›Unmaking Migrants?‹ The Production of the EU’s Internal and External Borders and their Effects in Historical-Postcolonial Perspective (C02)

• Subject Area: Modern and Contemporary History
• Term: since 2024
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 501120656

This project examines how the distinction between Europe’s external and internal borders was produced and how mobile groups came to be categorized at these borders. Using the example of three border spaces between France and its neighbouring countries, it explores local practices of ›doing border‹ and analyses how historical actors draw the line between the inside and the outside of society. The project asks how certain groups were categorized as ›intra-European‹ travellers while others retained or newly gained the status of, among others, ›non-Europeans‹, ›foreigners‹ or ›third-country nationals‹.

• DFG Programme: Collaborative Research Centres
• Subproject of: SFB 1604: Production of Migration
• Applicant Institution: Universität Osnabrück
• Project Head: Professorin Dr. Christiane Reinecke