{"id":7525,"date":"2020-06-04T06:36:01","date_gmt":"2020-06-04T04:36:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/c2dh-en\/articles\/lecture-and-workshop-with-dr-randy-widdis-on-border-studies\/"},"modified":"2025-03-27T08:17:42","modified_gmt":"2025-03-27T07:17:42","slug":"lecture-and-workshop-with-dr-randy-widdis-on-border-studies","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/c2dh-en\/articles\/lecture-and-workshop-with-dr-randy-widdis-on-border-studies\/","title":{"rendered":"Lecture and workshop with Dr Randy Widdis on border studies"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"wp-block-unilux-blocks-free-section section\"><div class=\"container xl:max-w-screen-xl\">\n<p><strong>Randy Widdis, Professor Emeritus of Geography and Environmental Studies at the University of Regina in Canada, was invited to the C\u00b2DH in February 2020 for a \u201cHands-on History\u201d lecture followed by a two-day workshop.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Historians are latecomers to the interdisciplinary field of border studies, which critically assesses spatial changes by analysing de\/rebordering practices and border crossings. But historical geographer Randy Widdis is a forerunner in the field. In this lecture, he summarised the historical research he has conducted on the Canada-US borderlands for more than twenty years. He particularly focused on the powerful conceptual framework he has developed in order to understand its complex history. Randy makes no attempt to develop a general theory of borders or to devise a methodology that transcends disciplinary boundaries. However, he does outline an approach that offers a framework for studying the evolution of borderlands over time. Randy Widdis\u2019 Spatial Grammar approaches borderlands as spaces of flows and networks displaying various routes for people, goods, capital and ideas through time and space. During his lecture, Widdis used maps to demonstrate how the Canada-US borderlands have varied in their spatial extent and embodied different kinds of flows over time. An explanation of this approach was preceded by a brief discussion on some of Randy Widdis\u2019 views on historical approaches to the study of borders and borderlands. At the end of his lecture, the author reflected on the role of historical research for policy making today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-unilux-blocks-heading\"    >\nLecture: The Spatial Grammar of Borderlands<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"thumbnail  wp-block-unilux-blocks-thumbnail-video-vimeo\">\n    <span class=\"thumbnail__container\">\n        <span class=\"thumbnail__body\">\n            <span class=\"icon-rounded p-24 shadow bg-theme\">\n                <svg aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\" class=\"icon icon-solid icon--play icon--white\"><use xlink:href=\"https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/wp-content\/themes\/unilux-theme\/assets\/images\/icons\/icons-solid.svg#icon--play\"><\/use><\/svg>            <\/span>\n        <\/span>\n        <figure class=\"wp-block-dev4-reusable-blocks-image swiper-slide__bg object-fit--cover\">\n    \n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-block-image unilux-custom-image-block\"\n                alt=\"Randy Widdis Hands on lecture\"\n            src=\"https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/06\/Randy-Widdis-Hands-on-lecture.jpg\"\n                srcset=\"https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/06\/Randy-Widdis-Hands-on-lecture-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/06\/Randy-Widdis-Hands-on-lecture-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/06\/Randy-Widdis-Hands-on-lecture-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/06\/Randy-Widdis-Hands-on-lecture-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/06\/Randy-Widdis-Hands-on-lecture.jpg 1920w\"\n                style=\"object-position: 50.00% 50.00%; font-family: &quot;object-fit: cover; object-position: 50.00% 50.00%;&quot;; aspect-ratio: 16\/9; object-fit: cover; width: 100%;\"\n        loading=\"lazy\"\n\/>    <\/figure>    <\/span>\n    \n<div class=\"modal fade vimeo-modal wp-block-unilux-blocks-thumbnail-video-vimeo\" id=\"modal-ren7a\" tabindex=\"-1\">\n    <div class=\"modal-dialog modal-dialog-centered modal-dialog-scrollable\">\n        <div class=\"modal-content\">\n            \n<div class=\"modal-header\">\n    <div class=\"modal-title\">\n        <h1 id=\"modal-filter-title\">Thumbnail Video<\/h1>\n    <\/div>\n    <button type=\"button\" class=\"modal__btn-close\" data-bs-dismiss=\"modal\">\n        <span class=\"modal__btn-close__name\">Close<\/span>\n    <\/button>\n<\/div>\n            \n<style>\n    .modal-body {\n        padding: 0 !important;\n        flex: auto;\n    }\n<\/style>\n<div class=\"modal-body\">\n    <div class=\"vimeo-video\" data-video-url=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/425826556?h=7faef6c1de?h=\"><\/div><\/div>\n\n                    <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-unilux-blocks-spacer is-spacer-size-sm\"><\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-unilux-blocks-heading\"    >\nWorkshop: Towards a Spatial Grammar of Luxembourg and Beyond?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>After the lecture, the two-day workshop \u201cTowards a Spatial Grammar of Luxembourg and Beyond?\u201d took place at the C\u00b2DH Lab. Organisers Machteld Venken and Christoph Br\u00fcll invited 17 scholars from Luxembourg and the Greater Region to brainstorm how Randy Widdis\u2019 approach could be used in historical research on the contemporary past of Luxembourg and its neighbouring countries. In four sessions, they discussed the flows of people, goods, capital and ideas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"alignfull wp-block-unilux-blocks-gallery-carousel\">\n    <div class=\"swiper swiper-gallery\" aria-roledescription=\"carousel\" aria-label=\"A gallery of images\">\n        <!-- Swiper button Next & Prev -->\n        <div class=\"swiper-nav\">\n            <div class=\"swiper-nav__container\">\n                <div class=\"swiper-nav__grid\">\n                    <button type=\"button\" class=\"swiper-button-next\">\n                        <svg aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\" class=\"icon icon-outline icon--arrow-right \"><use xlink:href=\"https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/wp-content\/themes\/unilux-theme\/assets\/images\/icons\/icons-outline.svg#icon--arrow-right\"><\/use><\/svg>                    <\/button>\n                    <button type=\"button\" class=\"swiper-button-prev\">\n                        <svg aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\" class=\"icon icon-outline icon--arrow-left \"><use xlink:href=\"https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/wp-content\/themes\/unilux-theme\/assets\/images\/icons\/icons-outline.svg#icon--arrow-left\"><\/use><\/svg>                    <\/button>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n\n        <!-- swiper slides -->\n        <ul class=\"swiper-wrapper\">\n            \n<li class=\"swiper-slide\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\">\n    <figure class=\"wp-block-dev4-reusable-blocks-image swiper-slide__bg object-fit--contain\">\n    \n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-block-image unilux-custom-image-block\"\n                alt=\"Towards a Spatial Grammar of Luxembourg and Beyond?\"\n            src=\"https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/03\/widdis_workshop.jpg\"\n                    style=\"object-position: 50.00% 50.00%; font-family: &quot;object-fit: contain; object-position: 50.00% 50.00%;&quot;; aspect-ratio: 16\/9; object-fit: contain; width: 100%;\"\n        loading=\"lazy\"\n\/>    <\/figure><\/li>        <\/ul>\n\n        <!-- Swiper pagination -->\n        <div class=\"swiper-pagination\">\n            <div class=\"swiper-pagination__bullets\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-unilux-blocks-heading\"    >\nInterview<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In this interview led by Machteld Venken, Randy Widdis talks about how he became interested in border studies. He then outlines his work on the Canada-US borderlands as the Research Leader of the history section in the recently completed Borders in Globalization Project. The majority of the interview is dedicated to a further explanation of Randy Widdis\u2019 Spatial Grammar. The author details his definition of flows and reflects on the possibility of including qualitative research data. He concludes the interview by repeating that bordering processes are shaped by different geographies and histories.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"thumbnail  wp-block-unilux-blocks-thumbnail-video-vimeo\">\n    <span class=\"thumbnail__container\">\n        <span class=\"thumbnail__body\">\n            <span class=\"icon-rounded p-24 shadow bg-theme\">\n                <svg aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\" class=\"icon icon-solid icon--play icon--white\"><use xlink:href=\"https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/wp-content\/themes\/unilux-theme\/assets\/images\/icons\/icons-solid.svg#icon--play\"><\/use><\/svg>            <\/span>\n        <\/span>\n        <figure class=\"wp-block-dev4-reusable-blocks-image swiper-slide__bg object-fit--cover\">\n    \n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-block-image unilux-custom-image-block\"\n                alt=\"Randy Widdis Interview\"\n            src=\"https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/06\/Randy-Widdis-Interview.jpg\"\n                srcset=\"https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/06\/Randy-Widdis-Interview-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/06\/Randy-Widdis-Interview-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/06\/Randy-Widdis-Interview-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/06\/Randy-Widdis-Interview-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/06\/Randy-Widdis-Interview.jpg 1920w\"\n                style=\"object-position: 50.00% 50.00%; font-family: &quot;object-fit: cover; object-position: 50.00% 50.00%;&quot;; aspect-ratio: 16\/9; object-fit: cover; width: 100%;\"\n        loading=\"lazy\"\n\/>    <\/figure>    <\/span>\n    \n<div class=\"modal fade vimeo-modal wp-block-unilux-blocks-thumbnail-video-vimeo\" id=\"modal-Bfno1\" tabindex=\"-1\">\n    <div class=\"modal-dialog modal-dialog-centered modal-dialog-scrollable\">\n        <div class=\"modal-content\">\n            \n<div class=\"modal-header\">\n    <div class=\"modal-title\">\n        <h1 id=\"modal-filter-title\">Thumbnail Video<\/h1>\n    <\/div>\n    <button type=\"button\" class=\"modal__btn-close\" data-bs-dismiss=\"modal\">\n        <span class=\"modal__btn-close__name\">Close<\/span>\n    <\/button>\n<\/div>\n            \n<style>\n    .modal-body {\n        padding: 0 !important;\n        flex: auto;\n    }\n<\/style>\n<div class=\"modal-body\">\n    <div class=\"vimeo-video\" data-video-url=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/425815529?h=054360e368?h=\"><\/div><\/div>\n\n                    <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-unilux-blocks-spacer is-spacer-size-sm\"><\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-unilux-blocks-heading\"    >\nBiography<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Randy Widdis&nbsp;is&nbsp;a Professor Emeritus of Geography and Environmental Studies at the University of Regina in Canada.&nbsp;He is the author of over seventy publications and is the recipient of forty awards and fellowships including the Albert B. Corey Prize for the best&nbsp;book on the history of North America (2006) and&nbsp;a Fulbright Fellowship (1994). He has published widely in the areas of rural development, heritage tourism and land settlement, but has more recently focused on the historical geography of the Canada-US borderlands. Dr Widdis is finishing his work as the lead for the historical theme and the Great Plains\/Prairies region components of the Borders in Globalization Project.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"py-48 first:pt-0 last:pb-0 wp-block-unilux-blocks-people-list\">\n    \n<h3 class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-unilux-blocks-heading\"    >\nAuthor(s)<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"flex flex-wrap -mx-16 wp-block-unilux-blocks-people-item-wrapper\">\n    <li class=\"w-full md:w-1\/2 p-16 wp-block-unilux-blocks-people-item-automated\"><div class=\"ulux-card card-people bg-theme\"><div class=\"list-people bg-theme\">\n    <div class=\"list-people__container\">\n        <div class=\"list-people__visual\">\n            <figure class=\"wp-block-dev4-reusable-blocks-image\">\n                <!-- Template Image Component: default -->\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"w-full\" width=\"\" height=\"\" rel=\"\" alt=\"Prof Machteld VENKEN\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/en\/person-image\/NTAwMzg2MTVfX01hY2h0ZWxkIFZFTktFTg==\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/en\/person-image\/NTAwMzg2MTVfX01hY2h0ZWxkIFZFTktFTg==--thumbnail 150w,https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/en\/person-image\/NTAwMzg2MTVfX01hY2h0ZWxkIFZFTktFTg==--medium 300w,https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/en\/person-image\/NTAwMzg2MTVfX01hY2h0ZWxkIFZFTktFTg==--medium_large 768w,https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/en\/person-image\/NTAwMzg2MTVfX01hY2h0ZWxkIFZFTktFTg==--large 1024w,https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/en\/person-image\/NTAwMzg2MTVfX01hY2h0ZWxkIFZFTktFTg==--1536x1536 1536w,https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/en\/person-image\/NTAwMzg2MTVfX01hY2h0ZWxkIFZFTktFTg==--2048x2048 2048w\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><!-- end Image Component -->\n            <\/figure>\n        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"list-people__body\">\n            <h3 class=\"list-people__title\">Prof Machteld VENKEN<\/h3>\n            <p class=\"list-people__description\">Full professor\/Chief scientist 1 of Transnational Contemporary History (19th-20th century)<\/p>\n            <div class=\"wp-block-unilux-blocks-simple-cta wp-block-unilux-blocks-people-item-automated\">\n    <a\n        href=\"https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/c2dh-en\/people\/machteld-venken\/\"\n        title=\"Prof Machteld VENKEN\"\n        class=\"link-text link-text--icon list-people__link link-absolute\"\n        target=\"\"\n    >\n        <span class=\"link-text__body\">\n            <span class=\"link-text__name\">Learn more<\/span>\n        <\/span>\n        <svg aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\" class=\"icon icon-outline icon--arrow-right \"><use xlink:href=\"https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/wp-content\/themes\/unilux-theme\/assets\/images\/icons\/icons-outline.svg#icon--arrow-right\"><\/use><\/svg>    <\/a>\n<\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/li><\/ul>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Randy Widdis, Professor Emeritus of Geography and Environmental Studies at the University of Regina in Canada, was invited to the C\u00b2DH in February 2020 for a \u201cHands-on History\u201d lecture followed by a two-day workshop.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7445,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"featured_image_focal_point":[],"show_featured_caption":false,"ulux_newsletter_groups":"","uluxPostTitle":"","uluxPrePostTitle":"","_trash_the_other_posts":false,"_price":"","_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_header":"","_tribe_default_ticket_provider":"","_tribe_ticket_capacity":"0","_ticket_start_date":"","_ticket_end_date":"","_tribe_ticket_show_description":"","_tribe_ticket_show_not_going":false,"_tribe_ticket_use_global_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_global_stock_level":"","_global_stock_mode":"","_global_stock_cap":"","_tribe_rsvp_for_event":"","_tribe_ticket_going_count":"","_tribe_ticket_not_going_count":"","_tribe_tickets_list":"[]","_tribe_ticket_has_attendee_info_fields":false},"articles-category":[],"articles-topic":[408],"organisation":[221],"authorship":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.3 (Yoast SEO v22.3) - 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