Towards a New Agenda for Border Studies

Welcome to follow this special panel organized as a pre-event of the conference "Towards a new agenda for border studies". 

The conference will be held in Fez, Morocco, on February 13-15, 2024. The conference is organized by The Political Studies and Public Law Laboratory at Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University in Fez (USMBA) in collaboration with the Center for Geopolitical Studies – Raoul-Dandurand Chair at the University of Québec at Montréal (UQAM) and the University of Eastern Finland.

Pre-Conference Panel, 9 Feb 2024, 10.00–11.30 EET 
Looking beyond security
Hosted by the Borders, Mobilities and Cultural Encounters - BOMOCULT research community at the University of Eastern Finland.

Program

10.00–11:30 Chair: Professor Jussi P. Laine

South Asia’s Tryst with Borders: Reflections on Indo-Pak Boundary in Punjab (India)
Gurvel Singh Malhi and Manjit Kaur, Khalsa College Shaji Amritsar, India

Management of Fenced Borders of India
Sanjiv Krishan Sood, Ex Additional Director General, Border Security Force, India 

Review of the Spatial Impacts of the Security Approach on the Joint Border of Iran and Afghanistan
Ali Beheshtian Mesgaran Ferdowsi, University of Mashhad, Iran

Walls: Artwork of the State or Canvas for Resistance?
Merrill Hopper, King’s College London, United Kingdom

 Q&A

For further information, please contact Jussi Laine, email jussi.laine@uef.fi and Alicja Fajfer, email alicja.fajfer@uef.fi.