The online lecture series aims to discuss the transformation of the border by means of empirical case studies as well as conceptual issues. International border researchers from the social sciences and cultural studies are invited to relate their own research and reflection results to the recent resurgence of borders and to elaborate on their new forms.
Waterways are essential components of the living and non-living world. They shape landscapes and serve as demarcation lines – as “natural borders” – between states in many parts of the world. The accompanying program to Zoe Leonard’s exhibition “Al río / To the River” (02/02-06/06/2022) organized by UniGR-CBS's partners focus on the materiality of these river borders both from a territorial, geographical, and political point of view, and also from a metaphorical perspective, as arbitrary places where interests and ideologies overlap and clash.
The Europe Conference 2016 of the Association for Borderlands Studies was organised from 4-7 October 2016 by the University of Luxembourg in conjunction with the UniGR-Center for Border Studies on the overall theme "Differences and discontinuities in a 'Europe without borders'".
It is in Switzerland and in Luxembourg that most of Europe's cross-border workers work. However, the problems and strategies connected with them are not readily transposable. In spite of the differences the comparison with commuter working is worthy of discussion. The conference held on 24.10.2017 at the University of Luxembourg addressed this issue and examined the cross-border worker situation in Switzerland and Luxembourg from different perspectives.
The "Crossing Borders - GRETI Border colloquiums" consisted of the organisation of a several two-day colloquiums (2015-2016) under the aegis of the GRETI (interdisciplinary cross-border research group). The aim was to develop, within the scope of the UniGR-Center for Border Studies, interdisciplinary perspectives on border-related issues and to generate cooperation between academics from the UniGR partner universities.
