CONTESTED BORDERLANDS AS SPACES OF NEGOTIATION AND ADAPTATION
26-28 May 2025, CyprusSince 1994, the Border Regions in Transition (BRIT) Conferences are among the leading international scientific conferences on interdisciplinary research on borders and borderlands.
Read MoreProfessor of Geopolitics and Political Geography, Radboud University Nijmegen
Henk van Houtum is a Professor of Geopolitics and Political Geography at Radboud University and co-director of the Nijmegen Centre for Border Research (NCBR). He has written extensively on b/ordering and othering, borderism, global mobility inequality, visa regimes, migration policies, the cartography of borders and migration, borderlands, conflicts, cross-border cooperation, nationalism, and the geopolitics of football. His latest book is: Free the Map. From Atlas to Hermes. A new cartography of borders and migration (2024): https://www.nai010.com/en/publicaties/free-the-map/246126/. For further info and publications, see henkvanhoutum.nl/
Professor of International Relations, University of Cyprus
Costas M. Constantinou is Professor of International Relations at the University of Cyprus with research interests in diplomacy, conflict, international theory, and legal and normative aspects of international relations. Born in Nicosia, he completed his PhD at Lancaster University and taught in the UK at the Universities of Lancaster, Hull and Keele, before returning to Cyprus. He also held visiting posts at Taras Shevchenko University, Kiev, the Middle East Technical University, Ankara, and the United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD) in Geneva. His research received international awards and funding, and published extensively in international peer-reviewed journals and publishing houses. For a selection of his publications, see https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Costas-Constantinou-4
Conference registration fee
The conference fee for students is €90, and for all other participants is €180. Participant registration takes place from 10 February until 13 April.
Failure to register and to pay the conference fee will result in the participant’s name being removed from the Conference Programme and the List of Participants.
• 28 October 2024: Call for papers/panels opens.
• 12 January 2025: Deadline for submission of abstracts for individual papers and full panels.
• 10 February 2025: Notification of acceptance. Registration and payment platform opens.
• 13 April 2025: Registration closes.
• 7 May 2025: Submission of full text papers.
• 26-28 May 2025: Conference.
• 29-30 May 2025: Post-conference field trip.
Monday, May 26th, 2025 | |
9:00-10:00 | Registration starts |
10:00-11:30 | Session 1 [3 parallel sessions] |
11:30-11:45 | Break |
11:45-13:15 | Session 2 [3 parallel sessions] |
13:15-14:30 | Lunch |
14:30-16:00 | Session 3 [3 parallel sessions] |
16:00-16:15 | Break |
16:15-17:30 | Welcome and Keynote speech |
Tuesday, May 27th, 2025 | |
9:30-11:00 | Session 4 [3 parallel sessions] |
11:00-11:15 | Break |
11:15-12:45 | Session 5 [3 parallel sessions] |
12:45-14:00 | Lunch |
14:00-15:30 | Session 6 [3 parallel sessions] |
15:30-15:45 | Break |
15:45-17:00 | Keynote speech |
17:00 | Reception |
Wednesday, May 28th, 2025 | |
9:30-11:00 | Session 7 [3 parallel sessions] |
11:00-11:15 | Break |
11:15-12:45 | Session 8 [3 parallel sessions] |
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