CITER Project

This conference is organized within the framework of the interdisciplinary research program CitƐr  "L’Europe et les frontières de la citoyenneté" (Axis 2).
CitƐr is funded following the first call for research projects of the Institute for European and Global studies.

It's lead by  :
Clément THIBAUD  (histoire) - Université de Nantes (Centre de RHIA)
Félicien LEMAIRE (droit)- Université d'Angers (Centre Jean Bodin)
Gwénola SEBAUX  (civilisation allemande) - Université Catholique de l'Ouest (3LAM)
Stéphanie MORANDEAU (philosophie) - Université de Nantes (DCS)

Summary:

The  emergence  of  new  political  orders  in  the  European  Union,  characterized  by  the  phenomenon  of globalization,  international  migrations,  financial  globalization  and  the  development  of  new  technologies, profoundly modifies  the conception of citizenship passed on by  liberal and democratic movements  since  the end of the 18th century. Hence the aim of this project consists in renewing problematics on European citizenship by tackling it from the history of its margins which can be legal, geographical, social and philosophical, in a global perspective and in the long term.

Three  research  axes  will  guide  this  reflection  on  these  issues  characteristic  of  plural  societies:  

- a  critical reflection  is  under  study  on  the  notions  of  modernity,  progress  and  civilization  attached  to  Europe  in  its  relationship with itself and otherness, be it embodied in the figure of the Indian, the colonial subjects from the  Ottoman  Empire  or  the  Caribbean  (axis  1).  

- Another  reflection  aims  at  shedding  light  on  constructions  of identity  through  the  migratory  prism,  in  view  of  making  the  contemporary  debate  move  forward  on  the redefinition  of  post-migratory  European  societies  in  order  to  build  the  future  (axis  2).  

- Finally,  an  analysis  is carried out on the mutations of citizenship, diverse in its reality and its figures in an era marked by a profound crisis of identity values and institutions. What does the cosmopolitical ideal mean? (axis 3).

Keywords: citizenship, Europe, migration, identities, multiculturalism, empires, minorities, cosmopolitanism