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2012 October 12-15
3rd Conference of the Asian Borderlands Research Network
"Connections, Corridors, and Communities"
Hosted by the Centre for Southwest Borderland Ethnic Minority Studies, Yunnan University, Kunming, China

2012 September 12-15
2012 European ABS Conference
"Borders and Borderlands: Today’s Challenges and Tomorrow’s Prospects"
Hosted by CEG/IGOT, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
The deadline for submission of abstracts is February 5th, 2012.

2012 September 6-7
Metrolux 2012 Conference on Unpacking Cross-Border Governance
Hosted by the Metrolux research team at the Centre for Population, Poverty and Public Policy Studies (CEPS/INSTEAD) in Luxembourg

2012 April 11-14
Association for Borderlands Studies - ABS
Western Social Science Association Annual Conference
Houston, Texas, USA / Hyatt Regency Houston

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2011 November 30 – December 3
RISC 2011 Conference (Consortium for Comparative Research on Regional Integration and Social Cohesion)
“Social cohesion: The missing link in regional integration?”
Hosted by the Department of Politics, University of Johannesburg
Rustenburg, South Africa

2011 September 22-24
International Conference on (Re)Integration and Development Issues in Multicultural and Border Regions
Organized by the Institute for Geographical Studies and the Institute for Mediterranean Humanities and Social Studies
of the Science and Research Centre of the University of Primorska
Portorož, Slovenia

20011 September 6-9
Border Regions in Transition XI Conference
“The Mobile Borders”
Geneva, Switzerland and Grenoble, France

2011 May 19-20
Urban Conflicts: Ethno-national Divisions, States and Cities
Queen’s University, Belfast

2011 May 19-20
Fences, Walls and Borders: State of Insecurity?
Organized by the Raoul Dandurand Chair at the University of Québec at Montreal,
in association with the Association for Borderlands Studies
Montreal, Québec, Canada
View final report here

2011 April 29
3rd Annual Social Justice and Peace Conference/Exhibition
University of Texas, Pan American, Criminal Justice

2011 April 13-16
Association for Borderlands Studies - ABS
Western Social Science Association Annual Conference
Salt Lake City, Utah, USA / Hilton Salt Lake City Center

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2010 November 5-7
Asian Borderlands: Enclosure, Interaction and Transformation
2nd Conference of the Asian Borderlands Research Network
Chiang Mai University (RCSD), Thailand

2010 April 23
Between the Lines: Border Research Ethics and Methods
Organized by The University of Arizona
Tucson Arizona, USA

2010 April 14-17
Association for Borderlands Studies - ABS
Western Social Science Association Annual Conference
Reno, Nevada, USA / Grand Sierra Resort

2010 March 11-12
China’s Policies on its Borderlands and International Relations
Organized by Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities
University of Macau, Macao, China

2010 February 11
Kosovo: From one Protectorate to Another
Organized by the Center on Peace Missions, Raoul Dandurand Chair
University of Quebec at Montreal, Canada

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2009 April 15-18
Association for Borderlands Studies - ABS
Western Social Science Association Annual Conference
Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA / Hyatt Regency Hotel

2009 April 1-3
The State of Sovereignty
International Boundaries Research Unit, 20th anniversary conference
Durham University, Durham, UK

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2008 September 11-13
Cultural Production and Negotiation of Borders
The 2008 European Conference of the Association for Borderland Studies
University of Tromsø/Barents Institute, Kirkenes, Norway

2008 July 7-9
River Boundaries: Practicalities & Solutions
International Boundaries Research Unit, Durham University, UK

2008 June 21-22
Transnational Ethnic Communities
Institute for Ethnic Studies, Ljubljana, Slovenia

2008 April 23-26
Association for Borderlands Studies - ABS
Western Social Science Association Annual Conference
Denver, Colorado, USA / Grand Hyatt Hotel, 1750 Welton Street, Denver

2008 March 6-7
Crossing Borders / Issues & Resolutions
A Conference for US & Canadian University Students
Consulate General of Canada in Seattle, USA

2008 February 1
Re-conceptualizing Borders, Re-thinking Las Líneas
Students for Informed Migration Policy and Legal Issues (SIMPLI)
The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA

2008 January 12-15
Border Regions in Transition IX Conference
Victoria, BC, Canada and Bellingham, WA, USA

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