Dr. Benjamin D. Hopkins, Director of the Sigur Center for Asian Studies, participated in the Association for Borderlands Studies’ 2nd World Conference 2018, the world’s largest convention on borders and border-related issues. The organizing theme was Border-Making and its Consequences: Interpreting Evidence from the “post-Colonial” and “post-Imperial” 20th Century. Dr. Hopkins served as a chair and discussant in multiple panels on topics such as “Statelessness and the Consolidation of National Territoriality” and “Rebordering the current world – Case studies from around the world.”