Greek students in Italy from a transnational perspective

This article makes a concrete contribution to the international and European debate on the study of transnational migration. It highlights new forms of human mobility in terms of bi-directional flows and processes in which Hellenic students in Italy shape and sustain social stratified relationships that connect home and host societies. This occurs due to 'cross-border activities' including practices that entail the physical crossing of geopolitical borders (bi-directional travels and visits) as well as activities of a more mundane nature in which the act of traversing frontiers does not involve any change in physical location (satellite technology, internet, consumption of cultural goods). From a transnational perspective, this article has as its objective the dynamics of inclusion of Greek students into the Italian social fabric and the process of creation of their cultural identity and the ties with their country and with Greek networks that are factors of social identification and enhancement of their cultural heritage from transnational contexts.