Fließende Grenzen

• 📅Mon 26 Oct 2026 – Tue 27 Oct 2026
• 📍Leibniz-Institut für Geschichte und Kultur des östlichen Europa (GWZO), Specks Hof, Eingang A, Reichsstr. 4 – 6, 04109 Leipzig — All events
• 🎫Free entry

This text introduces a research perspective on rivers and waterways as flowing borders—simultaneously lifelines, connecting links, and frontier zones—that shaped settlement, agriculture, trade, and knowledge transfer in Central and Eastern Europe. It connects this theme to the work of Matthias Hardt, who shaped the GWZO's medieval history and "Man and Environment" research for nearly three decades