Founded in 1974, AIFG is the principal association for Germanic philology in Italy. It brings together academics, researchers, and doctoral students interested in the study of ancient and medieval Germanic languages and literatures—including Old and Middle English, Old and Middle High German, Old Norse, and Gothic. AIFG is recognised for its methodological rigour and its commitment to both traditional philological approaches and newer fields such as Digital Humanities.

The association organises annual conferences and seminars, providing a central platform for scholarly exchange in the discipline. AIFG has actively supported our seminar series by sharing announcements in its newsletters and on social media (Facebook, Instagram), particularly for events closely related to Germanic philology. Several speakers, as well as one of our organisers, are also AIFG members.

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ECREA is the leading learned society for communication scholars across Europe and beyond. Established to promote the quality of communication research and education, the association provides a vibrant platform for a diverse community of academics, practitioners, and researchers. ECREA is characterised by its interdisciplinary approach, organised into numerous thematic sections, ranging from Media and Cultural Studies to Digital Culture and Communication, which reflect the evolving landscape of contemporary media.

The association is widely recognised for organising the biennial European Communication Conference (ECC) and for its commitment to supporting doctoral students and early-career scholars through specialised summer schools and workshops. ECREA also plays a pivotal role in academic publishing and the development of European-wide research networks, fostering international collaboration and innovation in the field of communication.

ECREA has significantly enhanced the visibility of our seminar series within the international academic community. By featuring our event announcements in its official newsletters, the association has allowed us to reach a wide audience of specialists in media, culture, and communication studies, facilitating a global dialogue on the themes of borders and entangled histories.

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IMISCOE is the largest interdisciplinary network of scholars in the field of migration, integration, and social cohesion in Europe. Bringing together over 60 research institutes and more than 4,000 scholars from various disciplines, including sociology, political science, history, law, and anthropology, IMISCOE serves as a global hub for migration studies. The network is dedicated to fostering high-quality research, promoting comparative perspectives, and bridging the gap between academic scholarship and public policy.

The network is renowned for its annual conferences, its open-access book series (IMISCOE Research Series), and its influential journal, Comparative Migration Studies. By facilitating thematic Research Groups and supporting early-career researchers, IMISCOE has become the definitive platform for understanding the complexities of human mobility in the contemporary world.

IMISCOE has been a key partner in the international outreach of our seminar series. Through its extensive digital network, the association has actively promoted our events, sharing announcements and cross-posting seminar highlights on its official social media channels. Their support has been instrumental in connecting our Entangled Histories project with a global community of migration experts and researchers.

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Founded as a focal point for interdisciplinary research at Leiden University, the Medieval and Early Modern Studies cluster brings together scholars, researchers, and students interested in the arts and culture of Europe and beyond from the early Middle Ages through to the eighteenth century. The cluster explores processes of cultural creation, reception, and transformation within a wide range of societal contexts, focusing on literature, art, architecture, manuscripts, books, performing arts, and more.

Recognised for its methodological diversity and commitment to both traditional and innovative approaches, including Digital Humanities, the cluster encourages collaboration across disciplines and chronologies. Its members range from early career scholars to leading experts, united by a shared interest in understanding processes of continuity and change in medieval and early modern cultures. Research themes include meaning and materiality, cultural translation and transmission, production, reception and agency, and the history of cultures, knowledge, and ideas.

The cluster organises monthly meetings, biennial conferences, collaborative teaching initiatives, and maintains a Medievalist Blog. It partners with institutions such as the University Library’s Scaliger Institute, museums, and other research clusters and schools, and actively works to preserve objects of study for the future through publications, exhibitions, and outreach beyond academia. The cluster also reflects on the uses of the medieval and early modern past in the modern world, and its research is important for understanding current collections in libraries, archives, and museums, as well as the changing role of art and literature in society.

The Medieval and Early Modern Studies cluster has actively supported our seminar series by sharing announcements with its members and circulating information within its network, thus strengthening scholarly exchange and collaboration, and we look forward to further opportunities for partnership.

For more information, please visit the cluster’s website: https://www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/humanities/centre-for-the-arts-in-society/medieval-early-modern-studies

The UniGR-Center for Border Studies (UniGR-CBS) is the principal interdisciplinary research centre for border studies in the Greater Region of Europe. Established in 2014, UniGR-CBS brings together around 80 researchers from six partner universities—University of Luxembourg (lead institution), University of Liège, University of Lorraine, Saarland University, University of Kaiserslautern-Landau, and University of Trier.

UniGR-CBS serves as a hub for the study of border regions, focusing on the social, economic, political, and cultural dynamics shaping cross-border areas. Its activities are firmly interdisciplinary, spanning the social and political sciences, geography and spatial planning, and cultural and humanities studies.

The centre organises thematic working groups, annual conferences, and seminars, fostering collaboration and dialogue among scholars from different countries and disciplines. UniGR-CBS also serves as a bridge between academic research and policy, offering evidence-based insights for the challenges posed by borders in Europe. 

A key scientific output of the centre is its peer-reviewed journal, Borders in Perspective, which publishes multilingual thematic issues on topics ranging from border theory to everyday practices in border regions.
UniGR-CBS has promoted our events in its newsletter and is actively assisting us in identifying potential speakers from within the centre for the next academic year. We are also developing a collaboration to publish selected seminar papers in a future thematic issue of Borders in Perspective. The centre’s president, Christian Wille, has played a particularly supportive role in these initiatives.

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