Borders and Border Regions in 20th-Century Europe - Detailseite

Borders within and surrounding Europe have moved repeatedly throughout history, but rarely so frequently or so violently as during the 20^th century. This class examines how processes of bordering and de-bordering since the First World War have shaped European states and peoples. It explores notions of territoriality, the construction and dismantling of borders, migration and forced migration, subversive social practices and ambiguous identities in borderlands. Case studies covered in class and in further readings focus primarily on East-Central Europe, including the former Austro-Hungarian and Russian empires, German-Polish borderlands, divided Cold War Germany, and the European Union.

The class itself and all mandatory readings will be in English. Alternate readings may be available in German for some sessions.

• C. Brambilla, ʻExploring the Critical Potential of the Borderscapes Conceptʼ, Geopolitics, 20, 1 (2015), pp. 14–34.
• K. Brown, A Biography of No Place: From Ethnic Borderland to Soviet Heartland (Cambridge, MA, 2004).
• A.M. Eckert, West Germany and the Iron Curtain: Environment, Economy, and Culture in the Borderlands (New York, 2019).
• K. Schlögel, Grenzland Europa: Unterwegs auf einem neuen Kontinent (München, 2013).

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