Borderlands are a useful conceptual tool to capture complex economic and social interactions as well as identity dynamics involving communities that have ties that cross recognized geographic borders. This panel brings together a group of respected scholars to consider borderlands and the impact cross-border politics have on identity and nationalism, a topic made ever more timely within the context of Russia’s war on Ukraine.
Participants:
Kristina Kallas (University of Tartu, Estonia)
Myra Waterbury (Ohio University, U.S.)
Harris Mylonas (George Washington University, U.S.)
Alina Jašina-Schäfer (Federal Institute for Culture and History of the Germans in Eastern Europe, Germany)
Moderator: Angela Kachuyevski (Arcadia University, U.S.)
