CfP: Minorities in Europe, HU Berlin

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CfP: Minorities in Europe, HU Berlin


INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
 
Call for Papers
 
 
Voice or Exit: Comparative Perspectives on Ethnic Minorities in
Twentieth Century Europe
 
May 25-27, 2001, Humboldt University Berlin
 
Minority issues and interethnic relations have been key social
phenomena shaping Europe in the age of nation-states and nationalism.
The establishment of nation-states was often paralleled by
majority-minority or interethnic conflicts resulting in ethnic,
demographic and political 'engineering' and widespread population
shifts. Not only assimilation, forced migration, population exchanges,
expulsions, and genocide, but also the establishment and recognition
of minority rights were immediate consequences of these political,
social and ethnic tensions.
 
The conference Voice or Exit - Comparative Perspectives on Ethnic
Minorities in Twentieth Century Europe will focus comparatively on
questions of contemporary and historical minority existence in
twentieth century Europe. The main emphasis will be put on
representation of ('autochthonous'/non-migrant) minorities in nation
states, national public spheres and polities versus minority
migration. The regional focus is Gesamteuropa (all of Europe) from the
Atlantic to the Ural mountains, from the North Cap to the Bosporus. Of
special interest are:
 
Abstracts for papers (max. of 600 words) on various aspects of
minority issues and existence throughout Europe will be considered on
a competitive basis. Comparative papers and studies are as welcome as
historical depth.
 
The number of participants will be limited to 25 people. Scholars from
the Humanities and the social sciences including law, economics and
social psychology are encouraged to turn in abstracts. Advanced Ph.D.
candidates and post-docs are particularly invited to turn in
applications. Accommodation and food will be provided. Limited
financial support for the participants to subsidize travel costs is
available.
 
Submissions of abstracts and a short biographical note (via conference
homepage!) including a list of publications are welcomed until January
15, 2001. Papers are supposed to be circulated in advance and should
be received by April 2, 2001. The conference will take place public at
Humboldt-Universit=C0t Berlin, May 25-27, 2001. The publication of
selected papers in an edited volume is planned.

For further information and application procedures please check:
 
http://www.demographie.de/minorities
 
Of special interests are:
 
* inclusion and exclusion of minorities into and from nation states
* interethnic relations in the context of multiethnic societies
* ethnic politics and ethno-nationalism and the creation of minority
politics
* "homeland" politics
* majority-minority relations
* (changes and continuities of) minority rights
* minority representation and the making of minorities over time
* ethnic migration and minority rights in the context of state
formation and nation-building
* (historical) migration patterns and migration systems of minorities
* ethnic violence
* prevention and monitoring of minority rights and ethnic migration
* ethnic "unmixing" of peoples
* the role of international organizations in the area of minority
protection and ethnic migration
 
Organization Committee:
 
Rainer Muenz (Humboldt-Universitaet, Berlin)
Rainer Ohliger (Humboldt-Universitaet, Berlin)
William Safran (University of Colorado at Boulder)
Zsuzsa Toeroek (Central European Univ., Budapest)

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