𝗖𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗶𝗻 𝗕𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗦𝘁𝘂𝗱𝗶𝗲𝘀? 𝗝𝗼𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗟𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗼𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗿𝗼𝘄! The Live Chat offers you the opportunity to explore the Master in #BorderStudies and get answers to all your questions. Meeting link: shorturl.at/PXNji

𝗙𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗮𝗯𝗼𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗶𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗽𝘂𝘁𝘀 The collaboration between Christian Wille @uni.lu and Dominik Gerst @unidue.bsky.social has now resulted in a co-authored paper in the Journal of Borderlands Studies. A strong example of how sustained exchange can lead to tangible research outputs.

In der Podcast-Folge umreißen Astrid Fellner, Tobias Schank und Christian Wille das Feld der #CulturalBorderStudies und diskutieren mit Studierenden, welchen Erkenntnisgewinn kulturwissenschaftliche Zugänge für ein differenziertes Verständnis von Grenzen bieten. 👉 shorturl.at/e0HuT

The April issue of the UniGR-CBS newsletter is now available 👉 shorturl.at/YOpHM The monthly UniGR-CBS newsletter features the latest #BorderStudies updates, including calls for papers, conferences, workshops, seminars, and recent publications. ✍ Subscribe here newsletter.borderstudies.org

At the ABS Annual Conference 2026, Astrid Fellner (@uni-saarland.de) traced a conceptual shift from borderlands to bordertextures, proposing as a decolonial, pedagogical practice inspired by Gloria Anzaldúa that foregrounds relationality, affect, and embodied ways of knowing the border. #UniGR_CBS

𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗕𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗦𝘁𝘂𝗱𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗲 𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝗵𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝘄𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗲 𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝘁 𝘂𝗽 𝘁𝗼 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝗱𝗶𝗴𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁? At the ABS Annual Conference 2026, Machteld Venken (C2DH, UniGR-CBS) brought this question into the discussions through her work on digital exhibition-making and community archiving. shorturl.at/fN99l

𝗪𝗵𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗮𝗹 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗻𝘂𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗽𝗲 𝗖𝘂𝗹𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗕𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗦𝘁𝘂𝗱𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗼𝗱𝗮𝘆? While the @absborders.bsky.social anniversary conference invited reflection on the past and future of the field, Eva Nossem focused on the intellectual traditions that continue to shape Cultural Border Studies today.

The #Bordertextures Working Group had the pleasure of organizing the panel “Celebrating #CulturalBorderStudies: From Borderlands to Bordertextures” at the Annual Conference of the Association for Borderlands Studies in Albuquerque.

𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗖𝘂𝗹𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗕𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗦𝘁𝘂𝗱𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗴𝗿𝗮𝘀𝗽 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝘂𝗹𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗱𝗶𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗯𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗳𝗶𝗴𝘂𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀? At #ABS2026, #UniGR_CBS member Svitlana Kot introduced the concept of Border Rifts to examine how border reconfigurations leave lasting fractures in memory, identity, and cultural representation.

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗱𝗼𝗲𝘀 𝗖𝘂𝗹𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗕𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗦𝘁𝘂𝗱𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗯𝘂𝘁𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝘂𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗕𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗦𝘁𝘂𝗱𝗶𝗲𝘀? At the @absborders.bsky.social Annual Conference, Christian Wille @uni.lu addressed this question by positioning the bordertextures approach within the field. More insights into Cultural Border Studies: shorturl.at/ex3WH

𝗠𝗲𝗲𝘁 𝗨𝗻𝗶𝗚𝗥-𝗖𝗕𝗦 𝗺𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝗕𝗦 𝗔𝗻𝗻𝘂𝗮𝗹 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗔𝗹𝗯𝘂𝗾𝘂𝗲𝗿𝗾𝘂𝗲, 𝗨𝗦𝗔 UniGR-CBS members from @uni.lu & @uni-saarland.de, as well as students from the trinational Master in Border Studies, are attending the international conference. Join them at the following panels & roundtables: shorturl.at/ZBeB6

What if a tabletop role-playing game could teach you something about borders? In the new episode, Tobias Schank (Saarland University) talks with Joon-Ho/Ryan Ahn Roden, a visiting scholar from the University of Hawaiʻi Mānoa, about the TTRPG sessions he ran with students at Saarland University.

The March issue of the UniGR-CBS newsletter is now available 👉 shorturl.at/jVks9 The monthly UniGR-CBS newsletter features the latest #BorderStudies updates, including calls for papers, conferences, workshops, seminars, and recent publications. ✍ Subscribe here newsletter.borderstudies.org

𝗦𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲: 𝗨𝗻𝗶𝗚𝗥-𝗖𝗕𝗦-𝗙𝗼𝗿𝘂𝗺 𝗚𝗿𝗼ß𝗿𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝟵/𝟳/𝟮𝟲 Wie können Grenzregionen Fachkräfteengpässe frühzeitig abfedern? Gemeinsam mit LABOR SwissLux diskutieren Expert:innen aus der Schweiz und Luxemburg über Qualifikationen, Fachkräftebedarfe und grenzüberschreitende Arbeitsmärkte. 👉 shorturl.at/7eQMT

Thank you for your interest in the UniGR-CBS Fellowship 2026. We received applications from across the globe, from Australia, Azerbaijan and Brazil to the USA & Europe. The review process is underway; all applicants will be informed in due course. Stay informed about future calls: shorturl.at/B2C2B

𝗦𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲 : 𝟵/𝟬𝟳/𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 📅 Faut-il repenser les dispositifs de formation dans des territoires transfrontaliers tels que la Suisse et le Luxembourg ? Le prochain Forum Grande Région UniGR-CBS sera consacré à la question des qualifications dans le contexte transfrontalier. 👉 shorturl.at/mSrfh

L’aménagement du territoire est un domaine de recherche important au sein de l’UniGR-CBS. H. Rouchet @universitedeliege.bsky.social revient sur sa thèse de doctorat consacrée à un jeu de simulation (Planspiel) conçu pour explorer des processus de planification. Lire l’entretien : shorturl.at/1G0XE

The February issue of the UniGR-CBS newsletter is now available 👉 shorturl.at/tGNUg The monthly UniGR-CBS newsletter features the latest #BorderStudies updates, including calls for papers, conferences, workshops, seminars, and recent publications. ✍ Subscribe here newsletter.borderstudies.org

𝗞𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲𝘅𝗶𝘁ä𝘁 𝗲𝗿𝗸𝗹ä𝗿𝘁 𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗵𝘁𝘀, 𝘀𝗼𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲 𝘀𝗶𝗲 𝗻𝘂𝗿 𝗯𝗲𝗵𝗮𝘂𝗽𝘁𝗲𝘁 𝘄𝗶𝗿𝗱. In der neuen Podcast-Folge diskutieren Dominik Gerst (@unidue.bsky.social) und Christian Wille (@uni.lu), warum Grenzen nicht als stabile Linien oder additive Gebilde verstanden werden können. Jetzt reinhören: shorturl.at/Yx6WX

𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗨𝗻𝗶𝗚𝗥-𝗖𝗕𝗦 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗣𝗮𝗽𝗲𝗿 The new UniGR-CBS working paper introduces DyTIA: a methodology developed through the analysis of INTERREG programs in the Greater Region. It is designed to strengthen predictive governance for European cross-border regions. 👉 Download here zenodo.org/records/1841...

𝗔𝗿𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗯𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝗲𝘅𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗯𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗮𝗿𝘀? The UniGR-CBS is pleased to announce the launch of its 2026 Research Fellowships! Eligible are postdoctoral researchers, senior researchers, and professors. Apply now (28/02/2026): fellow.borderstudies.org

The January issue of the UniGR-CBS newsletter is now available shorturl.at/BITSZ The monthly UniGR-CBS newsletter features the latest #BorderStudies updates, including calls for papers, conferences, workshops, seminars, and recent publications. ✍ Subscribe here newsletter.borderstudies.org

𝗕𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀 (𝟬𝟯/𝟬𝟮/𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲) – 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗚𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝗲𝗮: 𝗠𝗶𝗴𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗰𝘂𝗲 𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗘𝗱𝗴𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗘𝘂𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲 Luna Vives will examine how sea migration and maritime rescue in and around Spain have been reshaped by European border policies. Registration shorturl.at/56Igj

UniGR-CBS Jahresrückblick Im Video blickt das UniGR-CBS auf einige Highlights aus 2025 zurück. Das #UniGR_CBS bedankt sich herzlich bei allen Mitgliedern, Partnern und Freund:innen für ihr großes Engagement und ein weiteres Jahr erfolgreicher Grenzforschung in der Großregion! youtu.be/YcsA_vU8B5g

𝗛𝗮𝗽𝗽𝘆 𝗛𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗱𝗮𝘆𝘀 🎁 ❄️✨ The UniGR-Centre for Border Studies wishes all colleagues and friends in Border Studies a healthy and restful holiday season. #UniGR_CBS #BorderStudies

𝗢𝗡 𝗔𝗜𝗥 – 𝟰𝟬 𝗝𝗮𝗵𝗿𝗲 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿 Ü𝗯𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗸𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗻 In dieser Sonderfolge reflektieren die Herausgeber:innen des Bands „40 Jahre Schengener Übereinkommen. Europa und seine inneren Grenzen“ die Erfolgsgeschichte der schrittweisen Abschaffung der Personenkontrollen an den EU-Binnengrenzen. 🎧 shorturl.at/G0YK6

❄️ The December issue of the UniGR-CBS newsletter is out: shorturl.at/Adm15 The monthly newsletter provides information on #BorderStudies such as calls for paper, conferences, workshops, seminars, new papers & books and much more ✍ Subscribe here newsletter.borderstudies.org

Neues UniGR-CBS Working Paper: Grenzüberschreitendes Placemaking (Alexandra Schartner, @uni-saarland.de). Am Beispiel der Prä-IBA Saar-Moselle (2022-2023) zeigt die Autorin, wie Grenzorte durch narrative Rahmungen und architektonische Formate zu Laborräumen werden. Mehr dazu hier shorturl.at/FozgW

ON AIR – Grenzpendeln im Wandel: Johanna Trager (Charles University) spricht mit Christian Wille (uni.lu) über die deutsch-tschechische Grenzregion, Fachkräftesicherung und Sprachbarrieren. Jetzt reinhören! shorturl.at/ouvYD #UniGR_CBS #CrossBorderWork

#Bordertexturing the Danube Danica Trifunjagić analyses in a public lecture how contemporary post-Yugoslav literary texts negotiate borders, migration and belonging. 9/12/2025, 6 PM Hybrid: Saarland University & online via Teams More information shorturl.at/MZ9uB

𝗕𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀 (𝟬𝟵/𝟭𝟮/𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱) – 𝗙𝗿𝗼𝗺 “𝗛𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀” 𝘁𝗼 𝗠𝗶𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗗𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗵𝘀: 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗟𝗲𝗴𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝗩𝗶𝗼𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝗟𝗮𝘄 Shoshana Fine will analyze how French political actors used the language of law and legality to frame violence as just and inevitable. 👉 Registration shorturl.at/omu5x

Review – Highlights from the 13th #UniGR_CBS Seminar #BorderStudies at Trier University: keynote on writing & publishing across disciplines, world café on future collaborations, new projects & alliances in border research. More insights shorturl.at/LCSHw

But what about #bordertextures? At a networking meeting of @unigr-cbs.bsky.social scholars at Trier University, the cross-border research group presented their analysis, demonstrating how their approach is used in cultural border studies. #UniGR_CBS #CulturalBorderStudies

The November issue of the UniGR-CBS newsletter is out 👉 shorturl.at/xJpXr The monthly newsletter provides information on #BorderStudies such as calls for paper, conferences, workshops, seminars, new papers & books and much more ✍ Subscribe here newsletter.borderstudies.org

𝗛𝗲𝗿𝘇𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗸𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗻! Heute startet das zweitägige UniGR-CBS-Seminar „Border Studies“ zum Thema „Collaborations – Zwischen Grenzen, Sprachen und Disziplinen“ an der @unitrier.bsky.social. Das UniGR-CBS wünscht einen spannenden Austausch! Mehr Info shorturl.at/HCe1V

𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗨𝗻𝗶𝗚𝗥-𝗖𝗕𝗦 𝗙𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄 – 𝗪𝗲𝗹𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗼 𝗟𝗮𝗿𝗮-𝗩𝗮𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗮 Francisco Lara-Valencia from the School of Transborder Studies at Arizona State University and the former president of the @absborders.bsky.social (ABS) started his two-month research stay at the UniGR-CBS. 👏 More info shorturl.at/xoxRR

𝗜𝗻𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗶𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝘂𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗲 Le colloque international « Urgences et frontières. Études des polycrises dans l'espace franco-germanique : (post-)migration et climat-écologie » se tiendra les 20 et 21 novembre 2025 à l’Universite de Lorraine (Metz). Le programme complet ici : shorturl.at/HCkYH

𝗪𝗶𝗲 𝗴𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘁 𝗞𝗹𝗶𝗺𝗮𝗮𝗻𝗽𝗮𝘀𝘀𝘂𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝗻 𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗚𝗿𝗼ß𝗿𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗼𝗻? Beim 11. UniGR-CBS-Forum (universitedeliege.bsky.social, Arlon) wurde deutlich, dass eine grenzüberschreitende Koordination und der Austausch von Wissen von entscheidender Bedeutung sind. Das Forum fand im Rahmen des INTERREG-Projekts LATI statt.

Trash or traces? Last Friday, the #UniGR_CBS members Astrid M. Fellner, Eva Nossem, and Lisa Johnson opened the exhibition “Garden of the (In)Visibles” with a roundtable discussion, sharing the concept & ideas behind the exhibition. More information about the exhibition programme: shorturl.at/up5ai

🎧 ON AIR – Thinking Borders After Nature In this episode, Lola Aubry and Anne-Laure Amilhat Szary from the University of Grenoble-Alpes explore new ways of thinking about borders – beyond the human. Listen to the Episode: shorturl.at/ANHMg

𝗨𝗻𝗶𝗚𝗥-𝗖𝗕𝗦-𝗙𝗼𝗿𝘂𝗺 𝗚𝗿𝗼ß𝗿𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗼𝗻: 𝗚𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘇ü𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗿𝗲𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲 𝗗𝗶𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗞𝗹𝗶𝗺𝗮𝘄𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗽𝗮𝘀𝘀𝘂𝗻𝗴 📅 5. November 2025 ⏲️ 9.30-16.30 Uhr 📍 Arlon (Belgien), Umweltcampus der @universitedeliege.bsky.social Anmeldung bis zum 27. Oktober möglich: shorturl.at/7FBJl

The October issue of the UniGR-CBS newsletter is out 📰 shorturl.at/NImxo The monthly newsletter provides information on #BorderStudies such as calls for paper, conferences, workshops, seminars, new papers & books and much more ✍ Subscribe here newsletter.borderstudies.org

𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗴𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗰𝗿𝗼𝘀𝘀-𝗯𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗰𝗼𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝗦𝗮𝗮𝗿𝗟𝗼𝗿𝗟𝘂𝘅 The new UniGR-CBS Policy Paper by J. Dittel and F. Weber (Saarland University) addresses political and administrative decision-makers, practitioners, and researchers engaged in cross-border cooperation. Open access: shorturl.at/YV7T3

Estelle Evrard, membre UniGR-CBS de l’Université du Luxembourg, interviendra lors du prochain Forum Z, organisé par le C2DH, sur le thème des inégalités au Luxembourg à travers la télévision, les plateformes médiatiques, les réseaux sociaux et l'intelligence artificielle.

The September issue of the UniGR-CBS newsletter is out 👉 shorturl.at/5wXnl The monthly newsletter provides information on #BorderStudies such as calls for paper, conferences, workshops, seminars, new papers & books and much more. ✍ Subscribe here newsletter.borderstudies.org

𝟰𝟬 𝗝𝗮𝗵𝗿𝗲 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗻 – 𝗕𝘂𝗰𝗵𝘃𝗼𝗿𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗹𝗹𝘂𝗻𝗴 Am 17.09.2025 (19 Uhr) in Saarbrücken, Buchhandlung Bock&Seip: Präsentation des Sammelbands „40 Jahre Schengener Übereinkommen“ mit Beiträgen aus Geographie, Geschichte, Kultur-, Politik-, Rechts- & Sozialwissenschaft. Anmeldung bis 15.09.: [email protected]

Discover key perspectives in #BorderStudies with Season One of the UniGR-CBS podcast ON AIR: history, culture, practice & policy from the Greater Region and beyond. 🎧 Listen now: podcast.borderstudies.org

New #UniGR_CBS Working Paper: 40 Years of Schengen – People, Borders, Politics. Based on the 2025 Schengen conference, it reflects on current challenges and future prospects for Schengen. Read the full paper: shorturl.at/8JXXZ #Schengen #BorderStudies

Call for Papers (15/08/2025): “Borders in #migration research – far more than territorial borders?” The 2026 annual conference of the Geographical Migration Research Working Group takes place at the University of Luxembourg from 22-23 January 2026. 👉 More information shorturl.at/Rqu8E