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The German Historical Institute in Warsaw is ready for the international conference on „Border Matters“.

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May 4, 2026 at 4:09 PM
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Same, so many big names! (and then my little one) #momprof #womenalsoknowhistory #immigrationhistory #jewishhistory #bordermatters.
irpinaingiro.bsky.social Maddalena Marinari, Ph. D. @irpinaingiro.bsky.social · Mar 21
Really looking forward to being in conversation with @guprofbc.bsky.social and other fantastic scholars on April 7!
guprofbc.bsky.social Katie Benton-Cohen, PhD @guprofbc.bsky.social · Mar 20
I don't like to leave #Bisbee these days but I'm honored to be w/the finest historians I know on April 7 in New York @ the Center for #Jewishhistory. It's hybrid so come see us! www.cjh.org/jewish_migra...
#momprof #immigrationhistory #historymatters @irpinaingiro.bsky.social & many others!
March 21, 2024 at 7:39 PM
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The final day of the #BorderMatters #conference begins at the #GHIWarsaw: Today’s panels explore border-making materials, from seas, ships and paper walls to visas, paperwork and financial tests at borders.

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10:00-12:30 Panel 4: Border-making Materials Magdalena Saryusz-Wolska (GHI Warsaw), Felix Lüttge (GHI London), Andrew Tompkins (GHI Warsaw), Melike Şahinol, Gülşah Başkavak, and Ayşe Berna Uçarol (OI Istanbul) 13:45-15:45 Panel 5: Paperwork as Borderwork Sebastian Schwecke (MWF Delhi), Didi Tal (GHI Washington), Alexandre Bibert (GHI Paris), Atiba Pertilla (GHI Washington)
May 6, 2026 at 8:38 AM
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We close Day 2 of the #BorderMatters #Conference at the #GHIWarsaw with a panel discussion on “Uncommon Experiences: Sharing Borders in Contemporary Europe,” chaired by Andrew Tompkins with Julia Buyskykh, Jan Musekamp and Ettore Recchi.

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18:00-19:30: Panel discussion ‘Uncommon Experiences: Sharing Borders in Contemporary Europe’ Chair: Andrew Tompkins (GHI Warsaw) Julia Buyskykh(University College Cork/GHI Warsaw) Jan Musekamp(GHI Warsaw) Ettore Recchi (Sciences Po Paris) Julia Buyskykh, Ettore Recchi, Jan Musekamp, and Andrew Tompkins on the panel.
May 5, 2026 at 5:04 PM
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Missed the keynote? It's now online on the GHI Warsaw's Youtube Channel 🎬

www.youtube.com/watch?v=VrNL...

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May 6, 2026 at 9:13 AM
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Now the second panel on “Bordering and Urban Space” is ongoing with Jaromír Mrňka @mrnka.bsky.social (GHI Warsaw, Prague Branch Office), İclal Ayşe Küçükkırca (OI Istanbul), and Jan Musekamp (GHI Warsaw).

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Panel 2: Bordering and Urban Space Moderation: Jan Musekamp (GHI Warsaw) İclal Ayşe Küçükkırca (OI Istanbul) ‘Homelessness and Homemaking in a Border City: Nusaybin in Post-Conflict, 2016-2023ʼ Jaromír Mrňka ((GHI Warsaw, Branch Office Prague) ‘Queer Underworlds as Border Infrastructures: Rethinking Spatial Form under State Socialismʼ Jaromír Mrňka (GHI Warsaw, Prague Branch Office), İclal Ayşe Küçükkırca (OI Istanbul), Jan Musekamp (GHI Warsaw)
May 5, 2026 at 12:38 PM
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Final panel of the #BorderMatters conference: “Paperwork as Borderwork” examines paper borders, visas, the deterritorialized Iron Curtain, and financial tests at the American border.

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13:45-15:45: Panel 5: Paperwork as Borderwork Chair: Sebastian Schwecke (MWF Delhi) Didi Tal (GHI Washington) ‘Paper Borders: Gender, Visas, and Cinematic Storytelling in Hold Back the Dawn (1941)’ Alexandre Bibert (GHI Paris) ‘Detours, Intimidation, Visas: The Deterritorialized Iron Curtain in Franco–GDR Trade Union Circulations (1950s–1960s)’ Atiba Pertilla (GHI Washington) ‘Showing Money, Seeing Race: The Debate over Financial Tests at the American Border, 1890–1930’ Atiba Pertilla, Alexandre Bibert, Didi Tal, and Sebastian Schwecke on the panel.
May 6, 2026 at 12:55 PM
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Day 2 of the conference “Border Matters” at the #GHIWarsaw is about to begin!

Today’s programme explores phantom borders, urban spaces, imperial boundaries, and contemporary experiences of sharing borders in Europe.

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10:00-12:30: Panel 1: Phantom Borders Sandra Dahlke (MWN Eastern Europe), Izabela Paszko (GHI Warsaw), David Jishkariani (MWN Eastern Europe, Tbilisi), Ralf Meindl (GHI Warsaw), Richard Wittmann (OI Istanbul) 13:45-15:00: Panel 2: Bordering and Urban Space Petra Terhoeven (GHI Rome), İclal Ayşe Küçükkırca (OI Istanbul), Jaromír Mrňka (GHI Warsaw, Prague Branch Office) 15:30-17:30: Panel 3: Redefining Imperial Boundaries Christoph K. Neumann (OI Istanbul), Debarati Bagchi (MWF Delhi), Ruslana Bovhyria (MWN Eastern Europe, Tbilissi), Zeynep Tezer (OI Istanbul) 18:00-19:30: Panel discussion: ‘Uncommon Experiences: Sharing Borders in Contemporary Europe’ Andrew Tompkins (GHI Warsaw), Julia Buyskykh (University College Cork/GHI Warsaw), Jan Musekamp (GHI Warsaw), Ettore Recchi (Sciences Po Paris)
May 5, 2026 at 7:13 AM
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We are kicking off the #BorderMatters conference with Panel 1 on ‘Phantom Borders’. The panellists are Sandra Dahlke (MWN Eastern Europe), Izabela Paszko (GHI Warsaw), David Jishkariani (MWN Eastern Europe, Tbilisi), Ralf Meindl (GHI Warsaw) and Richard Wittmann (OI Istanbul).
10:00-12:30: Panel 1: Phantom Borders Chair: Sandra Dahlke (MWNO) Izabela Paszko (GHI Warsaw) ‘When Borders Disappear: The Afterlives of Infrastructure at the Three Emperorsʼ Cornerʼ David Jishkariani (MWNO Tbilisi) ‘Making Visible Borders in the South Caucasus: The Transcaucasian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic in Action (1922–1936)ʼ Ralf Meindl (GHI Warsaw) ‘Invisible borders – Ermland in the 19th and 20th centuriesʼ Richard Wittmann (OI Istanbul), ‘Mount Athos as a Sacred Borderlandʼ Richard Wittmann, Ralf Meindl, David Jishkariani, Izabela Paszko, and Sandra Dahlke on the panel
May 5, 2026 at 8:58 AM
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Panel 3 has just begun: “Redefining Imperial Boundaries” examines borders in colonial India, the Russian-Iranian border region, and mobility in Ottoman North Africa. Speakers are Debarati Bagchi (mwfdelhi.bsky.social), Ruslana Bovhyria (MWNO Tbilisi), and Zeynep Tezer (OI Istanbul).

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15:30-17:30: Panel 3: Redefining Imperial Boundaries Chair: Christoph K. Neumann (OI Istanbul) Debarati Bagchi (MWF Delhi) ‘The Making of an Agrarian Frontier: Land Rights in a Border District in Colonial Indiaʼ Ruslana Bovhyria (MWNO Tbilisi) ‘The Property Frontier of Empire: Lianozov Company and the Making of the Russo-Iranian Borderland, 1870-1916ʼ Zeynep Tezer (OI Istanbul) ‘Mobility, Borderscapes, and Imperial Entanglements in Ottoman North Africaʼ Ruslana Bovhyria (MWN Eastern Europe, Tbilisi), Zeynep Tezer (OI Istanbul), Christoph K. Neumann (OI Istanbul), and Debarati Bagchi (MWF Delhi) on the panel.
May 5, 2026 at 2:19 PM
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Panel 4 is now ongoing at #GHIWarsaw: "Border-Making Materials", chaired by Magdalena Saryusz-Wolska.

This session examines amphibious histories, territorial disputes over fish, ships and oil, and the use of paper walls as mobile boundary infrastructures.

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10:00-12:30: Panel 4: Border-making Materials Chair: Magdalena Saryusz-Wolska (GHI Warsaw) Felix Lüttge (GHI London) ‘Towards an Amphibious History of the Sea’ Andrew Tompkins (GHI Warsaw) ‘Fish, Ships, and Oil: Territorial Conflict between East Germany and Poland, 1945–1989’ Melike Şahinol, Gülşah Başkavak, and Ayşe Berna Uçarol (OI Istanbul) ‘Beyond Borderlines: Paper Walls as Mobile Boundary Infrastructures in Transnational Surgical-Craftscapes’ Felix Lüttge (GHI London) on the panel. Andrew Tompkins (GHI Warsaw) on the panel. Gülşah Başkavak, Melike Şahinol, and Ayşe Berna Uçarol (OI Istanbul) on the panel.
May 6, 2026 at 9:49 AM
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Starting with a #Keynote #Lecture by @michalfrankl.bsky.social (@gwzo.bsky.social, Prag) on „Humanitarian Border Crossings: Aid in No Manʼs Land“

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May 4, 2026 at 4:19 PM