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2020 Annual Conference in Paris
Theme: “Security and Trade in African Borderlands”
Dates: December 17-18, 2020
Paris, France
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
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ABORNE 2017 workshop in Niamey
Call for Papers: Linking borderlands research and policy in Africa and Europe: Tackling translation challenges
Location: Niamey, Niger
Dates: November 29 - December 4, 2017
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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
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 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 Call for Applications
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
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 Panels and Abstracts
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
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
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 Programme and Abstracts
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: Thomas Hüsken, Georg Klute
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
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
Workshop panels: All Panels
Workshop plenaries: All plenaries
Keynote Debate: "How is Africa transforming border studies?"
2008 Annual Conference in Thurnau (Bayreuth)
Theme of meeting: “From Empirical Studies towards a Theory”
Dates: July 26th-28th, 2008
Location: Thurnau, Germany