School examines how migrations shape and are shaped by processes of boundary formation in a variety of cultural encounters.<\/div>\n
The North Eastern Aegean island of LESVOS provides an ideal location for holding this Summer School, as it is currently one of the more important gates of immigrants and refugees to Greece and Europe and the site of a massive humanitarian intervention. The Summer School takes place as the ‘European Refugee Crisis’ goes on taking new forms and in times of radical transformations and the reconfiguration of borders in national and international levels. The program aims to address political, ethical and theoretical questions in this challenging landscape. <\/div>\n
The program of the course is structured around five thematic axes:<\/div>\n