ABS is looking for a new Executive Secretary & Treasurer, with an initial 2-year term spanning March 2026 to March 2028, with possible extensions thereafter: absborderlands.org/job-opportun.... Applications are due January 15, 2026

The deadline for the submission of proposals for the role of Editor(s)-in-Chief of the Journal of Borderland Studies has been extended to November 30th.

📆Annual meeting In addition to submitting individual papers, you can also submit full panels, roundtables or book presentations for ABS annual meeting. But there's only a few weeks left! Deadline: Jan. 16, 2026

📆Conferencia anual Además de enviar proposiciones individuales, también puede enviar paneles completos, mesas redondas o presentaciones de libros para la reunión anual de ABS. ¡Pero solo quedan unas semanas! Fecha límite: 16 de enero de 2026

📆Annual meeting/Conferencia anual The earlybird discount ends on Nov. 30: Don't forget to complete your registration for the 2026 Annual Conference El descuento por inscripción anticipada finaliza el viernes 30 de noviembre: no olvide inscribirse en la Conferencia Anual de 2026 wssaconference.com

The deadline to submit an abstract for the Fez Border Studies conference in Morocco next May (2026) is fast approaching! www.usmba.ac.ma/~usmba2/call...

📥 Conferencia anual de ABS ¿Está pensando en presentar una propuesta para la reunión anual de ABS? No se deje sorprender y renueve su membresía ahora en absborderlands.org. Tiene hasta el 16 de enero 2026 para enviar su propuesta. Tod@s l@s participantes deberán ser miembros de ABS.

📥 ABS Annual Conference Thinking of submitting a proposal for ABS annual meeting? Don't be caught off guard & renew your membership now on absborderlands.org You have until January 16, 2026 to submit your proposal. All participants will need to be ABS members.

Conferencia anual de ABS ¡Nos encantaría verle en Albuquerque, Nuevo Mexico (EE.UU)! Regístrate ahora para aprovechar la tarifa de inscripción anticipada. Detalles: wssaconference.com

ABS Annual Conference We would love to see you in Albuquerque, New Mexico (US) in March! Register now to take advantage of the earlybird registration rate. Details: wssaconference.com

The deadline for the submission of proposals for the role of Editor(s)-in-Chief of the Journal of Borderlands Studies has been extended to October 31, 2025!

Last day to apply to review a book!

¡Último día para enviar solicitudes para reseñar un libro!

REMINDER - The Journal of Borderlands Studies is looking for a new editor-in-chief. Please apply before September 30, 2025!

Save the Date - Beyond Dividing Lines: Comparative Insights into Cross-Border Cooperation Worldwide conference. September 23–26, 2026, Almaty & Kaskelen (SDU University), Kazakhstan. Conference organized by Professor Sergei Golunov

📢 Convocatoria de revisor@s ¡El Journal of Borderlands Studies busca revisor@s! ¿Te interesa? Envía tu nombre, afiliación y área(s) de especialización junto con el título del libro que te interesa revisar a la Dra. Andréanne Bissonnette [email protected] antes del 26 de septiembre.

📢 Call for reviewers The Journal of Borderlands Studies is looking for reviewers! Interested? Send your name, affiliation & area(s) of expertise along with the title of the book you are interested in reviewing to Dr. Andréanne Bissonnette [email protected] by Sept. 26

Call for reviewers for the book reviews in the Journal of Borderlands Studies. Contact us if you'd like to review one of the books below!

JOB - The Hispanic Research Center (HRC) at Arizona State University (ASU) invites applications for a full-time Postdoctoral Research Scholar position in one or more areas that examines the experiences and challenges of the Hispanic/Latino community in the United States. apply.interfolio.com/173623

CFP - International symposium, "Trump and Borders: Assessing the First Year of his Second Term in the White House", Grenoble (France) on February 5-6, 2026. The call can be found here: ilcea4.univ-grenoble-alpes.fr/actualites/t...

Call for Papers - Association for Borderlands Studies 2026 Annual Conference. March 25-28, 2026, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA. Celebrating 50 Years of Border Studies: Past, Present and Future. The deadline to submit a proposal is January 16, 2026 absborderlands.org/meetings/abs...

NEW - Along The Line. Writing With Comics and Graphic Narrative in Geography, by @julietjfall.bsky.social www.epflpress.org/produit/1555...

Call for papers: B-SHAPES' final conference Narratives of Europe in uncertain times will take place in Warsaw, Poland, from 5-6 March 2026 www.sdu.dk/en/forskning...

The Association for Borderlands Studies (ABS) invites interested institutions to submit proposals to organize the 2027 ABS World Conference

JOB - PhD position 'Sustaining Borders and Displacement Through Refugee Entrepreneurship', Maastricht University, vacancies.maastrichtuniversity.nl/job/Maastric...

B-SHAPES/NARDIV conference, Warsaw, Poland, 5-6 March 2026. Narratives of Europe in uncertain times. Perceptions of Europe in trans-European, national, local discourses and borderlanders’ stories docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Call for New Editor(s)-in-Chief for the Journal of Borderlands Studies. Apply before September 30, 2025 www.ageiweb.it/eventi-e-inf...

🎙 Podcast En este nuevo episodio de BIG Podcast, @andybissonnette.bsky.social se une a Ben Perrier para hablar de cómo los estudios de género enriquecen los estudios fronterizos, analizando el poder, la identidad y las fronteras en Norteamérica. 🎧 biglobalization.org/outputs/big-...

🎙 Podcast In this new episode of BIG Podcast, @andybissonnette.bsky.social joins Ben Perrier to discuss how Gender Studies enrich Border Studies—examining power, identity & borders in North America. 🎧 biglobalization.org/outputs/big-...

📚Nuevo libro Coeditado por Franck Billé, miembro de ABS, Redacted: Writing in the Negative Space of the State explora de manera crítica y poética la redacción en contextos políticamente cargados a través de ensayos, poemas y arte. punctumbooks.com/titles/redac...

📚New Book Co-edited by ABS member Franck Billé, Redacted: Writing in the Negative Space of the State critically and poetically explores redaction in politically charged contexts through essays, poems, and art. punctumbooks.com/titles/redac...

📘Artículo ABS/JBS Pedro Albuquerque y Francisco José García Fernández son autores de un nuevo artículo en el Journal of Borderlands Studies: "Interwoven Histories Along Water Roads and Liquid Borders: The Guadiana and Uruguay/La Plata Rivers as Case-Studies" www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

📘ABS/JBS Article Pedro Albuquerque and Francisco José García Fernández author a new article in the Journnal of Borderlands Studies: "Interwoven Histories Along Water Roads and Liquid Borders: The Guadiana and Uruguay/La Plata Rivers as Case-Studies" www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

🎥Nuevo documental Descubre el nuevo documental de Zsuzsanna Simits que documenta visualmente la investigación de campo realizada en varias regiones fronterizas europeas para el proyecto B-SHAPES Horizon Europe, en el que participan vari@s miembros de ABS. www.sdu.dk/en/forskning...

🎥New documentary Discover the documentary by Zsuzsanna Simits that visually documents field research conducted in several European border regions for B-SHAPES Horizon Europe project, which includes multiple ABS members. www.sdu.dk/en/forskning...

📘Artículo ABS/JBS En su último artículo en JBS, D.Mulugeta y A.-H.Wando exploran cómo se vive y se practica el panafricanismo de base en la cuenca del lago Chad, una región fronteriza que regula la movilidad y posibilita formas de pertenencia. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

📘ABS/JBS Article In their latest article in the JBS, D.Mulugeta & A.-H.Wando explore how grassroots Pan-Africanism is lived and practiced in the Lake Chad Basin (LCB), a border region that simultaneously regulates mobility and enables forms of belonging. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

📚Nuevo artículo Juha Saunavaara, @aaespiritu.bsky.social y Marina Lomaeva publican un nuevo artículo en el que examinan el impacto de la guerra en la gobernanza regional y la cooperación transfronteriza en el Ártico www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

📚New article J. Saunavaara, @aaespiritu.bsky.social & M. Lomaeva publish a new article examining the war’s impact on regional governance and cross-border cooperation in the Arctic. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

📚Nuevo libro Coed. por Samuel Okunade, miembro de ABS, este libro explora la dinámica cambiante de las fronteras en África, centrándose específicamente en cómo se gestionaron las fronteras antes, durante y después de las restricciones COVID-19 a la movilidad global link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

📚New Book Co-edited by ABS member Samuel Okunade, this book explores the changing dynamics of borders in Africa, with a specific focus on how they were managed before, during and in the aftermath of COVID-19 restrictions on global mobility. link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

📘Artículo ABS/JBS Ante la falta de una definición rigurosa y común de «borderlands», el artículo propone un marco conceptual, basado en Anzaldúa y enfoques interdisciplinares, que los concibe como espacios dinámicos moldeados tanto por el control y la resistencia www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

📘ABS/JBS article Given the absence of a rigorous or shared definition of "borderlands", this article develops a conceptual framework - drawing on Anzaldúa & interdisciplinary work - that theorizes borderlands as dynamic spaces shaped by control & resistance www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

ABS Past president Anna Casaglia mentions the up coming (special) anniversary of the Association for Borderland Studies, next year - it will be the 50th in 2026

🎓Becas de Doctorado La Kenyatta University y el Danish Institute for International Studies invitan a postularse a 2 becas sobre "Green Conflicts in Kenya’s Northern Drylands (FRONTLANDS)" Detalles: www.ku.ac.ke/index.php/ku... Fecha límite: 20 de mayo de 2025 al mediodía (hora de África Oriental)

🎓PhD Scholarships The Kenyatta University and Danish Institute for International Studies invites applicants to apply for 2 PhD Scholarships on "Green Conflicts in Kenya’s Northern Drylands (FRONTLANDS)" Details: www.ku.ac.ke/index.php/ku... Deadline: May 20, 2025 at noon (East African Time)

📚Nueva publicación Este informe, coeditado por el miembro de ABS Daniel Covarrubias, analiza cómo las propuestas arancelarias de EE.UU. podrían afectar al mercado laboral de México mediante un modelo de empleo vinculado al comercio. texascenter.tamiu.edu/pdf/PRESENT/...

📚New publication As part of a three-volume series, this report, co-edited by ABS member Daniel Covarrubias, analyzes how U.S. tariff proposals could impact Mexico’s labor market using a trade-linked employment modeling. texascenter.tamiu.edu/pdf/PRESENT/...

🏆2025 Best Paper Awards Felicitaciones al Dr. Hilmi Ulas y a Hamtha Mukholee, quienes recibieron respectivamente el Premio Best Paper Award y el Premio Best Graduate Paper Award en el marco de la Reunión Anual de la ABS 2025.

🏆2025 Best Paper Awards Congratulations to Dr. Hilmi Ulas and Hamtha Mukholee who respectively were awarded the Best Paper Award and Best Graduate Paper Award as part of the 2025 ABS Annual Meeting.