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2020 Annual Conference in Paris

Theme: “Security and Trade in African Borderlands”

Dates: December 17-18, 2020

Paris, France

Call for Papers


ABORNE 2018 annual meeting in Cagliari, 16-17 April

Call for Papers:   ABORNE 2018 annual meeting - Materiality and Immateriality in the Reproduction of African Borders

Cagliari, Sardinia 16-17 April 2018

Deadline for paper abstracts: 18 December 2017

Send abstracts to: isabsoi[at]gmail.com

For further details, click here.

ABORNE 2017 workshop in Niamey

Call for PapersLinking borderlands research and policy in Africa and Europe: Tackling translation challenges

Location: Niamey, Niger

Dates: November 29 - December 4, 2017

Click here for full details.

Send abstracts to: aborne.niamey[at]gmail.com

Travel costs of selected participants will be covered. 


2014 ABS Conference in Joensuu

Theme of meeting: ABORNE panel stream in the Association of Borderlands Studies' 1st World Conference on "Post-Cold War Borders: Global Trends and Regional Responses“

Dates: June 9th - 13th 2014

Location: Joensuu, Finland and St Petersburg, Russia

Organisers: Jussi Laine, Wolfgang Zeller

2014 ABS Joensuu Programme

2014 ABS Joensuu Final Report

Panel and Round Table Abstracts: All papers


2013 Workshop in Vienna

Theme of meeting: “Bewildering Borders” - Transnational Conservation and Resource Governance in Africa

Dates: September 27th - 28th 2013

Location: Vienna, Austria

Organisers: Werner Zips, Manuela Zips-Mairitsch

2013 Vienna Call for Papers

2013 Vienna Programme and Final Report

Paper abstracts: All papers


2013 PhD Winter School in St Louis

Dates: January 9th-12th, 2013

Location: St Louis, Senegal

Organisers: Aboubakr Tandia

2013 St Louis Abstracts

2013 St Louis Call for Applications

2013 St Louis Programme

Panels and Papers: All papers


2012 Annual Conference in Edinburgh

Theme of meeting: "African Borderlands: Regional Integration from Above and Below"

Dates: June 5th-9th, 2012

Location: University of Edinburgh, Centre for African Studies

Organisers: Wolfgang Zeller and Paul Nugent

2012 Edinburgh Call for Papers

Panels and Papers: All papers

Keynote by Professor Anthony Asiwaju


2011 Workshop in Pavia

Theme of meeting: Fences, Networks, People: Exploring the Africa/EU borderland

Dates: December 15th-17th, 2011

Location: Pavia University, Italy

Organisers: Alice Bellagamba, Timothy Raeymaekers and Pierluigi Valsecchi

2011 Pavia Call for Papers

2011 Pavia Programme

2011 Pavia Scientific Report

Panels and Papers: All panels and papers


2011 Annual Conference in Lisbon

Theme of meeting: "Crossing African Borders: Migration and Mobility"

Dates: September 21st-25th, 2011

Location: ISCTE-IUL, Lisbon University Institute, Portugal

Organisers: Cristina Rodrigues and Joao Dias

2011 Lisbon Call for Papers

2011 Lisbon Panels and Abstracts

2011 Lisbon Programme

Panels and Papers: All papers


2011 Workshop in Durham

Theme of meeting: Sudanese Borderlands

Dates: April 18th-20th, 2011

Location: University of Durham, UK

Organisers: Cherri Leonardi d.c.leonardi@durham.ac.uk
Chris Vaughan christopher.vaughan@durham.ac.uk

2011 Durham Final Programme

2011 Durham Final Report

Abstracts: All panels


2010 Workshop in Åbo/Turku

Theme of meeting: "Post-Independence Secessionism"

Dates: September 30th - October 1st, 2010

Location: Åbo/Turku, Finland

Organisers: Jordi Tomas jtomasguilera@yahoo.com, Wolfgang Zeller wolfgang.zeller@ed.ac.uk

2010 Abo Call for Papers

2010 Abo Programme

2010 Abo Scientific Report

Workshop Papers: All papers


2010 Annual Conference in Basel

Theme of meeting: "Cross-border Trade in Africa: The local politics of a global economy"

Dates: September 8th-11th, 2010

Location: University of Basel, Switzerland

Organisers: Gregor Dobler, Wolfgang Zeller

2010 Basel Call for Papers

2010 Basel Programme and Abstracts

2010 Basel Conference Handout

2010 Basel Final Report

Conference Papers: All papers


2010 PhD Summer School in Thurnau

Theme of meeting: "Borderland cultures, Politics and the making of orders in borderlands, borderland economies, Methodological challenges of borderland studies."

Dates: July 26th-30th, 2010

Location: Universitat Bayreuth, Palace of Thurnau

Organisers: ThomaHüsken, Georg Klute

2010 Thurnau Call for Papers

2010 Thurnau Programme

2010 Thurnau Final Report

Summer School Papers: All panels


2010 Workshop in Ghent

Theme of meeting: "Bringing the Margins Back in: War making and state making in the borderlands"

Dates: February 12th-14th, 2010

Location: Ghent, Belgium

Organisers: Timothy Raeymaekers timothy.raeymaekers@geo.uzh.ch,
Benedikt Korf benedikt.korf@geo.uzh.ch

2010 Ghent Call for Papers

2010 Ghent Abstracts

2010 Ghent Presenters

2010 Ghent Programme

Workshop Abstracts: Ghent Abstracts

Workshop Papers: Ghent Papers


2009 Annual Conference in Johannesburg

Theme of meeting: "How is Africa Transforming Border Studies?”

Dates: September 10th-14th, 2009

Location: Johannesburg, South Africa

Programme

Call for Papers

Final Report

Workshop panels: All Panels

Workshop plenaries: All plenaries

Keynote Debate: "How is Africa transforming border studies?"

Coplan

Newman


2008 Annual Conference in Thurnau (Bayreuth)

Theme of meeting: “From Empirical Studies towards a Theory”

Dates: July 26th-28th, 2008

Location: Thurnau, Germany

Programme

Call for Papers


2007 Annual Conference in Edinburgh

Theme of meeting: "African Borderlands Research: Emerging Agendas and Critical Reflections”

Dates: June 13th-14th, 2007

Location: Centre for African Studies, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK

Programme

Abstracts