Kent is part of a five-university consortium to have been awarded almost four million euros from the European Commission for a project that aims to provide an historical, cultural and social understanding of the roots of migration.<\/p>\n
The\u00a0\u20ac3.9 million grant<\/strong>\u00a0was awarded under the\u00a0Horizon 2020<\/a>\u00a0(H2020) Marie Sk\u0142odowska-Curie\u00a0Actions European Joint Doctorates scheme.<\/p>\n The University\u2019s\u00a0project partners are\u00a0Freie Universit\u00e4t Berlin<\/a>, Prague\u2019s\u00a0Univerzita Karlova<\/a>\u00a0(Charles University),\u00a0Universit\u00e9 Paul Val\u00e9ry Montpellier 3<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Universidade do Porto<\/a>.<\/p>\n Kent\u2019s contribution is led by\u00a0Bernhard Klein,\u00a0<\/strong>Professor of English Literature\u00a0<\/strong>in\u00a0the\u00a0School of English<\/a>\u00a0and Academic Director for European Development, and\u00a0Dr Amanda Klekowski von Koppenfels<\/strong>, Senior Lecturer in Migration and Politics, and Academic Director of\u00a0Brussels School of International Studies<\/a>.<\/p>\n Starting on 1 March 2019, the four-year project, entitled \u2018Migration and Modernity: Historical and Cultural Challenges<\/strong>\u2019, will undertake a comparative study to provide an\u00a0urgently needed<\/strong>\u00a0historical analysis that can address the so-called migration crisis of the present through an understanding of the population movements of the past. It will also seek to place\u00a0contemporary migration in an historical context<\/strong>.<\/p>\n The consortium has been set up as an\u00a0interdisciplinary collaboration<\/strong>\u00a0between researchers in the Humanities and the Social Sciences who will approach migration as both\u00a0a condition of modernity\u00a0<\/strong>and one of its\u00a0greatest challenges<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Through an innovative training programme, carried out in conjunction with\u00a018 non-academic partners<\/strong>\u00a0(including NGOs, charities, and the cultural and creative industries), the project will enable a new generation of experts to gain the\u00a0historical knowledge\u00a0<\/strong>required to respond to future migration crises with\u00a0innovative solutions<\/strong>. It will generate new knowledge about the shaping of the modern world and provide\u00a0conceptual tools\u00a0<\/strong>to avoid short-termism in\u00a0migration management<\/strong>\u00a0through its emphasis on enduring cultural patterns, historical context, and migration flows over the long term.<\/p>\n It is expected that the links between contemporary and historical migration that its research will uncover could help improve\u00a0educational provision,\u00a0<\/strong>inform\u00a0future policy<\/strong>, and\u00a0counter the rise of anti-immigrant sentiment across the EU<\/strong>.<\/p>\n The project was scored\u00a098\/100<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 one of the highest ever scores for H2020 funding.<\/p>\n (Original post by Gary Hughes can be read here<\/a>)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"