From Ann:
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> **PRESS RELEASE**
> UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND
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> BORDER BUFFS VISIT EASTERN EUROPE
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> Ann Kennard, a Principal Lecturer from the University of
> the West of England, is to undertake an unusual 'border
> trip' with a group of like-minded individuals who share an
> interest in the borders and frontiers of Europe.
>
> 'The Great Eastern European Border Expedition', 1-8 July,
> will involve crossing approximately 25 official borders,
> and cover 8 Eastern European tripoints as well as visiting
> border areas in Austria, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Croatia,
> Slovenia and Hungary.
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> The group is international, with individuals from Canada,
> the US, Austria, the Netherlands, Denmark and Finland.
> Their interests span both the geographical and the
> political and the group was formed through contact over the
> Internet.
>
> Borders, border regions and cross-border co-operation are
> key areas of Ann Kennard's research*. Ann, who is the only
> woman taking part in the trip, says, "In recent years
> changes in Eastern Europe have re-drawn many borders and
> further changes will occur as new members such as Poland
> join the EU. The enlargement of the EU is also
> significant in terms of the 'Schengen' agreement which
> allows internal movement between EU countries but requires
> greater security on the external borders of the EU. The UK,
> Eire and Denmark are not currently part of this agreement."
>
> Ann says there are also economic and social issues related
> to border regions, "Many border regions are economically
> deprived and special European funding is made available to
> improve these areas. Borders are also very significant in
> terms of dealing with issues such as immigration, drug
> smuggling and crime."
>
> Ann, who is Head of German at the University of the West of
> England, is a fluent speaker of Polish, German and French.
> For further information contact Ann.Kennard@...
> -ENDS- Editors Notes:
>
> ANN KENNARD, Head of School of German; Principal Lecturer
> in German, Faculty of Languages and European Studies,
> University of the West of England
>
> *Publications and other public output
>
> Chapters in books
> 'Transnational Planning in the German-Polish Border Region'
> in N. Parker, W.Armstrong (eds.) Margins in European
> Integration by, Macmillan 2000, pp.128-152, ISBN 0 333
> 74710 0
>
> 'The changing role of border regions in Europe' in Ingham
> H. and Ingham M. (eds.) EU Expansion to the East: Prospects
> and Problems, Edward Elgar 2002, pp.188-204, ISBN 1 84064
> 824 4
>
> Conference papers (published)
> Emerging Relations between Germany and Poland since German
> unification, German Monitor, No.34 1995, pp.85-93, ISBN
> 90-5183-833-0
>
> Die deutsch-polnische Grenzkooperation - Auswirkungen und
> Entwicklungsziele im Vergleich zu anderen europäischen
> Grenzräumen (German-Polish border cooperation - effects and
> development aims in comparison with other European border
> areas), Symposium held by the Institut für ökologische
> Raumentwicklung e.V., 11/12. September 1995 in Görlitz,
> Germany, pp.51-55, ISSN 0944-114X
>
> "A Perspective on German-Polish Cross-Border Cooperation
> and European Integration" in "Schengen and the Enlargement
> of the European Union", the Proceedings from an
> International Conference at Vienna and Bratislava on 17-20
> April 1997, pp.53-61, edited by Malcolm Anderson and
> Eberhard Bort. Published by the International Social
> Sciences Institute (ISSI), University of Edinburgh. ISBN
> 0-9525469-3-0
>
> Academic Journal Papers (published)
> 'The German-Polish Border as a Model for East-West European
> Regional Integration: Trans-Border Cooperation on the
> Oder-Neisse Line', German Politics, Vol.4, No.1, April
> 1995, pp. 141-149, ISSN 0964-4008
>
> 'Issues of Identity in the Polish-German Border Region',
> Journal of Area Studies, Issue 8, Spring 1996, pp. 106-119,
> ISSN 0261-3530
>
> 'The role of central and eastern Europe in the EU's
> regional planning agenda for the new millennium' Journal of
> European Area Studies, Vol.8,No.2,2000, pp. 203-219, ISSN
> 1460-8464
>
> 'From East to West: Planning in cross-border and
> transnational regions' with Caroline Brown, European
> Spatial Research and Policy, Vol.8,No.1,2001, pp. 15-28,
> ISSN 1231-1952
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> Publications forthcoming
> 'Transboundary cooperation as a vehicle for cultural
> interchange: a case study of Poland' in U.Kockel (ed.)
> Culture and economic development in Europe.
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> Kennard, Ann
> Head of German
> Chair of Bristol-Hannover Council
> Email: Ann.Kennard@...
> Tel.No: 0117 344 2263
> "University of the West of England"
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Kennard, Ann
Head of German
Chair of Bristol-Hannover Council
Email:
Ann.Kennard@...
Tel.No: 0117 344 2263
"University of the West of England"