MINELRES: Citizenship, Democracy and Ethnocultural Diversity Newsletter: Issue No.
30, October 2003 (excerpts)
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Citizenship, Democracy and Ethnocultural Diversity
Newsletter of the Queen's Forum for Philosophy and Public Policy
No. 30, October 2003
Contents
1. Introduction
2. Reparations Conference
3. Upcoming Conferences
4. Recent Publications
5. New Journal
6. Internet Resources
7. Courses and Fellowships
1. INTRODUCTION
The Forum for Philosophy and Public Policy at Queen's University is
organizing a multi-year, research project on citizenship, democracy and
minority rights in multiethnic states, under the direction of Prof. Will
Kymlicka. As part of this project, the Forum distributes a quarterly
newsletter updating recent developments in the field, of which this is
the thirtieth 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, please contact us at [email protected].
Back-issues of the newsletter are posted on the Web on Will Kymlicka's
home-page:
http://qsilver.queensu.ca/~philform/newsletter.html
2. REPARATIONS CONFERENCE
The Forum for Philosophy and Public Policy is pleased to be
co-sponsoring an international conference on "Reparations: An
Interdisciplinary Examination of Some Philosophical Issues", hosted by
the Department of Philosophy at Queen's University, from February 6-8,
2004. In this event speakers coming from five continents will draw on
their diverse expertise and experiences as economists, lawyers,
philosophers, political theorists, public policy specialists and
representatives of NGOs in examining a range of philosophical issues
pertaining to four different reparations cases: reparations for victims
of war, reparations for indigenous peoples, reparations for victims of
colonialism, and reparations for victims of slavery. For more
information, contact the conference organizer:
Jon Miller, Department of Philosophy, Queen's University, Kingston,
Ontario, K7L 3N6; phone: 613-533-2182; fax: 613-533-6545; email:
[email protected]. Or visit the conference website at:
http://www.queensu.ca/conferences/reparations/
3. UPCOMING CONFERENCES
A conference on "Nationalism in the New World" will be held on October
9-11, 2003 at Vanderbilt University, in Nashville, Tennessee. It will
bring together scholars from Europe, North, Central and South America to
examine the role of the Americas in shaping the new world of independent
nation-states. The program is available at:
http://www.people.vanderbilt.edu/~don.h.doyle/VUConference.htm
There will be a conference on "Varieties of Pluralism", hosted by the
Philosophy Department of Vanderbilt University, on Oct. 26-27, 2003, in
Nashville, Tennessee. Speakers include Nicholas Rescher, Susan Haack,
William Galston, Nancy Rosenblum and Joseph Margolis. For further
information, contact Donna Browning, (615) 322-2637.
A conference marking the 5th anniversary of the entering into force of
the Council of Europe's Framework Convention for the Protection of
National Minorities will take place from October 30-31st, 2003, in the
Palais de l'Europe, Strasbourg, France. The aim of the conference is to
review the progress made in the implementation of the treaty and provide
a forum for national authorities, NGO representatives, international and
regional organizations, and scholars to exchanges views and experiences
in regard to how the findings of monitoring bodies under the framework
could better be followed up in the work of national and international
governments. For more information on the conference, contact: Lucie
Missemer email: [email protected]; phone: +33 3 90 21 50 40; fax:
+33 3 90 21 49 18
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For its annual symposium, the Connecticut Law Review is hosting an event
called "Affirmative Action: An International Perspective on a Global
Dilemma", to be held at the University of Connecticut School of Law in
Hartford Connecticut, from November 5th-6th, 2003. The symposium will
consider the approaches of countries other than the USA to the
advancement of people from minority groups, particularly in light of the
recent debate over educational affirmative action within the USA. For
more information, visit the CLR website at:
http://www.connecticutlawreview.org
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The Institute of Political Science at Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski
University, in Warsaw, Poland, will host a conference on the topic
"National Identity in Contemporary Europe" on November 21st, 2003. The
event will consider problems associated with nationality and
multiculturalism, mainly in the European context, but also in contexts
outside Europe. For more details contact: Tomasz Zyro, email:
[email protected] or [email protected]
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A conference called "Religion, Rights and Responsibilities, or Religion
and Equal Rights in a Pluralistic Democracy" will take place December
4-5, 2003. Hosted by the Institute of Philosophy and the Study of
Religions at the University of Southern Denmark, the conference will
investigate questions related to peaceful co-existence between
religions, between religious and non-religious values, and between
religious groups and the state. For further details, contact conference
organizers Lars Bindrup (email: [email protected]) or Tim Jensen
(email: [email protected])
"The International Workshop on Inter-Culturalism" is a three-day event
organized to take place December 10-12, 2003, at the University of
Chile, in Santiago, Chile. The workshop will take the form of panels,
roundtables and symposiums, each bringing together specialists from
Latin America and other regions. For details, contact: Milka Castro
Lucic, Coordinator, International Workshop of Interculturalism,
Universidad de Chile, Diagonal Paraguay 265 of. 1405, Santiago Chile;
phone: 56-2-6782148; fax: 56-2-6782061; email: [email protected]
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>From March 3-5, 2004, the Department of Sociology of the University of
Mumbai will host a three-day conference on "Ethnic Identity and Ethnic
Conflict in Multicultural Societies". The conference will include
delegates from Germany, Austria, Canada and the United States, in
addition to prominent scholars from India. For more information, contact
the conference coordinator: Indira Munshi, University Campus,
Vidyanagari, Santacruz (E), Mumbai-400 098; phone: 652 60 91-652 63 88
(ext. 317), 652 7956 / 57; fax: 91-22-652 6893/652 8712/ 652 6378;
email: [email protected]
>From March 26-30, 2004, a global conference entitled "Redefining Europe:
Federalism and the Union of European Democracies" will take place in
Prague, Czech Republic. This inter-disciplinary conference, sponsored by
The Association to Unite the Democracies, Anglo-American College,
Prague,
and Inter-Disciplinary.Net, will mark the launch of a new annual project
in the 'Redefining Europe' series of research projects, which aims to
provide a forum for the examination and evaluation of the possibility of
a
Euro-Atlantic Partnership embracing federalist ideas. Papers, reports,
presentations and workshops are invited on themes such as; the new
European Union Constitution and its implications, the role of federalism
and federalist principles, subsidiarity, issues of sovereignty and
implications for education, justice, social welfare and religion. All
papers presented at the conference will be published in an e-Book and
selected papers will be published in a thematic monograph. For details,
contact Robert Lamson, Association to Unite the Democracies, email:
[email protected]; or Joe Drew, Anglo-American University, Prague,
email: [email protected] For further details about the conference please go
to: http://www.inter-disciplinary.net/aud/re03cfp.htm
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Metropolis and the Montreal Centre for Inter-University Research on
Immigration, Integration and Urban Dynamics will host the Seventh
National Metropolis Conference in Montreal from March 25-28, 2004. The
title of this year's national conference is: "Immigration and
Integration at the Heart of the Debate: Research, Policy and Practice".
For details about the event, visit the Metropolis National Conference
website at:
http://im.metropolis.net/site/html/Confmetro_EV.htm or contact:
IMMIGRATION and METROPOLIS, Pavillon 3744 Jean-Brillant, University of
Montreal, PO Box 6128, Succ. Centre-Ville Montreal (Quebec), H3C 3J7,
tel: (514) 343-7246; fax: (514) 343-7078; email:
[email protected]
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A workshop on "Collective Identity, Sovereignty and Minority Rights",
organized as part of the International Law and Ethics Conference Series
(ILECS), will take place April 9-10, 2004, at the Center for
Philosophical Education in Santa Barbara. Participants at this event
will include, among others, Richard Falk, Larry May, Majorie Cohn and
Jovan Babic. Potential attendees should contact Aleksander Jokic (email:
[email protected]) for further details.
The 9th Annual World Convention of the Association for the Study of
Nationalities (ASN) will be held at the Harriman Institute at Columbia
University, New York, from April 15-17, 2004. The topic for this year's
World Convention is "Nation, Identity and Conflict". Panels will be held
on several topics, such as; the Balkans, the Baltics, Central Europe,
Russia, Ukraine, Caucasus, Central Asia, Turkey and China, and a special
section will be included with a focus on Theoretical Approaches to
Nationalism. Those interested in submitting panel or paper proposals
should submit to the following email address: [email protected] and those
interested in submitting exhibits and advertisements or finding out
about local accommodations should contact: [email protected] All other
information about the ASN World Convention can be obtained by visiting
the ASN website:
http://www.nationalities.org
The Minda da Gunzburg Center for European Studies at Harvard University
is organizing a graduate student workshop on "Incorporating Minorities
in Europe: Nineteenth Century to the Present", on 16-17 April 2004.
Doctoral students from universities in North America and Europe writing
their dissertations on topics pertaining to minorities in modern Europe
are eligible to participate, and acceptance is competitive. The Center
will provide travel and accommodation expenses for all participants. For
more information, contact Lisa Eschenbach, Minda da Gunzburg Center,
Harvard University, 27 Kirkland St., Cambridge MA 02138. Email:
[email protected]
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The Ninth International Conference of the International Academy of
Linguistic Law will host a conference from September 15-18, 2004, in
Beijing, China, in cooperation with the China University of Political
Science and Law and the Institute of Applied Linguistics, Chinese
Ministry of Education. Working languages for the conference will be
Chinese, English and French. For information on submitting proposals or
attending the event, contact one of the committees below. Chinese
committee: contact Guo Chengwei, email: [email protected]; fax:
86-010-89718283; Canadian Committee: [email protected]; fax: 1+
(514) 345-0860
4. RECENT PUBLICATIONS
(all prices in U.S. dollars)
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Blindenbacher, Raoul and Arnold Koller (eds) (2003) Federalism in a
Changing World: Learning from Each Other (McGill-Queen's) $35.00
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Castles, Stephen and Mark Miller (eds) (2003) The Age of Migration,
Third
Edition: International Population Movements in the Modern World
(Guilford)
$30.00
Creppell, Ingrid (2002) Toleration and Identity: Foundations in Early
Modern Thought (Routledge) $22.95
Culler, Jonathan and Pheng Cheah (eds) (2003) Grounds of Comparison:
Around the Work of Benedict Anderson (Routledge) $24.95
Daftary, Farimah and Francois Grin (eds) (2003) Nation-Building,
Ethnicity
and Language Politics in Transition Countries (LGI Books, Budapest). To
obtain a copy, send an email to: [email protected].
Driedger L. (2003) Race and Ethnicity: Finding Identities and
Equalities,
Second Edition (Oxford UP) $29.95
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Griffiths, Ann L. (2003) Handbook of Federal Countries, 2002
(McGill-Queen's) $29.95
Haddock, Bruce and Peter Sutch (eds) (2003) Multiculturalism, Identity
and
Rights (Routledge) $90.00
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Huth, Paul K., and Todd Allee (2003) The Democratic Peace and
Territorial
Conflict in the Twentieth Century (Cambridge UP) $25.00
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Meyers, Lukas, Stanley Paulson and Thomas Pogge (eds) (2003) Rights,
Culture, and the Law: Themes from the Legal and Political Philosophy of
Joseph Raz (Oxford University Press) $55.00
Mitchell, Jon P. and Richard A. Wilson (eds) (2003) Human Rights in
Global Perspective (Routledge) $28.95
Noonan, Jeff (2003) Critical Humanism and the Politics of Difference
(McGill-Queen's) $65.00
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Palermo, Francesco and Gabriel N. Toggenburg (eds) (2003) European
Constitutional Values and Cultural Diversity (European Academy, Bolzano)
12 euros. To order, contact [email protected]
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Saunders, B. and D. Haljan (eds) (2003) Whither Multiculturalism: A
Politics of Dissensus (Leuven UP) $62.50
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Shatzmiller, Maya (ed) (2002) Islam and Bosnia: Conflict Resolution and
Foreign Policy in Multi-Ethnic States (McGill-Queen's) $22.95
Sheffer, Gabriel (2003) Diaspora Politics: at Home and Abroad (Cambridge
UP) $60.00
Steiner, Nicklaus, et. al. (2003) Problems of Protection: The UNHCR,
Refugees and Human Rights (Routledge) $19.96
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Varouxakis, Georgios (2002) Mill on Nationality (Routledge) $80.00
Waller, Michael and Andrew Linklater (2003) Political Loyalty and the
Nation-State (Routledge) $95.00
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Journal Special Issues and Symposia
A recent special issue of the journal Ethnicities is devoted to the
topic "Identity, Difference and Recognition: Recent Developments in
Multicultural Political Theory" (Vol. 3, No. 3., 2003). With a guest
editorial written by Monica Mookherjee, this issue includes articles on
nation-building and neutrality, Aboriginal Rights, internationalization
and other central topics in recent debate about multicultural justice.
A special issue of the journal Social Research is dedicated to the
subject "Pariah Minorities" (Vol. 70, No. 1, Spring 2003). In this
issue, nine authors canvass the troubles of groups such as the Roma,
Kurds, Jews, Blacks, Dalit, lepers and Burakumin from both contemporary
and historical perspectives.
A special issue of the electronic newsletter Migration Information
Source (Oct. 2003) focuses on "immigrant integration". Authors include
Rinus Penninx, Demetrios G. Papademetriou, Sarah Spencer, Brian Ray,
Karen Jacobsen, as well as news on recent policy developments in
Switzerland, France, and Australia. The Source is a project of the
Migration Policy Institute (MPI). For more information about MPI, visit:
www.migrationpolicy.org. To subscribe to the Source, go to:
http://www.migrationinformation.org/subscribe.cfm
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5. NEW JOURNAL
The Indigenous Law Journal, a new student-run periodical published out
of
the University of Toronto, recently published its first issue. The ILJ
will provide an important avenue for those working on legal issues
related
to Indigenous peoples in Canada and around the world. The ILJ publishes
articles, notes, case comments, and reviews covering a wide range of
legal
perspectives. Potential contributors should consult the ILJ website at
this URL: http://www.indigenouslawjournal.org/
6. INTERNET RESOURCES
The Red Book of the Peoples of the Russian Empire, a comprehensive
information source on the peoples ruled by the Russian Empire, is now
posted online. Each entry comprises complex data on the respective
nation, usually its self-designation, habitat, population,
anthropological characteristic, language, origin and history, sometimes
the religion and culture.
http://www.eki.ee/books/redbook/
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The Annual Report of the European Centre for Minority Issues (ECMI) is
now available online in .pdf format. The report details the research
projects, publications, documentation and other information, along with
numerous conferences, seminars and events, related to ECMI, and
describes the changes that have taken place in the last year in the
general approach to minority issues in Europe. You can access the report
at the following URL:
http://www.ecmi.de/doc/about_annual_report.html
There are over 150 ethnic conflicts in the world today. All of them
create instability, and some of them pose a global threat. The most
intractable ethnic conflicts are the ones that lead to territorial
partition. Whether they are historical, de facto or unfinished, ethnic
partitions create recurrent cycles of conflict, as the ongoing conflicts
in the Balkans, South Asia, and the Middle East show. Can ethnic
partitions be stabilized, or is conflict inherent in their structure?
This web site explores the answers to this question, from lessons
learned to the options ahead.
http://www.partitionconflicts.org
The Programme in Comparative Media Law and Policy (PCMLP), Oxford
University and the Institute for Information Law (IViR) of the
University of Amsterdam, have just released a new study on the
regulation of minority languages in broadcasting in Europe. Entitled
"Minority-Language Related Broadcasting and Legislation in the OSCE",
edited by T. McGonagle, B. Davis Noll & M. Price, the study was
commissioned by the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities. It is
based on a comprehensive survey of the regulation of minority language
use in the broadcasting sectors of each of the 55 Participating States
of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE). A
detailed comparative overview presents the trends identified in States
throughout the OSCE region against the background of existing
international legal norms. Individual country reports document and
contextualise formal prescriptions and proscriptions of language and
other measures affecting the use of minority languages. The study is now
available online at
http://www.ivir.nl/index-english.html.
7. COURSES AND FELLOWSHIPS
The Institute for Human Rights at Abo Akademi University in Turku/Abo
Finland is offering a one-week intensive course from November 10-14,
2003, on linguistic and minority rights. The course is meant to provide
participants with a systematic picture of norms on non-discrimination,
linguistic and minority rights within the United Nations, Council of
Europe, OSCE and European Union contexts. For further information,
contact Ms. Johanna Bondas at the Institute for Human Rights, Abo
Akademi University, Gezeliusgatan 2, FIN-20500 Turku/Abo, Finland;
phone: +358-2-215 4713; fax: +358-2-215 4699; email:
[email protected] or view the entry posted on the Institute website:
http://www.abo.fi/instut/imr/courses.htm
Minority Rights Group International is inviting suitable candidates to
apply for the "2004 Neelan Tiruchelvam Training Seminar" on
International Minority Rights. The provisional dates for this training
seminar are February 23-March 5, 2004. Applications should be received
by MRG before October 10, 2003. For more information, contact: Kathryn
Ramsay, Minority Rights Group International, 379 Brixton Road, London,
SW9 7DE, UK; phone: 00 44 (0)20 7978 9498; fax: 00 44 (0)20 7738 6265;
email: [email protected]
The University of Minnesota is now inviting applications for its 2004-05
Humphrey Law and Human Rights fellowships. The fellowships are open to
mid-career human rights advocates and lawyers from designated developing
nations and emerging democracies who want to study human rights law,
other relevant law courses, public policy, and administration. The five
or six Humphrey Law and Human Rights Fellows selected to participate
will spend their year in Minneapolis, Minnesota. For more information,
check out the Human Rights Center's website:
http://www1.umn.edu/humanrts/hrcenter.htm. Applicants need to apply at
the U.S. Embassy in their home country. For more information, check out
this Web site:
http://www.iie.org/Template.cfm?&Template=/programs/hhh/fellinf.htm
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ANNOUNCEMENTS: If you would like to announce a new research project,
publication, call for papers, or upcoming conference in a future issue
of this newsletter, please contact us at [email protected].
Special thanks to Michael Kocsis for research help, and to Lise
Charlebois for help with the distribution of the newsletter.