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We are pleased to announce that an open seminar will be held as follows:
■Date
10:00–12:00 Friday, 26 September 2025 (JST)
■Theme
International Student Mobility: New Trends, New Challenges. Focus on the Case of France
■Venue
Hybrid (In-Person & Online)
In-Person: Room 112, Research Institute for Higher Education (RIHE), Hiroshima University
Online: Zoom
■Language
The seminar will be given in French and English with Japanese translation.
■Lecturer
Yamina Bettahar (University of Lorraine)
■Abstract
International student mobility is an old phenomenon. Without going back to the founding periods, we can consider that the beginning of the 19th century marks the start of an unprecedented expansion of the foreign presence within higher education institutions in the countries of Central and Western Europe (Germany, Switzerland, France, Belgium, etc.), which are the main host countries.
In France, International student mobility constitutes an important dimension of higher education history since the Middle Ages and the birth of the first universities. Particularly in Europe, they have been renewed since the 19th century, taking new paths.
Since the mid-20th century, they have become institutionalized and intensified, with the establishment of exchange programs, partnerships, various instruments and mechanisms to encourage mobility, under the influence of the strategies and policies of States, the European Union, and other supranational politico-economic entities regarding internationalization.
In a context of globalization, these mobilities are at the heart of the socio-political, geopolitical, and economic dynamics of states. How have they been renewed, particularly in France, over the last decade? This is what we will attempt to present and analyze, drawing on recent official data.
KEYWORDS : France, international student mobilities, elites training, internationalization of higher education.
■Bio
Dr. Yamina BETTAHAR is Emeritus in Sociology and History of sciences at Lorraine University (Nancy, France). She is a member of Laboratory « Archives Henri Poincaré », UMR 7117 / CNRS at Lorraine University and Maison des Sciences de l’Homme Lorraine.
She is the author of many articles and books on socio-history, internationalization of Higher education systems, colonial and post-colonial academic / scientific institutions in The Maghreb, the concept of academic model (Algeria, Morocco) and the international student mobility (in & out), new global circulatory dynamics (students engineers, researchers).
Socio-historical and contemporary, multidisciplinary and international comparisons.
She is member of various scientific committees of journals (Journal of International Mobility (JIM), PUF, France ; Le Ragioni di Erasmus+, Press University of Roma 3, Italie,…).
She has made several guest visits to Japan, Canada, Italy, Portugal, Czech Republic and the Maghreb.
■Note
・Participation fee is free.
・Registration is open noon on on Thursday, 25 September 2025 (JST).
・Internet access and a camera/microphone device required to participate online.
・Use your full name as your personal meeting ID when you enter the meeting room. If you do not, you may not be allowed to enter the meeting room.
・Recording/screenshots not allowed.
・The meeting URL will be emailed to you separately by the day before the meeting. If you do not receive the e-mail, please contact us at k-kokyo(at)office.hiroshima-u.ac.jp
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Professor Futao Huang’s commentary is published in an article on the Times Higher Education.
