This page provides an overview of current activities and upcoming events organised or supported by the UniGR-CBS Trier team. The relevant contact persons are listed for all events. If you have any further questions about the activities of CBS Trier, please send an email to unigrcbsuni-trierde.
 

Open Lecture
From Control to Governance: Rethinking the U.S. - Mexico Border

On 8 July 2026, UniGR-CBS Trier is organising a lecture followed by a networking event. María Verónica Elías, associate professor for public administration at the University of Texas at San Antonio and UniGR-CBS Fellow at RPTU Kaiserslautern, will speak on the challenges of governance at the US-Mexico border. The lecture is open to anyone interested.

Further information on the talk and the networking event that follows can be found here.

Contact:unigrcbsuni-trierde
 

Conference for Carceral Geography

The 6th International Conference for Carceral Geography will take place at Trier University on 15 and 16 September 2026. This year's conference will focus on an interdisciplinary examination of the topics of Carcerality, Borders, and Mobility. The event is being organised by the Carceral Geography Working Group.

Further information about the conference and the current Call for Papers can be found on the conference website.

Contact: 2026ICCGgmailcom
 

Workshop “Tourism and Leisure at the Border”

From 30 September to 01 October 2026, UniGR-CBS Trier invites you to a two-day workshop in Trier led by Prof. Dr. Fabian Frenzel and JProf. Dr. Michael Mießner. The workshop is a continuation of the Open Space held in November 2025 as part of the Seminar Border Studies and deals with the topic of Tourism and Leisure at the Border. Interested researchers are cordially invited to participate in the conference and take part in the cross-border exchange.

Click here for the full Call for Participation.

Contact: unigrcbsuni-trierde