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The first UniGR-CBS Border Studies Seminar

The first Border Studies Seminar on the topic of “Spatial, Social and Linguistic Borders” directed by Grégory Hamez was organized by the Université de Lorraine. It took place on 11-12 June 2018 in the Premonstratensian Abbey in Pont-à-Mousson and united around 40 border scholars from the Greater Region and beyond. On the first day, Border Studies as a joint field of work was of paramount…

"Borders and Planning Cultures" Workshop 2017

Every geographical unit in the Greater Region has its own spatial planning models, traditions and provisions, i.e. various planning “cultures”. Work, study and participation in cultural events are a few such cross-border activities, which attest to the vibrancy of the Greater Region while also posing challenges to the planners.

How can cross-border spatial development be efficiently…

UniGR-CBS at the World Conference Border Studies

For the second time, the Association for Borderland Studies, the world’s largest network of researchers in border studies, organised the World Conference Border Studies from 10–14 July 2018. The 5-day-conference with the main focus on “Border Making and its Consequences” took place in two countries and was co-organised by the University of Vienna (AT) and the Central European University in…

Second UniGR-CBS Border Seminar

The second UniGR-CBS Border Seminar on the topic of “Inter- and Transdisciplinarity: A B/ordering Process?” and directed by Prof. Dr. Antje Bruns was organized by Trier University. It took place from 5-6 November 2018 at Trier University and in the Hotel Deutscher Hof in Trier and gathered 28 CBS border scholars as well as another 21 interested researchers of Trier University as well as…

UniGR-Chair in Border Studies

In 2019, six researchers will have the opportunity to spend a two-month research stay at another university from the UniGR network in order to develop a specific research project in close collaboration with the partners of their respective host universities and to strengthen research on border studies. Accommodation and travel expenses (max. 4000 EUR) are covered by the EU program Interreg V A…

Guest lecture in the Border Textures Workshop

On 6 December 2018, Prof. Dr. Johan Schimanski from the University of Oslo was guest lecturer in the “Border Textures Workshop”. He works in the intersection between cultural sciences and border studies and is an expert in the field of “Border Aesthetics”. In his guest lecture, the comparatist reconstructed the central lines of development in border studies from a cultural science perspective…