We are delighted to invite you to the launch of the CECA Talk Series with Dr. Gabriella Sanchez (Georgetown University) in conversation with Dr. Ahlam Chemlali (Aalborg University).

This timely seminar brings together two leading migration scholars to explore how families, women, and children navigate and resist intensifying border regimes across the Americas, Europe, and North Africa. Drawing on rich ethnographic research, the discussion examines how migration, mobility, and confinement are increasingly intertwined in today’s global landscape.

From the expansion of U.S. deportation campaigns and ICE operations to Europe’s ongoing border externalization and the mainstreaming of “remigration” rhetoric, global migration politics are increasingly convergent. Borders are no longer confined to national frontiers - they permeate policies, politics, and intimate spaces alike.

The border is everywhere - shaping everyday life, influencing how people move, care, and survive. This seminar invites participants to reflect on how borders operate simultaneously as political projects and lived realities.

Why Attend?

• Gain a comparative perspective on how U.S. and European migration regimes increasingly mirror one another.
• Discover ethnographic approaches that foreground families, gender, and everyday perspectives on migration, mobility, and control.
• Understand how migrant communities practice resistance, solidarity, and care in the face of expanding border regimes.