Borders & Borderlands in Europe

by Eberhard Bort (Editor)

152 pages, Paperback

First published September 1, 1998

About the author

Eberhard ‘Paddy’ Bort (1954 - 2017) was Convener and Director of Studies of the Academy of Government’s Parliamentary Internship Programme. His teaching at Edinburgh University included Scottish Society and Culture, Contemporary Irish Politics, The Politics of Borders, and British Studies. He was also Book Reviews Editor of Scottish Affairs. Before coming to Edinburgh in 1995, he worked at Tübingen University in British and Irish Studies with Professor Christopher Harvie and taught in German Studies at Trinity College, Dublin, and at the University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, Washington, USA.

Bort was active in initiatives such as Nordic Horizons and the Scottish Rural Parliament and played an important role in shaping the European social democratic and Nordic models for an independent Scotland.

He was a key figure in the Edinburgh folk scene and ran the Wee Folk Club at The Royal Oak on Infirmary Street, Edinburgh, every Sunday night.