The 8th Tensions of Europe Conference will have as its main theme the history of borders and technology. The conference will be co-organized by the Division of History of Science and Technology, Department of Philosophy and History of Science, School of Science, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and the Foundation for the History of Technology hosted by the Eindhoven University of Technology. One central aim is to cross-fertilize between a wide variety of historical disciplines as well as from fields like Migration and Border Studies, Migration History, Mobility History.