{"id":596,"date":"2023-06-16T15:11:14","date_gmt":"2023-06-16T12:11:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.uef.fi\/bomocult-conference\/?page_id=596"},"modified":"2025-09-08T15:54:33","modified_gmt":"2025-09-08T12:54:33","slug":"previous-conferences","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.uef.fi\/bomocult-conference\/previous-conferences\/","title":{"rendered":"Previous Conferences"},"content":{"rendered":"\t<div id=\"accordion-block_16caf7d16782bb1632d413663d14cd14\" class=\"accordions\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"accordion accordion-js\">\n\t\t\t\t<button class=\"accordion__button\" aria-controls=\"content-7771\" aria-expanded=\"false\" id=\"accordion-control-7771\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"accordion__heading\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t2024 BOMOCULT Conference\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"accordion__content\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"accordion-control-7771\" aria-hidden=\"true\" id=\"content-7771\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4>Resilience in Times of Uncertainty<\/h4>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>10-11 October 2024, University of Eastern Finland, Joensuu campus<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>2024 conference addressed questions related to conceptualisations, critical interrogations and practical applications of social resilience. The call for panels and papers welcomed to address cross-cutting perspectives on resilience from fields related to the study of borders, mobilities and cultural encounters. We particularly encouraged submissions that elaborated interdisciplinary approaches from diverse perspectives as well as methodological and geographical vantage points.<\/p>\n<p>2024 Conference included four thematic sessions and a plenary session.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><strong>Keynote speaker 2024<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Karin Dean,<\/strong> School of Humanities, Tallinn University: <strong>Borderlands as laboratories: testing our understanding of resistance and resilience.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"accordion-block_f9c61f1b10421ed52f173400d3e7febc\" class=\"accordions\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"accordion accordion-js\">\n\t\t\t\t<button class=\"accordion__button\" aria-controls=\"content-659\" aria-expanded=\"false\" id=\"accordion-control-659\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"accordion__heading\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t2023 BOMOCULT Conference \t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"accordion__content\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"accordion-control-659\" aria-hidden=\"true\" id=\"content-659\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4><strong>Transforming Borders in an Insecure World<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>5-6 October 2023, University of Eastern Finland, Joensuu campus<\/p>\n<p>2023 BOMOCULT Conference welcomed papers and panels that took up debates regarding processes of cooperation, dialogue and inclusion as well as the challenges that confront more open understandings of borders. We particularly encouraged interdisciplinary and geographically diverse perspectives on borders as spaces of opportunity &#8211; within and despite the current context of conflict and fragmentation.<\/p>\n<p>2023 Conference included six thematic paper sessions and two plenary sessions.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Keynote Speakers 2023<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Dorte Jagetic Andersen<\/em>, <\/strong><em>University of Southern Denmark: <strong>Seeing from the Border in Times of Multiple Crises \u2013 Reflections on the Potential of \u2018The Borderland Perspective\u2019 in Dealing with Crisis<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Sabine Lehner<\/em>, <\/strong><em>University of Applied Sciences St. P\u00f6lten, Austria: <strong>Theoretical, Empirical and Methodological Perspectives on the Relationship between Language, Boundaries and Borders<\/strong><\/em>. A special plenary of the <em>LangWork <\/em>Project.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"accordion-block_27eeb1f75a5e8c74b34e7573511a3c2f\" class=\"accordions\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"accordion accordion-js\">\n\t\t\t\t<button class=\"accordion__button\" aria-controls=\"content-6861\" aria-expanded=\"false\" id=\"accordion-control-6861\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"accordion__heading\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t2022 Conference with the ETMU Days\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"accordion__content\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"accordion-control-6861\" aria-hidden=\"true\" id=\"content-6861\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>In 2022, BOMOCULT participated in the<\/p>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.uef.fi\/mobilelives\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/sites.uef.fi\/mobilelives\/\">19th ETMU Days &#8220;Mobile Lives, Glocal Complexities&#8221;<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>24-25 November 2022, at the University of Eastern Finland, Joensuu campus<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"accordion-block_2e73eb4ccf78eb706120a41a8eb51af4\" class=\"accordions\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"accordion accordion-js\">\n\t\t\t\t<button class=\"accordion__button\" aria-controls=\"content-7029\" aria-expanded=\"false\" id=\"accordion-control-7029\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"accordion__heading\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t2021 BOMOCULT Conference\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"accordion__content\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"accordion-control-7029\" aria-hidden=\"true\" id=\"content-7029\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4><strong>Frictions, Encounters and Cosmopolitan Conditions<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>7-8 October 2021, University of Eastern Finland, Joensuu<\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>2021 BOMOCULT\u00a0Conference, the 8<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0in an ongoing series\u00a0organized by UEF\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uef.fi\/en\/research-community\/borders-mobilities-and-cultural-encounters-bomocult\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.uef.fi\/en\/research-community\/borders-mobilities-and-cultural-encounters-bomocult\">Borders, Mobilities and Cultural Encounters Research Community<\/a>,\u00a0built on rich interdisciplinary dialogue linking borders, mobilities and cultural encounters. At the same time, the agenda reflected the impacts of the global Covid-19 pandemic.\u00a0As the world was craving for a return to \u2018normal\u2019 life, there was a general sense that the\u00a0social, political and economic\u00a0consequences of Covid-19 would be with us long after the pandemic abated.\u00a0Economic recovery did not benefit all countries in like manner and the social divisions exacerbated by the\u00a0health crisis\u00a0were difficult to bridge in the short term. During the pandemic we also\u00a0experienced a resurgence of national\u00a0egoisms\u00a0and\u00a0weak international responses\u00a0despite the\u00a0global\u00a0nature of the\u00a0crisis.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>2021 Conference included seven thematic paper sessions, two keynote speakers and a special plenary lecture.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><strong>Keynote Speakers 2021<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Cathal McCall<\/strong>, Professor, School of History, Anthropology, Philosophy and Politics, Queen\u2019s University Belfast: <strong>Friction at the New Western European Union Frontier: Brexitland and Irish borders<\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Cyril Hovorun<\/strong>, Professor, Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles<\/em>: <strong>Theological Epistemology and Pedagogy<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading {\"level\":4} --><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Special Plenary Lecture 2021<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Alistair Hunter<\/strong>, Senior Lecturer in Health and Social Policy, School of Interdisciplinary Studies, University of Glasgow<\/em>: <strong>Minorities in, minorities out: Cemeteries, religious diversity and the French body politic in contemporary and historical perspective.<\/strong><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.uef.fi\/bomocult-conference\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/307\/2023\/06\/UEF_Bomocult_Logo-003.png\" alt=\"Logo depicts globe inside a placemark\" class=\"wp-image-683\" style=\"width:340px;height:102px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.uef.fi\/bomocult-conference\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/307\/2023\/06\/UEF_Bomocult_Logo-003.png 1000w, https:\/\/sites.uef.fi\/bomocult-conference\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/307\/2023\/06\/UEF_Bomocult_Logo-003-300x90.png 300w, https:\/\/sites.uef.fi\/bomocult-conference\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/307\/2023\/06\/UEF_Bomocult_Logo-003-768x230.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><mark class=\"has-inline-color has-black-color\"><\/mark><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":600,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-596","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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