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.

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 – 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

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

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

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

𝗛𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗱𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗮 𝗯𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗿𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗼𝗻? 𝗖𝗿𝗼𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗮 𝗯𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗹𝘆?
📸 Share your impressions with the academic community and submit your photos to the #UniGR_CBS Border Gallery!
👉 Visit the Gallery: cbs.uni-gr.eu/en/border-ga...

Neues #UniGR_CBS Working Paper! „Dringlichkeit(en) und Grenzziehung(en)“ von Rebecca Heinrich @uni-freiburg.de analysiert, wie Dringlichkeitsdiskurse im deutsch-französischen Kontext die Wahrnehmung der Klima- und Energiekrise prägen mit Fokus auf Grenzziehungen. Open Access: shorturl.at/7CSF0

The #UniGR_CBS takes a short summer break and will be back in September. ☀️ 🌳 🍨
To all border scholars, colleagues and partners:
Have a sunny and relaxing holiday!
Bonnes vacances d'été !
Schöne Sommerferien!

Die #CulturalBorderStudies stehen im Fokus einer Sitzung der Ringvorlesung „Grenzen – Grenzräume – Grenzbegegnungen“ an der Uniuversität Trier.

Die AG #Bordertexturen des #UniGR_CBS stellt dort ihre Arbeit vor.

🗓️ 25. Juni, 12 Uhr📍Uni Trier, Raum N4 (hybrid)

Infos & Anmeldung shorturl.at/WjfDv

#Bordertextures goes global!

Members of the #UniGR_CBS from Germany, France, and Luxembourg organised a panel at the #BRIT2025 conference in Cyprus.

They brought together #CulturalStudies, #ComplexityThinking and #BorderStudies as well as entangled methodologies.

Looking forward to #BRIT2027!

Neues UniGR-CBS Working Paper – Grenzüberschreitende Kooperation in SaarLorLux
Das neue zweisprachige #UniGR_CBS Working Paper von Julia Dittel und Florian Weber @uni-saarland.de beleuchtet die grenzüberschreitende Kooperation in der Region SaarLorLux.
👉 Open Access: shorturl.at/pb4ze

Meet #UniGR_CBS at the @absborders.bsky.social Annual Conference 2025 in Seattle (April 2–5)! The #Bordertextures panel shares new insights in #CulturalBorderStudies.
More information absborderlands.org/meetings/abs...

#ABS2025 #BorderStudies

𝗦𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗲: 𝟮𝟰/𝟬𝟰/𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱
Comment l’apprentissage transfrontalier peut-il répondre aux défis du marché du travail ? Le Forum Grande Région #UniGR_CBS réunit expert.e.s, chercheur.e.s et étudiant.e.s pour explorer ses enjeux et perspectives. Inscription : shorturl.at/U3Syx
#ForumGrandeRégion

What new perspectives on crises does the book open up? Read the full interview with #UniGR_CBS member Lola Aubry about the new book “Resituating Crisis. Silencing and Voicing Crisis in Everyday Life” 👉 shorturl.at/SC3Io

The February issue of the UniGR-CBS newsletter is out
👉 shorturl.at/zLSQp

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

#UniGR_CBS

In #BorderStudies, borders are now seen as complex. In order to sharpen the debate, I provide a commentary in a new #UniGR_CBS working paper by discussing how complexity theories can inspire border research.
👉 Open access download hdl.handle.net/10993/63822

Save-the-date (12/02/2025, 4PM) – Xavier Oliveras-González will give a talk in the #UniGR_CBS online lecture series #BorderRealities about borders as a process co-constituted by the entanglement of multiple material entities, whether human or non-human.
More info 👉 shorturl.at/skU1G

Hello, Bluesky and #BorderStudies Community!
The UniGR-Center for Border Studies is now on Bluesky.

Follow for information about the latest research publications, news, call for papers, conferences, workshops and insights.
#UniGR_CBS

Congratulations to @liser.lu for the inspiring program & great organization of the #DisruptiveBorderlands conference! Thanks to the #UniGR_CBS members from the Greater Region for showcasing the variety of #BorderStudies & new approaches to borderland challenges.

#BorderStudies

Thank you for celebrating 10 years of #UniGR_CBS with us! The Border Struggles & (Cross-)Border Alliances conference at Saarland University brought together border scholars to exchange ideas & reflect on past & future research.
More insights 👉 shorturl.at/15cpO

Celebrating 10 years of #UniGR_CBS! Since 2014, it has connected researchers from 4 countries & 6 universities to explore border issues in Europe & beyond. In a special podcast, Denise Rodrigues & Christian Wille reflect on its journey & future. shorturl.at/T6WQp

#BorderStudies

Was gilt in der Grenzforschung als komplex? Wie verknüpft man Komplexitätsdenken mit progressiven Grenzkonzepten?
Christian Wille untersucht dies im #UniGR_CBS Working Paper & entwickelt Perspektiven für komplexitätsorientierte Grenzforschung.
#OpenAccess 👉 shorturl.at/bsKce

#BorderTemporalities – Integrating historical perspectives in contemporary Border Studies: Find out more about the #UniGR_CBS working group Border Temporalities in this episode of the Podcast Series ON AIR
🎧 shorturl.at/T6WQp

#LinkingBorderlands: Book release with contributions from more than ten #UniGR_CBS members. This open access book shows the complexity and dynamics of European border regions as zones of contact and transition.

👉 More info shorturl.at/dU18q

The online #UniGR_CBS lecture series #BorderRealities in cooperation with the Université Grenoble Alpes deals with #borders and the nature-culture divide and is aimed at researchers, students, and the interested public.
👉 More info shorturl.at/zaTHC

I was delighted to welcome @dgerst.bsky.social to the University of Luxembourg to discuss recent developments in border research from a #CulturalStudies perspective.

Find out more about his research & teaching stay at the UniGR-Center for Border Studies: cbs.uni-gr.eu/en/news/cher...

#UniGR_CBS

I was delighted to celebrate again a birthday with my #UniGR_CBS colleagues. This time, we were joined by the presidents of the six partner universities, who were unequivocal in their assertion that the UniGR-CBS is a model for sustainable cross-border #research cooperation in the #GreaterRegion.