UniGR-CBS Conference 2022: Border Renaissance
UniGR-CBS Conference 2022: Border Renaissance
Scholars from North America, Europe and the Greater Region will discuss current developments and results in border research on February 4 and 5, 2022. The UniGR-CBS conference deals with the renaissance of borders and brings together territorial and cultural Border Studies. The 22 multilingual panels with nearly 100 speakers are international and represent the thematic as well as disciplinary spectrum of contemporary border research.
The conference will be opened by Manfred Schmitt (President Saarland University), Cornelius König (Vice President of Saarland University) and Astrid M. Fellner (UniGR-CBS project coordinator at Saarland University) followed by a high-level roundtable discussion on the impact of the health crisis on European border regions.
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Keynote Jean Asselborn (Luxembourg's Minister of Foreign and European Affairs and Minister of Immigration and Asylum) |
Keynote Victor Konrad (University Carleton, Canada) “Border Renaissance in a Time of Border Perplexity?” |
The conference "Border Renaissance: Recent Developments in Territorial, Cultural, and Linguistic Border Studies" is part of the Interreg VA Project " European Center for Competence and Knowledge in Border Studies" and takes place in a hybrid format at Saarland University.
The UniGR-CBS 2022 conference in short:
- Feburary 4-5, 2022, Saarland University (in hybrid format)
- 22 multilingual panels, nearly 100 speakers from 20 countries, 2 keynotes
- Round table "The impact of the global health crisis on European border regions".
- Registration required under the following link: https://bit.ly/3A66BQ0
- Program, venue, access and more here
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