We understand phantom borders as political borders, Scientific Coordination of the Conference which politically/legally do not exist anymore but seem Dr. Sabine v. Löwis, Centre Marc Bloch Berlin, Research to appear in different forms and modes of social action Fellow of the Phantom Border Research Project and practices today, as for example voting as one part of political behaviour. Considering the visibility of historical Dr. Thomas Serrier, Université Paris 8, Visiting Professor borders in the territorial distribution of election results in at European University Viadrina, Frankfurt/Oder Poland – many more countries in Europe and the world Dr. Jarosław Jańczak, Research Fellow European could be mentioned – the question occurs if or if not this University Viadrina, Frankfurt/Oder and Adam visibility indicates a persistence of historical (social or Mickiewicz University, Poznań political) spaces or why else these phantom borders seem to be visible. A conference of the Centre Marc Bloch in Berlin, funded Within the conference we want to elaborate on different by the German Federal Ministry for Education and territorial particularities concerning cultural, historical, Research, in cooperation with the Viadrina Center social, linguistic, religious and economic aspects which B/ORDERS IN MOTION, the European University may affect political behaviour and electoral geography. Viadrina, the Collegium Polonicum, the Université Paris 8 The presentations will focus on the following questions: and the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań. In what way is history reflected in political behaviour, as in election results? At which scales and in which way phantom borders appear and disappear? How does the national and regional governance context affect political behaviour? How does the external governance / foreign affairs context / transnational networks affect political behaviour? Conference What role do (Geo)Political Images play in Phantom Borders in the Political (re)constructing phantom borders? Behaviour and Electoral Geography in East Central Europe November 14-15, 2013 European University Viadrina, Frankfurt/Oder Collegium Polonicum, Słubice Thursday, November 14 13:30-15:00 Lunch Andreea Zamfira (Bucharest, Brussels) The Transposition of Different Ethnic and Interethnic European University Viadrina, Senatssaal, Große 15:00-17:50 Panel 2: (Geo) Political Images and Contexts into Different Patterns of Voting Behaviour Scharrnstr. 59, 15230 Frankfurt/Oder Phantom Borders Patrik Tátrai, Balázs Szabó (Budapest) 09:00 Arrival Chair: Andreas Umland (Kiev) Cultural Background and Regional Differences of Voting 09:15 Welcome address Antje Schlottmann, Roger Baars (Frankfurt/Main) Behaviour in Slovakia - 1992-2012 Gunter Pleuger (President of the European University Regional Governance and the "Phantom Region" 10:30- 10:50 Coffee Break Viadrina, Frankfurt/Oder)) Mitteldeutschland. The Political Dimension of Spatial Discussion of the Papers in Panel 3 by Kai Olaf Lang Kerstin Schoor (Head of the Viadrina Center B/ORDERS Concepts (Berlin) IN MOTION) Anna Zadora (Strasbourg) 12:00-13:30 Lunch 09:30 Opening The Phantom Borders between Belarusians and Poles: Béatrice v. Hirschhausen (Head of the Phantom Borders History, Mental and Political Controversial Border 13:30-16:00 Panel 4: Phantom Borders in Economic, Research Project) Social and Political Behaviour 15:40-16:00 Coffee Break Sabine v. Löwis (Research Fellow of the Phantom Borders Chair: Werner Benecke (Frankfurt / Oder) Research Project) Dimitrii Sidorov (Long Beach/California, London) Anna Borowczak, Michał Dolata (Poznań) Phantom Geopolitics of Russia's Border with Europe 10:00-10:45 Keynote Speech Relict Boundaries as Economic and Political Behaviour Thomas Serrier (Frankfurt/Oder, Paris) Vladimir Kolossov (Moscow) Differentiation Factor in Wielkopolskie Voivodeship Phantom Borders: Methodological Approaches and an Prisoners of History? West European Imaginations of (Poland) Attempt of Classification East Central European Phantom Borders Zdeněk Kučera, Pavel Chromý (Prague) Discussion of the Papers in Panel 2 by Judith 10:45-11:00 Coffee Break Territorial Identity of Czechia's Borderland and its Miggelbrink (Leipzig) 11:00-13:30 Panel 1: Phantom Borders in Electoral Changes during 20th Century 19:00 Dinner Behaviour at Different Scales Henry Rammelt (Lyon) Chair: Timm Beichelt (Frankfurt/Oder) Did Recent Common History Level Social Mobilization Ionel Boamfă, Gabriel Camară, Alina Munteanu (Iaşi) within Romania? A Comparative Analysis of Mobilization National and Regional Patterns and Breaks in the Voting throughout Romanian Regions with Unequal Indicators Behaviour of European Electors Friday, November 15 of Social Capital Martin Šimon, Tomáš Kostelecký (Prague) Collegium Polonicum, Ul. Kościuszki 1, 69-100 Słubice, Saida Sirazhudinova (Rostov) Measuring Phantom Borders: The Case of Czech / Room 13 Political and Electoral Behaviour in Russia Czechoslovakian Electoral Geography 09:00 Arrival Discussion of the Papers in Panel 4 by Kai Struve (Halle) Viktor Putrenko (Kiev) 09:15 Welcome address 16:00-16:30 Coffee Break Spatial Relationships of Electoral Behaviour and Phantom Krzysztof Wojciechowski (Director of Administration, Borders in Ukraine Collegium Polonicum, Słubice) 16:30-18:00 Final Discussion: Jarosław Jańczak (Frankfurt/Oder, Poznań) 09:30-12:00 Panel 3: Cultural, Historical, Ethnic and Vladimir Kolossov, Tomasz Zarycki, Kai-Olaf Lang, Phantom Borders and Electoral Behaviour in Poland at Social Backgrounds of Electoral Phantom Borders Regional and Local Level. Historical Legacies and their Chair: Jarosław Jańczak (Frankfurt/Oder, Poznań) Thomas Serrier (Chair), Jarosław Jańczak (Chair) Influence on Contemporary Politics Tomasz Zarycki (Warsaw) Discussion of the Papers in Panel 1 by Tomasz Zarycki The Electoral Geography of Poland: Between Stable (Warsaw) Spatial Structures and their Changing Interpretations .