MINELRES: Citizenship, Democracy and Ethnocultural Diversity Newsletter: Issue No.
32, March (excerpts) 2004
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Citizenship, Democracy and Ethnocultural Diversity
Newsletter of the Queen's Forum for Philosophy and Public Policy
No.32, March 2004
Contents
1. Introduction
2. Upcoming Conferences
3. Recent Publications
4. Call for Papers
5. Internet Resources
6. 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 thirty-second issue. We hope that it will be of interest to anyone
working in the field, whether in academia, public service, or
non-governmental organizations.
If you 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. UPCOMING CONFERENCES
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An event called "Race, Nation and Ethnicity in the Afro Asian Century"
will be hosted by the African American Studies Department of Boston
University from April 9-10, 2004, at the Photonics Center in Boston.
Among numerous other topics, the conference will look at race and
ethnicity in relation to transnational immigration, the construction of
cultural identity, national cultures and international relations. To
view a conference program or obtain more information, visit the
conference website:
http://www.bu.edu/afam/calendar/04conf_prog.html or contact the
African American Studies unit at Boston University by email:
[email protected]
or by phone: 617-353-0455.
The Nordic Association for Canadian Studies (NACS) will host a series of
seminars to be held in the Nordic Countries during April 17-22, 2004.
The four-part series, entitled "Popular Sovereignty and Democracy in
Multi-National and Poly-Ethnic States: Constitutional Processes in
Canada and the EU Compared", will involve seminars in Aarhus, Denmark;
Oslo, Norway; Gothenburg, Sweden and Copenhagen, Denmark. Speakers
include; Melissa Williams, Andrew Bennett, John Erik Fossum, and David
Laycock. For information about the conference or to register, contact
the Canadian Studies Centre at:
[email protected]
The National MultiCultural Institute (NMCI) will present its 19th Annual
Conference in Bethesda, Maryland, from April 29-May 2, 2004. The event
is called "Diversity and Coalition Building in Times of Crisis: At Home
and Abroad". It will offer an opportunity for participants to meet and
interact with others involved in workplace diversity, human resources,
multicultural education, cultural awareness and cross-cultural dialogue,
and to develop useful diversity-oriented resources for personal and
professional improvement. For details, visit the conference website at:
http://www.nmci.org/conferences/default.htm
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The Centre for Studies in Social Justice and the Faculty of Arts and
Social Sciences at the University of Windsor will host an event called
"Imagining Diasporas: Space, Identity and Social Change" from May 14-16,
2004. Both broadly theoretical and case study approaches will be
represented. For details, contact: Raphael Canet (email:
[email protected]) or Emmanuelle Juan (email:
[email protected]) or visit the following website:
http://cronus.uwindsor.ca/diasporas
The World Congress on Language Diversity, Sustainability and Peace will
be held in Barcelona from May 20-23, 2004, at the Barcelona
International Convention Centre (CCIB). Hosted by the Linguapax
Institute and the Forum of Cultures Barcelona 2004, the Congress will
provide an opportunity for scholars working on issues of language
diversity, sustainability and peace to discuss recent work on these
topics and compare their own views and methods. For more information,
contact: Josep Cru, Institut Linguapax;
tel: 93 458 95 95; fax: 457 58 51; email: [email protected];
or visit the relevant links on the Linguapax website:
http://www.linguapax.org
A conference organized by the European Centre for Minority Issues (ECMI)
will consider the topic "An Ever Diverse Union? The Future of
Minority-Majority Relations in an Enlarged Europe". The event will take
place on 26 May 2004. Its aim will be to provide an examination of the
challenges that eastward enlargement poses to the evolution and future
regulation of minority-majority relations in the EU. The conference will
also seek to generate debate on issues of immediate concern to future
policy and research agendas concerned with European Integration. For
details, contact: Graham Holliday, European Centre for Minority Issues,
Schiffbrucke 12, D- 24939, Flensburg, Germany;
tel: +49 (0) 461 141 49 30;
fax: +49 (0) 461 141 49 19;
email: [email protected]; or check for
information on the ECMI website at: http://www.ecmi.de
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The UK Association for Legal and Social Philosophy will organize their
2004 Annual Conference around the theme "Equality". The event will take
place from July 5-7, 2004, at the University of Wales College, Newport
(Caerleon Campus), U.K. Keynote speaker will be Anne Phillips.
For further details or a booking form, contact: Gideon Calder, Centre
for Applied Social and Philosophical Studies, University of Wales
College, Newport, PO Box 180, Newport NP20 5XR, UK; email:
[email protected]
The Academy of Social Sciences in Australia is sponsoring a workshop on
"Australian Multiculturalism and Political Theory: Balancing Rights and
Responsibilities in a Diverse Society" to be held at the University of
New South Wales, Sydney, from July 8-9, 2004. Organized by Geoffrey
Brahm Levey, speakers include Moira Gatens, Arthur Glass, Duncan Ivison,
Laksiri Jayasuriya, Chandran Kukathas, Garth Nettheim, Ephraim Nimni,
Paul Patton, Philip Pettit, Kim Rubenstein and Anna Yeatman. The
Australian Government's Department of Immigration and Multicultural and
Indigenous Affairs, and the UNSW Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences are
co-sponsors of the event. Further information is available from Geoff
Levey (email: [email protected]) and at the conference website:
http://www.assa.edu.au/workshop/fw.asp?id=86
The Centre of East European Studies at Warsaw University and the
Association for the Study of Nationalities will host a convention
entitled "Nationalities and Pluralism from Old to New Worlds - East
Central Europe and Post-Soviet Countries: Nations, Nationalities,
Culture, Religion, History and Politics". This convention (which is
distinct from the ASN Annual World Convention held in New York City)
will take place at Warsaw University from July 18-21, 2004. The main
theme of the convention is the fate of nationalities and national
identities in a world of political and economic integration. For more
information, contact Jan Malicki, Convention Director, at: The Centre of
European Studies, Warsaw University, Palac Potockich, Krakowskie
Przedmies cie 32, PL 00-325, Warszawa; email: [email protected];
download a copy of the conference general information sheet, posted at:
http://www.nationalities.org/Warsaw_Call_for_Papers.pdf; or access
conference information at the following website:
http://www.uw.edu.pl/pl.php/uwdzis/konf/folder.html
The World Conference on Human Movements and Immigration (HMI) will be
held in Barcelona, Spain, from September 1-5, 2004. Organized by the
European Institute of the Mediterranean and the Forum 2004 (Barcelona),
the event will bring together more than 150 presenters and over a
thousand attendees from academia, international organizations, NGOs,
public and private sectors and media around the world. For details,
contact conference organizers by email at: [email protected] To
access conference information, or to register, visit the conference
website posted at:
http://www.mhicongress.org/aindex.php
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A conference organized by the Danish Research Network for Equality and
Pluralism and the Institute of Philosophy and the Study of Religions at
the University of Southern Denmark will take place from September
30-October 2, 2004, at the University of Southern Denmark in Odense. The
event's theme is "The Rights of Religious Minorities". For more
information, contact: Lars Binderup ([email protected]) or Tim
Jensen
([email protected]), of the Institute of Philosophy and the Study of
Religions.
A conference called "On the Margins of Nations: Endangered Languages and
Linguistic Rights" will be held from October 1-3, 2004, in Barcelona,
Spain. This is the Eighth Conference of the Foundation for Endangered
Languages, and it is organized in cooperation with the Institut
D'Estudis Catalans. A contact for this event is: Joan A. Argenter,
Institut d'Estudis Catalans, Carrer del Carme, 47, E-08001 Barcelona,
Catalonia, Spain; email: [email protected].
The 13th Nordic Migration Conference will take place at Aalborg
University, Denmark, between November 18-20, 2004. Hosted by the Academy
for Migration Studies in Denmark (AMID), the conference will focus on
migration issues in the Nordic countries, as well as related issues such
as cultural diversity and immigrant integration. Theoretical,
comparative and empirical approaches will be represented. For further
details, contact: The Academy for Migration Studies in Denmark, (attn:
Ms Helle Weiergang), Fibigerstraede 2, DK-9220 Aalborg East, Denmark,
tel: + 45 96 35 91 33; fax: + 45 98 15 11 26; email: [email protected]
Details are also posted on the conference website:
http://www.amid.dk/activities/13th_nordicmigrationconf.htm
3. RECENT PUBLICATIONS (all prices in U.S. dollars).
Ahmed, Sara et.al. (eds) (2003) Uprootings/Regroundings: Questions of
Home and Migration (Berg) $26.95
Ali, Suki (2004) Mixed-Race, Post-Race: Gender, New Ethnicities and
Cultural Practices (Berg) $25.95
Amselle, Jean-Loup (2003) Affirmative Exclusion: Cultural Pluralism and
the Rule of Custom in France (Cornell UP) $17.95
Auer, Stefan (2004) Liberal Nationalism in Central Europe (Routledge)
$95
Bauman, Richard and Charles L. Briggs (2003) Voices of Modernity:
Language Ideologies and the Politics of Inequality (Cambridge UP) $22.14
Bayor, Ronald H. (ed) (2003) Race and Ethnicity in America: A Concise
History (Columbia UP) $19.50
Behiels, Michael (2004) Canada's Francophone Minority Communities:
Constitutional Renewal and the Winning of School Governance
(McGill-Queen's UP) $80.00
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Bonilla-Silva, Eduardo (2003) Racism without Racists: Color-Blind Racism
and the Persistance of Racial Inequality in the United States (Rowman &
Littlefield) $24.95
Brysk, Alison and Gershon Shafir (eds) (2004) People Out of Place:
Globalization, Human Rights, and the Citizenship Gap (Routledge) $24.95
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Chriost, Diarmait Mac Giolla (2003) Language Identity and Conflict: A
Comparative Study of Language in Ethnic Conflict in Europe and Eurasia
(Routledge) $90.00
Evans, Braziel Jana and Anita Mannur (eds) (2003) Theorizing Diaspora: A
Reader (Blackwell) $26.36
Evans, M.D.R. (2004) Prejudice or Productivity?: Ethnicity, Language,
and Discrimination in Labour Markets (Westview) $28.50
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Gagnon, Alain-G., Monserrat Guibernau and Francois Rocher (2004) The
Conditions of Diversity in Multinational Democracies (McGill-Queen's UP)
$29.95
Harris, Roxy and Ben Rampton (eds) (2003) The Language, Ethnicity and
Race Reader (Routledge) $28.95
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Karim, K. H. (ed) (2003) The Media of Diaspora (Routledge) $90
Krastev, Ivan and Alina Mungiu-Pippidi (eds) (2004) Nationalism After
Communism: Lessons Learned (Central European University Press) $34.95
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Macedo, Stephen and Ian Shapiro (eds) (2003) Secession (NYU Press/Nomos
No. 45) $55.00
Mackerras, Colin (ed) (2003) Ethnicity in Asia (Curzon Press) $29.95
Marx, Anthony W. (2003) Faith in Nation: Exclusionary Origins of
Nationalism (Oxford UP) $18.20
McKinnon, Catriona and Dario Castiglione (eds) (2002) The Culture of
Toleration in Diverse Societies: Reasonable Toleration (Manchester UP)
$29.95
Munz, Rainer and Rainer Ohliger (eds) (2003) Diasporas and Ethnic
Migrants: Germany, Israel and Post-Soviet Successor States in
Comparative Perspective (Frank Cass) $28.95
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Osman, Amina and Brenda Leibowitz (eds) (2004) A Framework for Heritage,
Multiculturalism and Citizenship Education (Commonwealth Secretariat
Publications) $12.95
Ostergaard-Nielsen, Eva (2003) International Migration and Sending
Countries: Perceptions, Policies and Transnational Relations (Palgrave)
$65.00
Ozkirimli, Umut (ed) (2003) Nationalism and its Futures (Palgrave)
$65.00
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Proulx, Craig (2003) Reclaiming Aboriginal Justice, Identity and
Community
(Purich Publishing) $26.00
Puri, Jyoti, (2003) Encountering Nationalism (Blackwell) $26.36
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Robotin, Monica and Levente Salat (eds) (2004) A New Balance: Democracy
and Minorities in Post-Communist Europe (LGI Books) $29.95
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Spencer, Susan (2003) The Politics of Migration: Managing Opportunity,
Conflict and Change (Blackwell) $34.95
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Wilson, Ernest J (ed) (2004) Diversity and U.S. Foreign Policy
(Routledge) $29.95
Zagorin, Perez (2003) How the Idea of Religious Toleration Came to the
West (Princeton UP) $29.95
Journal Special Issues and Symposia
A recent issue of the Australian Journal of Politics and History (Vol.
50, No. 1, March 2004) contains eight articles about federalism and
territorial autonomy. Some articles examine these topics by looking at
specific regions; others consider global developments in the theory of
federalism. Each article is a revised version of a paper presented at a
conference called "Transcending the National" held at the University of
New South Wales in July, 2002.
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The journal Identities recently published a special issue on the
relationship between national identity and sport (Vol. 10, No. 4, 2003).
This issue, which follows a Brunel University conference on "The Nation
and Sport", covers an assortment of interesting themes, including rugby
and Irish identity, College football and American identity, soccer and
Norwegian identity, and the connection between the identities of women
and bullfighting.
The journal Curriculum Inquiry recently published the initial volume of
a special series on multiculturalism in education (Vol. 33, No. 4,
2003). This volume follows a 2002 conference named "Experiential
Approaches to the Study of Multiculturalism in Education" held in
Toronto. The aim of both the conference and this special volume was to
explore new ways of looking at multiculturalism, particularly
"experiential" and "narrative" approaches to dealing with multicultural
issues (both group and individual) in education.
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A special issue of the journal Patterns of Prejudice (Vol. 38, No. 2,
June 2004) includes a collection of five case studies of the role of
monotheistic religions in (extremist) politics around the globe. Guest
edited by Stella Rock, the issue contains articles by Markku Ruotsila
(on Christian premillennarism in pre-war Britain), Alexander Verkhovsky
(on Islamophobia and antisemitism among Russian Orthodox nationalists),
Martin Durham (on Christian fundamentalism in the United States),
Ebenezer Obadare (on Islamic fundamentalism in Nigeria) and Shai
Bermanis/Daphna Canetti-Nisim/Ami Pedahzur (on Jewish fundamentalism in
Israel).
4. CALL FOR PAPERS
The Essex Human Rights Review (EHRR), a new online publication edited by
graduate students at the University of Essex, is now accepting essays,
book reviews and other contributions on contemporary human rights
issues,
primarily (but not exclusively) in the areas of law, political science,
sociology, and philosophy, covering both the academic and the practical
aspects of human rights. For the June 2004 issue, submissions that focus
on defending human rights in Africa, the rights of minorities and the
Roma in particular, and human rights in religion, are particularly
welcome. Submissions should not exceed 8,000 words for articles and
3,000 words for other items (e.g. book/conference reviews), and should
be emailed in MS Word format, together with full contact details, to:
[email protected]
Submissions should also be received by April 16, 2004.
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Submissions are invited for a special issue of the journal Patterns of
Prejudice (vol. 39, no. 2, June 2005) on 'Colonial Genocide', to be
guest edited by Dan Stone and A. Dirk Moses. Contributions are invited
that analyse colonial genocides and demonstrate linkages between these
and later genocides, in terms of ideas, personnel and materiel, as well
as contributions that develop theoretical reflections on the nature of
genocide as a phenomenon that can be understood in terms of long-term
historical trajectories. Papers should be submitted by 31 August 2004.
They should be a maximum of 7,000 words with documentation. Please see
the journal for style sheet, or go to
http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/0031322x.asp. Submissions should
be sent to Barbara Rosenbaum, Patterns of Prejudice, 79 Wimpole Street,
London W1G 9RY, e-mail: [email protected]
5. INTERNET RESOURCES
A new guide to the Framework Convention for the Protection of National
Minorities is posted on the website of the Southeastern Europe division
of
the Center for Documentation and Information on Minorities in Europe
(CEDIME-SE). The guide is an extensive database including country
reports
and implementation histories for Council of Europe members.
http://www.greekhelsinki.gr/bhr/english/special_issues/fcnm_guide.html
DiversityCentral.com is a business-oriented website aimed at managing
diversity in the workplace and developing "cultural intelligence" in
business relationships. This comprehensive website includes numerous
resources to assist businesspersons and leaders of large organizations
in managing issues associated with cultural diversity. Among other
resources, the website makes available a "diversity store" where
educational products dealing with diversity can be purchased, and a
listing of "diversity events" relevant to diversity education in the
workplace.
http://www.diversityhotwire.com/index.php
The European Commission Against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI) of the
Council of Europe released five new reports examining racism,
xenophobia, anti-Semitism and intolerance in Belgium, Bulgaria, Norway,
Slovakia and Switzerland. These reports, which are published in English,
can be found at the following WWW address:
http://www.coe.int/T/E/human_rights/Ecri/
The Multicultural Supersite (by Paul Gorski) attempts to narrow the gap
between multicultural education theory and practice by providing
information and research resources for in-service teachers, pre-service
teachers, and teacher educators. Everything from useful websites to
"best practice" summaries to lists of current publications is
conveniently posted on this site.
http://www.mhhe.com/socscience/education/multi/
The website of the National MultiCultural Institute (NMCI) contains a
large number of links, reports, and other information on
multiculturalism in business, commerce and large organizations, mainly
relevant to groups in the United States. The website mainly provides
access to products created and promoted by NMCI, but also available are
conference updates and practical studies focussing on the "new skills
and knowledge required in fields such as workforce diversity, human
resource management, education, and conflict resolution."
http://www.nmci.org/
Two projects on bilingualism were recently posted on-line by the Centre
for Research and Information on Canada (CRIC). The first project is
called "Bilingualism: Part of Our Past or Part of Our Future?", and the
second is a national opinion poll about the popularity of bilingualism
in Canada.
http://www.cric.ca/en_html/index.html
6. COURSES AND FELLOWSHIPS
The Summer Session on Federalism is a two-week study and travel program
offering young professionals and scholars an opportunity to learn how
federalism works in practice in two different federal countries. From
August 29-September 12, 2004, sixteen participants from countries around
the world will explore theories, governmental structures, mechanisms and
issues critical to federal systems. The Summer Session is organized in
partnership with the Summer University at the Institute of Federalism in
Fribourg, Switzerland. The program of study will include field trips to
Switzerland and Bosnia-Herzegovina, incorporating visits to each of the
federal capitals and to a canton in each federation. The curriculum will
feature academic sessions, discussions with politicians and officials,
an
intergovernmental negotiation simulation, and tours of government
institutions in both of the countries visited. For additional
information
and to view the application form, please visit the Forum of Federations
website: http://www.forumfed.org/programs/youth.asp?lang=en or contact:
Sarah Evanetz, Program Manager, Youth, Forum of Federations, 325
Dalhousie
St., Suite 700, Ottawa, Canada, K1N 7G2; tel: (613) 244-3360 ext. 248;
fax: (613) 244-3372. Email: [email protected]. Note that
applications are due by April 22, 2004. For more information on the
Summer
University in Fribourg , visit: http://www.federalism.ch/
The European Academy of Bolzano invites civil servants, journalists,
teachers, graduate students and lawyers to apply for a course on
"Minority
and Diversity", the fifth module of the Master's Programme in European
Integration and Regionalism, to be held from June 14-25, 2004 in
Bozen/Bolzano, Italy. The initial phase of the course will see leading
experts present on international and inter-regional systems of the UN,
OSCE and Council of Europe. The second phase will concentrate on the
linguistic, educational and political rights of minorities as found in
different national political institutions. For additional information,
contact: European Academy Bozen/Bolzano, Viale Druso 1, I-39100 Bolzano;
tel: +39-0471-055200; fax: +39-0471-055299; email: [email protected]; or
visit the European Academy's website at: http://www.eurac.edu/meir
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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], or
you can write to the Forum for Philosophy and Public Policy, Department
of Philosophy, Queen's University, Watson Hall 313, Kingston Ontario K7L
3N6, Canada. Fax: 613-533-6545.
Special thanks to Michael Kocsis for research help, and to Lise
Charlebois for help with the distribution of the newsletter.