CONFERENCE: Border regions in transition XVII: Contested Borderlands as Spaces of Negotiation and Adaptation
26-28th May 2025
The conference will be held at the Cyprus campus of the University of Central Lancashire (UCLan Cyprus) in Pyla, from the 26th to the 28th May 2025. In addition to the academic programme, the conference will also include two days of optional excursions. Eur-Asian Border Lab members Jussi Laine and Tina Harris are both part of the advisory board of the conference.
For more information:
https://brit.uclancyprus.ac.cy
CONFERENCE: 40 Years of Schengen – People, Borders, Politics
11 June 2025
To mark the 40th anniversary of the Schengen Agreement, EMN Luxembourg and the UniGR-Center for Border Studies invite stakeholders, researchers, and citizens to reflect on the past and future of open borders in Europe. The one-day conference will critically examine the evolution of Schengen in light of growing internal border controls, and explore what this shift means for free movement, EU citizenship, and European border regions. Registration deadline: 2 June 2025
For more information:
https://home-affairs.ec.europa.eu/whats-new/events/conference-40-years-schengen-people-borders-politics-2025-06-11_en
CONFERENCE: Boundaries, Borders, and Frontiers in Irish Studies
11-13th June 2025
The 2025 Annual Meeting of the Canadian Association for Irish Studies will be held at St. Michael’s College and York University in Toronto, Canada, from 11 to 13 June 2025. The conference will explore the theme Boundaries, Borders, and Frontiers in Irish Studies, encouraging multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary engagements with political, historical, cultural, ecological, and artistic dimensions of borders.
For more information:
https://www.canadianirishstudies.org/activities
CONFERENCE: 19th International Conference on Migration and Border Studies (CMBS 2025)
28-29th July 2025
The 19th International Conference on Migration and Border Studies (CMBS 2025) will take place in Rome, Italy, from 28 to 29 July 2025. Organized as part of the DIGITALRome series, the conference provides an interdisciplinary platform for researchers, practitioners, and educators to discuss current trends, innovations, and challenges in migration and border studies. Selected peer-reviewed papers will be published in indexed conference proceedings and considered for special journal issues. Submission deadline: 29 May 2025
For more information:
https://waset.org/migration-and-border-studies-conference-in-july-2025-in-rome?
CONFERENCE: Cross-border Roads to and from the Agreement – From the Ground Up
14th September 2023
The Centre for Cross Border Studies’ 24th Annual Conference, “Cross-border roads to and from the Agreement – From the ground up”, will take place on 14 September 2023 at the Hilton Belfast. The conference will explore the civic and grassroots cooperation that preceded the Good Friday Agreement, marking its 25th anniversary. It will highlight the role of community actors who worked behind the scenes to build cross-border understanding and peace.
For more information:
https://www.communityni.org/event/centre-cross-border-studies-24th-annual-conference
WORKSHOP: Infrastructure and Cross-Border Cooperation
20th – 22nd November 2025
This workshop taking place at Andrássy University Budapest explores the challenges and opportunities of cross-border infrastructures, broadly defined to include material, digital, and institutional systems that support societal life. It aims to bring together scholars and practitioners from multiple disciplines, including public policy, law, regional studies, economics, and innovation, to discuss how such infrastructures affect and require cross-border cooperation (CBC) at various scales (regional, European, and international). Extended abstract submission deadline: 30 June 2025
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CONFERENCE: Negotiating Asian Borders: Actors, Displacements, Multiplicities, Sovereignties
13-15th January 2026
The 8th Conference of the Asian Borderlands Research Network, Negotiating Asian Borders: Actors, Displacements, Multiplicities, Sovereignties, will take place at National Taiwan University in Taipei, Taiwan, from 13 to 15 January 2026. The submission deadline for proposals is 20 May 2025.
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