European Borderlands

Education facts

Code: EU2114

This course provides a long historical perspective on the making of Europe, as an intellectual construct and as a geographical and cultural space. The course problematizes areas, peoples, markets, and borders, as well as practices of knowledge circulation. The course takes an interdisciplinary approach and examines the histories of a set of borderlands-that is, places characterized by rapid changes and fluidity, defined by contests and negotiations over societal rules and norms, and situated in between legal and cultural regimes. A focus on the histories of key European borderlands—such as the Atlantic, the Mediterranean, the Balkans, or the Elbe marshes—will provide students with the tools to analyse how movements of peoples, goods, and ideas shaped the differentiated process of European integration and border-making. A thorough understanding of borderlands and their lasting importance will also lay bare the complex interconnections between centres and peripheries as well as between the local and the continental throughout European history.

Entry requirements

The entry requirements for admission to the course is a Bachelor'sdegree of 180 credits, with a minimum of 90 credits in consecutive courses in a social sciences discipline, humanities discipline or equivalent. Students at the Law programme are also eligible the course after three years of studies (180 credits, equivalent of a bachelor degree). Applicants must prove their knowledge of English: English 6 or English level 2 from Swedish Upper Secondary School or the equivalent level of an internationally recognized test, for example TOEFL, IELTS.

Education offerings

Each offering has its own dates and conditions. Closed offerings are retained as history and do not mean that a new application is open.

• European Borderlands

  University of Gothenburg

  Start date: 12 October 2026

  End date: 22 November 2026

  Pace of study: 100 %