Katarzyna Stoklosa, Centre for Border Region Studies, Süddänische Universität
17.11.2021: Arrival of the project participants
18.11.2021: Conference (part I): Scholars in dialog
9.00: Coffee and welcoming (Alsion)
9.10-9.20: Opening of the conference
9.20-9.30: A short introduction to FRONTEM: Birte Wassenberg (Strasbourg)
9.30 – 10.15: Introduction to the history of the German-Danish border: Steen Bo Frandsen (Sønderborg)
10.15 – 11.00: German-Danish border region as the best practice example? Martin Klatt (Sønderborg)
11.00 – 11.45: Discussion
11.30-12.30: Lunch and break (Alsion)
Panel I (Chair: Jaume Castan Pinos, Sønderborg)
12.30 – 13.00: Dorte Jagetic Andersen / Ingo Winkler (Sønderborg): ’Confessions of a Cross-border Commuter’
13.00 – 13.30: Katarzyna Stokłosa (Sønderborg): Polish migrants as a further element in the German-Danish Border Region
13.30-14.15: Discussion
14.15-14.30: Coffee and cake (Alsion)
Panel II (Chair: Thomas Wegener Friis, Director of Center for Cold War Studies, Odense)
14.30-15.00: Caroline Weber (Sønderborg): The Minority and the Hill: Düppel and Knivsberg and their Master Narratives (in the German-Danish Borderland)
15.00-15.30: Vello Pettai (ECMI Flensburg): Developing a three dimensional view of the German-Danish minority borderscape
15.30-16.00: Peter Thaler (Odense):
Prosperous Obscurity:
The German Minority in Denmark and the Limitations of the Schleswig Model
16.00-16.30: Rejhan Bosnjak (Flensburg): “Loved to Death?”: The Danish Minority and its Relationship with the German Majority – Consequences and Perspectives.
16.30-17.15: Discussion
19.00: Dinner
19.11.2021: Conference (part II): Practitioners in the German-Danish border region in dialog
9.00: Coffee at Alsion
9.30-11.30: Focus group interviews (part 1)
Thede Boysen Frisian minority, Desk officer at the Ministry of Economic Affairs SH
Katrine Hoop (Danish minority, activist, candidate for Linkspartei at the federal elections – perhaps MdB by then)
Rasmus Andresen (MEP Grüne) Participation online
Jeppe Kirkegaard (Jaruplund Højskole)
Mats Rosenbaum (Næstformand i SSW-U)
Moderation: Martin Klatt
11.30-12.30: Lunch at Alsion
12.30 – 16.30: Focus group interviews (part 2)
Käthe Nissen (Deutscher Schul- und Sprachverein für Nordschleswig)
Thore Naujeck (Koordinator BDN)
Gunvor Vestergaard (Grænseforeningen)
Christian Pletzing (Akademie Sankelmark)
Oskar Drastrup-Fjordbak
Moderation: Katarzyna Stokłosa
17.00 – 18.00: Book presentation:
Katarzyna Stokłosa / Birte Wassenberg (eds.), Studying in the Pandemic. University Students` Experiences in the German-Danish and German-Franco border regions
With participation of SDU students, authors of the essays.
20.11.2021
Departure