CCPPP Newsletter No. 7
Date: Mon, 19 May 97 12:55:00 -0500
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Subject: CCPPP Newsletter No. 7
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CCPPP Newsletter No. 7
Info and brief excerpts from the latest CCPPP Newsletter - I would highly
recommend to read the entire text!
Boris
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CCPPP Newsletter No. 7
Citizenship, Democracy and Ethnocultural Diversity
Newsletter of the Canadian Centre for Philosophy and Public Policy
No. 7, Spring 1997
Contents
1. Introduction
2. Update on CCPPP Conference
3. Recent and Upcoming Conferences
4. Recent Publications
5. New Journal
6. Internet Resources
7. Related Research Programs
1. INTRODUCTION
The Canadian Centre for Philosophy and Public Policy (CCPPP) at the
University of Ottawa is organizing a multi-year, inter-disciplinary research
project on "Citizenship, Identity and Democracy in the Multiethnic State",
under the direction of Prof. Will Kymlicka. As part of this project, the
CCPPP will distribute a quarterly newsletter updating recent developments in
the field, of which this is the seventh issue. We hope that it will be of
interest to anyone working in the field, whether in academia, public service
, or various non-governmental organizations.
If you know anyone who would like to be added to the mailing list for this
newsletter, or if you would like copies of the back-issues, please contact
us at [email protected]. For further information about the research
project, or the CCPPP more generally, you can also reach us by fax at 613-
562-5135.
2. UPDATE ON CCPPP CONFERENCE
In the last issue of the newsletter, we announced that the Canadian Centre
for Philosophy and Public Policy is sponsoring a two-day, international
conference to be held in Toronto on October 4-5 1997, on "Citizenship in
Diverse Societies: Theory and Practice". The list of confirmed speakers
includes Jane Mansbridge and Melissa Williams on political participation and
representation; Denise Reaume and Pierre Coulombe on language rights; Jeff
Spinner-Halev and Eamonn Callan on citizenship education and religious
diversity; Jeremy Waldron and Tariq Modood on immigration and
multiculturalism; Jacob Levy and Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond on the rights of
indigenous peoples; and Phil Resnick and Graham Smith on federalism and
nationalism. In each session, the main papers will be followed by a
commentary from a specialist working on policy "in the field" (eg, in
government or an NGO). The conference will be held at: Bennett Lecture Hall,
Flavelle House, Faculty of Law, University of Toronto, 78 Queen's Park,
Toronto, Ontario M5S 2C5.
The registration fee is $30 (which includes lunch on Saturday and Sunday),
or $10 (without lunch). Since the lunch break will be relatively brief, we
encourage people to register for the catered lunch. To register, or for more
information, contact Will Kymlicka, Canadian Centre for Philosophy and
Public Policy, Department of Philosophy, University of Ottawa, Box 450,
Station A, Ottawa K1N 6N5 Canada. Telephone: 613-562-5800 (ext. 3690); Fax:
613-562-5135; e-mail: [email protected] Cheques should be made out to
"University of Ottawa-CCPPP".
3. RECENT and UPCOMING CONFERENCES
(snip) .............................
- The Council of Europe is organizing a conference on "Democracy, Human
Rights, Minorities: Educational and Cultural Aspects", in Strasbourg France
on May 21-23, 1997. This is the concluding conference of a multidisciplinary
project analyzing the educational and cultural aspects of the management of
diversity, with special reference to minorities in Europe. The objectives of
the Conference include the adoption of a draft Declaration concerning
"intercultural democracy". For information, and requests to attend, contact
Ms. Rosemary Stauch, School and Out-of-School Education, Council of Europe,
F-67075 Strasbourg Cedex, France. Fax: 33-3-88412788; E-mail: rosemary.
[email protected]
....................................................... (more announcements)
4. RECENT PUBLICATIONS:
................................................... (lots of titles)
5. NEW JOURNAL
A new journal has been established which may be of interest to our readers,
called National Identities: History, Geography, Image. It is the first
"concentrating on historical and geographical approaches to national
identities, their interpretation and expression, and their economic, social,
and political impact". Key themes of the journal will be "how and why
national identities emerged, their expression, and their transmission",
including historical and regional studies of the role of cultural (language,
gender, religion, the media, sport, encounters with `the other', etc.) and
political (state forms, wars, boundaries) factors in the forging of national
identities. If you are interested in contributing to the journal, contact
the editors: Peter Catterall, ICBH, Room 357, Senate House, Malet Street,
London WCIE 7HU, England. E-mail: [email protected]; or Christopher
Vernon, School of Planning, Queensland University of Technology, GPO Box
2434, Brisbane, Queensland 4001, Australia. Fax: 61-7-38644308; e-mail: c.
[email protected]
6. INTERNET RESOURCES
........... (more information)
- There are several ways to check out new book publications on the internet.
For example, many university libraries have put their catalogues on the web,
as have most university presses. But there is now an even better way to find
information on new (or old) books - namely, "Amazon.com", the Internet
bookstore. Over 2.5 million books are listed, from both major and minor
publishers, all of which can be ordered by credit-card. Like university
library catalogues, the list can be searched by author, title, subject or
keyword, but Amazon.com provides much more - eg., not just information about
the price and availability of each book, but also typically a table of
contents and a paragraph-long description of the book, and in some cases
quotes from reviews, and even comments from the author! (In fact, authors
are encouraged to submit comments for their books). It's worth checking out:
http://amazom.com/
7. RELATED RESEARCH PROGRAMS
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ANNOUNCEMENTS: If you would like to announce a new research project,
publication, web-site, call for papers, or upcoming conference in a future
issue of this newsletter, please contact us at [email protected], or you
can write to the Canadian Centre for Philosophy and Public Policy,
Department of Philosophy, University of Ottawa, Box 450, Station A, Ottawa,
Ontario K1N 6N5, Canada. Fax: 613-562-5135.
The CCPPP gratefully acknowledges the assistance of the Social Sciences and
Humanities Research Council of Canada in funding this newsletter. Special
thanks to Lise Charlebois for help with the Internet Resources section, and
with the distribution of the newsletter.
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