The second edition of the quadrennial Association for Borderlands Studies World Conference, the world's largest convention on borders and border-related issues, will be organized by the University of Vienna and partners and hosted in Vienna and Budapest from July 10th to 14th, 2018.
The organizing theme is 'Border-Making and its Consequences:
Interpreting Evidence from the "post-Colonial" and "post-Imperial" 20th Century'. We expect more than 350 participants from around the world, including renowned scholars as well as students, spanning all fields of the humanities and social sciences. Please take your time to discover the many intriguing aspects of this conference: www.abs2018world.com

Furthermore, an FWF-sponsored Top Citizen Science Project will take place in the framework of the conference. The ABS conference will become a site of scientific investigation itself, where 100 citizen scientists (bachelor students in the humanities from border regions throughout the ex-Habsburg area) will meet 100 border scholars as equals for a cross-disciplinary (border/citizen science) experiment. A special focus will be put on potentially common narratives among citizen scientists in articulating the meaning of borders. How is the border verbally drawn and how did it evolve during the further global conversations? The project aims to offer a solid empirical data basis for future research in border studies. Please find more Information on this project here:
http://www.univie.ac.at/talkingborders/

We look forward to welcome you at the conference!