MINELRES: Citizenship, Democracy and Ethnocultural Diversity Newsletter No 34,
September 2004
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Citizenship, Democracy and Ethnocultural Diversity
Newsletter of the Queen's Forum for Philosophy and Public Policy
No. 34, September 2004
Contents
1. Introduction
2. Workshop on Multiculturalism and the Welfare State
3. Upcoming Conferences
4. Recent Publications
5. Call for Papers
6. Internet Resources
7. Recent International Initiatives
8. 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, of which this is the
thirty-fourth 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 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. MULTICULTURALISM AND WELFARE STATE CONFERENCE
The Forum for Philosophy and Public Policy, in cooperation with the
newly-established Research Group on Nationalism, Ethnicity and
Multicultural Citizenship (RGONEMC), is pleased to be co-sponsoring a
workshop on "Is Multiculturalism Bad for the Welfare State?", at Queen's
University, on 29-30 October 2004. It will bring together experts on
multiculturalism and the welfare state in Europe and the Americas, to
discuss drafts of papers for a forthcoming volume on the topic. The
volume will be edited by Keith Banting and Will Kymlicka, and published
by Oxford University Press. Contributors include: Willem Assies (Colegio
de Michoac?n), Geoffrey Evans (Oxford) H.B. Entzinger (Erasmus),
Rodney
Hero (Notre Dame) and Rob Preuhs (University of Denver), Matt James
(Victoria), Peter Kraus (Humbolt) and Karen Schoenwaelder (WZB), Nicola
McEwen (Edinburgh), David Miller (Oxford), John Myles (Toronto), Anne
Phillips (LSE), Stuart Soroka (McGill) and Richard Johnston (UBC), and
Donna Lee Van Cott (Tulane). For further information about the workshop,
contact the co-organizers, Keith Banting ([email protected]) or
Will Kymlicka ([email protected]). Their working paper on this
topic, outlining the relevant issues, is posted on the RGONEMC website
at: http://www.queensu.ca/politics/rgonemc/workingpapers.html
3. UPCOMING CONFERENCES
The Fifth Pan-European International Relations Conference, organized in
cooperation with the Standing Group on International Relations (SGIR)
and
the European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR), will be held at
the Netherlands Congress Centre, The Hague, from September 9-11, 2004.
The theme of this year's conference is "Constructing World Orders". The
section of this event entitled "States, Regions and Regional World
Orders" will be of particular interest to newsletter readers. For more
details, contact the Conference Organisers by email at:
[email protected] or visit the detailed conference website at this
address: http://www.sgir.org/conference2004/
The Human Rights Initiative of the Carnegie Council on Ethics and
International Affairs will hold a two-day workshop on the theme "The
Case
for Cultural Rights" from September 23-24, 2004, in New York City. The
workshop will bring together scholars and practitioners to consider why
cultural rights have received so little attention for much of the last
three decades. The workshop will lay the groundwork for the next issue
of
the Carnegie Council's semi-annual magazine, Human Rights Dialogue,
which
is devoted to the issue of cultural rights. For more information,
contact: Rebecca Kraley, Carnegie Council on Ethics and International
Affairs, 170 East 64th Street, New York NY, 10021; tel: 212-838-4120
X223; fax: 212-752-2432; email: [email protected]
The Federal Agency for Civic Education, an agency of the government of
Germany, will host a conference called "Networking European Citizenship
Education" in Santiago de Compostela, Spain, from September 23-26, 2004.
This event will explore concepts and agendas concerning civic education
in light of the geographic, political, cultural and economic changes
taking place in Europe. For more information, contact: Conference
Management and Registration, Anja Ostermann, Reiderweg 18, D-58285
Gevelsberg; tel: +49 (0) 2332 4199; fax: +49 (0) 2332 757056; email:
[email protected]
The Forum of Federations is organizing a "Global Dialogue on Democracy
and Diversity" that will be held on 25 September 2004 in Barcelona,
Spain. This conference is a part of the Universal Forum of Cultures
2004.
The overall goal of the workshop is to contribute to the debate on
governance methods, and to explore ways to strengthen and consolidate
democratic systems from the point of view of federalism and other forms
of political organization. For more information on this workshop,
contact
Diana Chebenova, Program Manager at the Forum of Federations
([email protected]). For more general information on all Forum of
Culture events, visit: http://www.barcelona2004.org/eng/
The Centre for Research on Immigration, Ethnicity and Citizenship
(CRIEC)
at the Universit? de Quebec ? Montreal is organizing an
international
conference entitled "Mending the Past: Memory and the Politics of
Forgiveness" at UQAM in Montreal from October 13-15, 2004. The
conference
will study the philosophical, social and ethical issues relating to
historic memory, reconciliation and dialogue, with speakers from Latin
America, the US, Canada, Europe, the Middle East and Africa. For more
information, contact Hugues-O. Blouin
([email protected]), or visit the conference
website
at: http://www.criec.uqam.ca/colloquememoire/en/index.htm
A workshop on "The Challenge of Multiculturalism in Eastern and Central
Europe" will be held at Iasi, Romania, from October 28-30, 2004,
sponsored by the Open Society Foundation of Romania, the AXIS Foundation
Publishing House, Al.I.Cuza University, and the Society for the Research
of Religions and Ideologies (SACRI). This event will bring together
distinct groups of researchers from political science, sociology,
philosophy, history and other disciplines, as well as practitioners,
from
politicians to representatives of NGOs. The conference aims to
facilitate
dialogue among these different communities. The workshop will be divided
into three sections: multicultural and intercultural politics,
challenges
and realities of multiculturalism in the ECE region, and multicultural
education. For details, contact: Sandu Frunza, (Babes-Bolyai University)
(email: [email protected]; tel: + 40-741-676936) or Nicu Gavriluta,
(Al.I. Cuza University) (email: [email protected]; tel: +40-740-545234),
or
visit the conference website at: http://www.sacri.ro/files/multicult.htm
The 3rd Mercator International Symposium will take place in
Ljouwert/Leeuwarden (Frysl?n, The Netherlands) from November 25-27,
2004.
The theme of this year's symposium is: "Linguistic Diversity and
Education: Challenges and Opportunities". Key issues to be discussed
include: comparison of educational systems in EU member states, minority
languages and policy, and linguistic diversity. For further details,
contact Cor van der Meer; tel: (+31) (0)58 2343063; fax: (+31) (0)58
2131409; email: [email protected]; or click on "III Mercator Symposium"
at the Mercator website: http://www.mercator-education.org/
The Zalman Shazar Center for Jewish History and the International Center
for Ethics, Justice and Public Life at Brandeis University will hold a
conference on the subject "Justice: Communal, National and
International", on December 20-21, 2004, in Jerusalem. This event will
address the possible repercussions of the different perceptions of
justice in light of the tension(s) between the communal, national, and
global interests. For more information, contact: Zvi Yekutiel, Zalman
Shazar Center for Jewish History, PO Box 4179, Jerusalem, 91041; email:
[email protected]
The topic for this year's annual meeting of the American Society for
Political and Legal Philosophy is "Moral Universalism and
Particularism".
The meeting will be held at the Marriot Hotel in Boston on 29-30
December
2004, in conjunction with the meetings of the American Philosophical
Association. Speakers include William Galston, Benedict Kingsbury,
Barbara Herman, Frank Michelman, Seyla Benhabib, Gopal Sreenivasan,
William Scheuerman, Daniel Weinstock and Robin West. For more
information,visit the ASPLP website at:
http://www.political-theory.org/asplp.html
A conference honouring Susan Moller Okin's contributions to political
theory will be held at Stanford University from February 3-5, 2005. The
conference will cover the four major areas of Okin's contributions to
contemporary debates: justice and the family, multiculturalism and
liberalism, gender and international development and women in the
history
of political thought. Participants will include: Joshua Cohen, Jane
Mansbridge, Iris Young, David Miller, Nancy Rosenblum, Chandran Kukathas
and Molly Shanley. For more information, contact Debra Satz at:
[email protected]
The Human Rights Initiative at the Georgia Institute of Technology is
organizing a conference on "Human Rights in Crisis" on February 18-19
2005. The conference will explore the theory and practice of human
rights
from historical and contemporary perspectives, including in the area of
women's rights, social and economic rights, culture, technology,
medicine, globalization and the "War on Terror". Please submit abstracts
for proposed papers, not longer than one page, as well as a short CV, to
Human Rights Initiative, School of History, Technology and Society,
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332-0345. For inquiries,
contact [email protected]. Proposals are due by Sept. 25,
2004.
A conference called "Debating Language Policies in Canada and Europe"
will be held at the University of Ottawa from March 31-April 2, 2005.
This event will address issues related to the development and
implementation of language policies in Canada and Europe, focussing on
the foundations and aims of language policies, and the criteria used to
evaluate them. Papers will be presented in English and French. For
details about the conference, or to submit an abstract for
consideration,
contact: Linda Cardinal, Caire de recherch? sur les politiques
publiques
et la francophonie, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada, K1N 6N5;
email:
[email protected]
The annual international meeting for the Conference for the Study of
Political Thought will take place from April 8-10, 2005, at Columbia
University, in New York City. The themes for this year's event are "the
state" and "state centrism". The event aims to bring together
historians,
political theorists, sociologists, philosophers, and legal theorists to
explore the issue of whether the state has been too central within
inquiries in the human and social sciences, and if it has, what effects
the state-centred approach has had. Confirmed participants include:
Quentin Skinner, Gianfranco Poggi, Knud Haakonssen, Rainer Baubock and
Fred Cooper. For more information, contact: David Johnston by email at:
[email protected]
The Association for the Study of Ethnicity and Nationalism (ASEN) will
host its 15th Annual Conference at the London School of Economics (LSE)
from April 20-21, 2005, on the topic "Nation and Empire". Suggested
themes for this year's event include: myths and memories of empire, the
collapse of empire and the rise of nations, the American empire and
post-imperialism, and empire's art and image. Papers submitted to the
conference will also be considered for a special issue of the journal
Studies in Ethnicity and Nationalism. Paper proposals should be
submitted
on-line at the conference website (URL below). For further information,
contact the ASEN 2005 Conference Committee, London School of Economics,
Houghton Street, London, WC2A 2AE, UK; email: [email protected]; conference
website: http://www.lse.ac.uk/collections/ASEN/conference2005.htm
The Centre of Canadian Studies at the University of Edinburgh will host
an interdisciplinary conference exploring the theme "First Nations,
First
Thoughts" May 5-6, 2005, in Edinburgh, Scotland. The conference will
examine the significance of Aboriginal Peoples in the development of
cultural and intellectual thought in Canada. Presenters will address
themes such as: indigenous knowledge and intergenerational transmission,
Indigenous perspectives on kinship, Aboriginal approaches to sustainable
development, Indigenous ethics, and debates about Aboriginal
sovereignty,
nationalism and self-determination. For more information, or to submit a
paper proposal (prior to November 30, 2004), contact: Grace Owens,
Centre
of Canadian Studies, 21 George Square, Edinburgh EH8 9LD, Scotland;
email: [email protected] For more information visit:
http://www.cst.ed.ac.uk/conferences.html
The First Global International Studies Conference will be hosted by the
World International Studies Committee (WISC) at Bilgi University, in
Istanbul, Turkey, from August 24-27, 2005. The conference theme is:
"Bringing International Studies Together: Contrasting Approaches and
Agendas". Key themes will be: migration, human rights and needs, ethics
and international relations, identity issues, global civil society and
the imposition of democratic norms internationally. Proposals for panels
and individual paper presentations should be submitted via the
conference
website. Inquiries should be forwarded to the conference chairpersons
committee at: [email protected] Details about registration, local
arrangements and submitting proposals are available on the conference
website: http://www.essex.ac.uk/ecpr/events/wisc/proposals.aspx
4. RECENT PUBLICATIONS
(all prices in U.S. dollars).
Ackerman, Bruce & James Fishkin (2004) Deliberation Day (Yale UP) $30.00
Ahier, John et. al. (2003) Graduate Citizens: Issues of Citizenship and
Higher Education (Routledge) $43.95
Bell, Christine (2003) Peace Agreements and Human Rights (Oxford UP)
$120.00
Bell, Derrick (2004) Silent Covenants: Brown vs Board of Education and
the Elusive Quest for Racial Justice (Oxford UP) $25.00
Bellamy, Richard et. al. (eds) (2004) Lineages of European Citizenship:
Rights, Belonging and Participation in Eleven Nation-States (Palgrave)
$69.95
Berdichevsky, Norman (2004) Nations, Language and Citizenship
(McFarland)
$45.00
Berman, Bruce, Dickson Eyoh and Will Kymlicka (eds) (2004) Ethnicity and
Democracy in Africa (James Currey Ltd) $28.95
Boyer, Pierre, et al. (2004) From Subjects to Citizens: A Hundred Years
of Citizenship in Australia and Canada (University of Ottawa Press)
$29.95
Council of Europe (2004) Minority Rights in Europe. $88.00
Coward, Harold & Gordon S. Smith (2004) Religion and Peacebuilding (SUNY
Press) $24.95
Croucher, Sheila (2004) Globalization and Belonging: The Politics of
Identity in a Changing World (Rowman and Littlefield) $22.95
Darder, Antonia & Rodolfo Torres (2004) After Race: Racism after
Multiculturalism (NYU Press) $19.95
Duncan, Christopher (ed) (2004) Civilizing the Margins: Southeast Asian
Government Policies for the Development of Minorities (Cornell UP)
$22.50
Essed, Philomena, Georg Frerks & Joke Schrijvers (2004) Refugees and the
Transformation of Societies: Agency, Policies, Ethics and Politics
(Berghahn) $50.00
Farrow, Douglas (ed) (2004) Recognizing Religion in a Secular Society:
Essays in Pluralism, Religion and Public Policy (McGill-Queen's UP)
$70.00
Heater, Derek (2004) A History of Education for Citizenship (Routledge)
$139.95
Hoffman, John (2004) Citizenship beyond the State (Sage) $34.95
Ignatieff, Michael (2004) The Lesser Evil: Political Ethics in an Age of
Terror (Princeton UP) $16.07
Jackson, Robert (2004) Rethinking Religious Education and Plurality:
Issues in Diversity and Pedagogy (Falmer) $120.00
Joly, Daniele (ed) (2004) International Migration in the New Millennium:
Global Movement and Settlement (Ashgate) $79.95
Lahav, Gallya et. al. (eds) (2004) Immigration and Politics in the New
Europe: Reinventing Borders (Cambridge UP) $26.99
Larson, Brooke (2004) Trials of Nation Making: Liberalism, Race and
Ethnicity in the Andes (Cambridge UP) $24.99
Park, John S.W. (2004) Elusive Citizenship: Immigration, Asian Americans
and the Paradox of Civil Rights (NYU Press) $45.00
Rossabi, Morris (2004) Governing China's Multiethnic Frontiers
(University of Washington Press) $50.00
Scheinin, Martin and Reetta Toivanen (eds) (2004) Rethinking
Non-Discrimination and Minority Rights (Institute for Human Rights, Abo
Akademi University) www.abo.fi/instut/imr
Scherrer, Christian (2003) Ethnicity, Nationalism and Violence: Conflict
Management, Human Rights and Multilateral Regimes (Ashgate) $89.95
Schiffauer, Werner et al (2004) Civil Enculturation: Nation-State,
Schools and Ethnic Difference in the Netherlands, Britain, Germany and
France (Berghahn) $75.00 Walzer, Michael (2004) Arguing about War (Yale
UP) $16.50
Weitz, Eric (2003) A Century of Genocide: Utopias of Race and Nation
(Princeton UP) $29.95
Williams, Michael & Graham Humphreys (2003) Citizenship Education and
Lifelong Learning (Nova Science Publishers) $69.00
Wood, Peter (2004) Diversity: The Invention of a Concept (Encounter
Books) $12.57
Journal Special Issues and Symposia
A recent issue of Roma Rights (Vol. 2, 2004) is dedicated to the theme
"Ethnic Statistics". Articles in this issue consider topics such as
research methodology, ethnic monitoring, and EU data collection, in
addition to editorials and "snapshots" related to the special theme.
A recent issue of the journal Ethical Theory and Moral Practice is
dedicated to the issue of "Contextualized Morality and Ethno-Religious
Diversity" (Vol. 7, No. 2, 2004). Guest editors for this issue are Veit
Bader and Sawitri Saharso. Authors include Joseph Carens, Paul Van Den
Berg and Chandran Kukathas.
An issue of the journal Latino Studies contains several articles on the
language and politics of citizenship (Vol. 2, No. 2, July 2004).
Articles
consider the relationships between Latino and US citizenship, concepts
of
belonging, and language education in the US.
A recent issue of the journal Thesis Eleven: Critical Theory and
Historical Sociology is devoted to the debate about multiculturalism
(Vol. 78, No. 1, 2004). This issue contains an introductory article
written by John Rundell, Vince Marotta and Alastair Davidson. In other
articles the "ideology" of multiculturalism is explored through studies
of the Australian "invasion complex", the ethics of the "multicultural
dream", and multiculturalism and "otherness".
A recent issue of the Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies contains
several articles on the relationship between ethnicity and nationalism
(Vol. 30, No. 4, July 2004). Daniele Conversi, Michael Banton and John
Edwards contribute to this issue. Issue 46 of Philosophy Now magazine
contains a series of articles on the nature of democracy. Selected
articles are available free for viewing at:
http://www.philosophynow.org/backissues/issue46.htm
The first issue of the Essex Human Rights Review (Vol. 1, No. 1, 2004)
contains two thematic sections on human rights and ethnic conflict. The
sections are entitled "The rights of the Roma" and "Defending Human
Rights in Africa". They are posted at: http://projects.essex.ac.uk/ehrr
5. CALL FOR PAPERS
The editors of the journal "Global Review of Ethnopolitics" invite
original papers for a special issue on the dynamics underlying electoral
politics in ethnically divided societies. Free and fair elections are
one
of the most fundamental characteristics of democratic systems; in
ethnically divided societies, elections and the rules and regulations on
which they are based are especially important, because they provide
important levers to guarantee (or in certain cases prevent) adequate
representation of different ethnocultural groups in state institutions.
The aim of this special issue is to provide empirical evidence and
analysis of recent elections in ethnically divided societies, on a
comparative or single-case basis, that can improve our understanding of
these dynamics in concrete contexts. The deadline for submissions is:
December 31, 2004. Please email your contributions as attachments to:
Florian Bieber ([email protected]) and Stefan Wolff ([email protected]).
A call for papers has been issued for a forthcoming volume of essays on
Hannah Arendt. The volume will be entitled "Imperialism, Slavery, Race
and Genocide: The Legacy of Hannah Arendt". It will seek to use Arendt's
insights as a source for further investigation into the ways in which
race, imperialism, slavery, and genocide are linked, and the ways in
which these terms have affected the United States, Europe, and the
"colonised world" in different ways. The volume is meant not as another
set of essays exploring Arent's thought, but rather as an experiment in
intellectual history that uses Arendtian terms and concepts to explain
the racialization of the "enlightened" west. Proposals (500-1000 words)
should be sent by September 30, 2004, to Richard H. King (email:
[email protected]) and Dan Stone (email:
[email protected]).
6. INTERNET RESOURCES
The United Nations Development Programme has recently released an
extensive "Report on Democracy in Latin America", focusing in particular
on issues of the nature of citizenship in the region. The Report
contains
statistical data on democracy in 18 Latin American countries, the
results
of a survey carried out among 19,000 citizens and the experiences of the
main political and social leaders in the Latin American democratization
process. The Report is now posted on-line at the following URL.
http://www.democracia.undp.org/Default.Asp
openDemocracy.net is an online magazine of global politics and culture
that posts specialised articles and provides a forum for public
discussion. Recently openDemocracy has run a debate on the theme
"Multiculturalism: Translating Difference". Posted articles take up
several overlapping themes. One theme is "the strange career of
multiculturalism" which charts the evolution, use and abuse of
multiculturalism in theory, culture and politics. Another theme is "at
the border", which focuses on real-world experiences with difference.
http://www.opendemocracy.net/debates/issue-1-111.jsp
A new website posts the research activities of the new collaborative
research initiative at the University of Ottawa called "Democratic
Dialogue: Inquiry into Democracy, Education and Society". The website
contains information about the democratic dialogue team, publications,
speakers and conferences associated with the initiative.
http://www.democraticdialogue.com
The European Centre for Minority Issues (ECMI) has launched a trilingual
(English/Macedonian/International Romani) homepage documenting its
Romani
project "Toward the Regional Integration of Roms". The website currently
contains several documents and relevant information about the project
and
its partners: http://www.ecmirom.org
7. RECENT INTERNATIONAL INITIATIVES
Three recent international and intergovernmental initiatives may be of
interest to readers.
(a) HDR 2004: The annual Human Development Report of the United Nations
Development Programme (UNDP) has taken as its theme in 2004, 'Cultural
Liberty in Today's Diverse World'. The Report argues that accommodating
ethnic, religious, linguistic and cultural diversity should be seen as a
vital part of human development. This is the first time that the HDR has
focused on the link between ethnocultural diversity and development. The
Report defends a range of multiculturalism policies as a means towards
eradicating poverty and building inclusive societies. The Report can be
downloaded from the UNDP website:
http://hdr.undp.org/reports/global/2004/
Readers may also be interested in the extensive background papers and
statistical analyses used to support the Report's conclusions, which
focus on a wide range of minority groups and regions of the world.
These are posted at: http://hdr.undp.org/publications/papers.cfm The
link
between cultural liberty and human development, will be the focus of the
next Global Forum on Human Development in Paris, France, January 17-19,
2005. This will be third in a series of such events started by the Human
Development Report Office in 1999. The Forum is sponsored by the
Ministry
of Foreign Affairs of France and UNDP in cooperation with Sciences-Po
and
IDDRI. The Human Development Forums feature the latest thinking,
research, and innovation on current issues and help shape the
international agenda for human development.
(b) GCIM: The Secretary-General of the UN has established a "Global
Commission on International Migration" (GCIM) to help formulate
recommendations on the international management of migration. The
Commission's mandate includes an extensive range of research and policy
analysis, leading to a final report due in mid-2005. Details on the
Commission and its work can be found at: www.gcim.org
(c) Bolzano Declaration: The European Academy, in cooperation with the
European Commission and the Open Society Institute, has developed a
series of policy recommendations for the protection of minorities in the
enlarged European Union. This "Bolzano Declaration" is one aspect of the
larger project to establish a "Platform for an enriching culturally and
ethnically diverse Europe" (PECEDE), which will include a range of
publications and website resources. For details, see the PECEDE website
at: http://www.eurac.edu/Pecede/
7. COURSES AND FELLOWSHIPS
The Department of Political Studies at Queen's University has recently
established the "Fulbright Chair in Nationalism, Ethnicity and
Multicultural Citizenship", which will be awarded annually to a visiting
scholar from the United States. This Chair is part of the Canada-U.S.
Fulbright Visiting Research Chairs Program. Applicants are welcome from
scholars working on such issues as immigrant integration,
multiculturalism and multicultural education, indigenous peoples,
policing and minorities, affirmative action, minority nationalism, or
normative theories of accommodating ethnic diversity. For details on the
chair, including how to apply, visit the Fulbright website at:
http://www.cies.org/award_book/award2005/award/Que5511.htm. Or contact
Prof. John McGarry, Canada Research Chair in Nationalism and Democracy,
Dept. of Political Studies, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario,
Canada
K7L 3N6. Tel: 613-533-6237; email: [email protected]
The Solomon Asch Center for Study of Ethnopolitical Conflict will hold
its fourth Summer Institute on Ethnopolitical Conflict at the University
of Pennsylvania from June 6-July 29, 2005. The 8-week Institute bridges
the gap between research and practice by bringing together social
scientists and practitioners to study the origins and consequences of
ethnopolitical conflict, including issues relevant to working with
refugees and others suffering from these conflicts. Applicants should
have the Ph.D. degree, or a Masters degree augmented with significant
field experience; previous Summer Fellows have included academics,
clinicians, and government, military, and NGO officers. The Center
expects to support approximately 15 Fellows, including tuition, travel,
and living expenses. Applicants should send a cv, two letters of
recommendation (flap sealed and signed by recommender), and a detailed
letter describing interests, experience, and career plans. The deadline
for receipt of applications is December 15, 2004. Applications should be
addressed to Roy Eidelson, Executive Director, Solomon Asch Center,
University of Pennsylvania, St. Leonard's Court, Suite 305, 3819-33
Chestnut Street. Philadelphia, PA 19104. Interested individuals are
encouraged to review curricula for previous Summer Institutes at
http://psych.upenn.edu/sacsec
The Association for the Study of Ethnicity and Nationalism (ASEN) and
the
journal Nations and Nationalism have established a prize to encourage
young researchers to publish original scholarship in the area of
ethnicity and nationalism. The prize will be awarded for the best
article
submitted, and the winning article will be announced at 15th Annual ASEN
Conference (announced in this newsletter under "Conferences"), to be
held
in April 2005. The deadline for submissions is September 30, 2004. The
prize includes a sum of ?250, and 2 years' free membership in the
ASEN,
and potential publication of the winning article in Nations and
Nationalism. Submissions may be made by currently enrolled post-graduate
students and those with theses submitted not more than two years prior
to
the deadline. Submissions and enquiries should be forwarded to: Managing
Editor, Nations and Nationalism, ASEN - 2nd Floor - Old Building, London
School of Economics, Houghton Street, London, WC2A 2AE, UK; email:
[email protected]
Minority Rights Group's (MRG) annual Regional Advocacy and Rights
Training Seminar (ARTS) will take place from September 28-October 6,
2004. The topics covered will include: international instruments for the
protection of minority rights, the UN system, Council of Europe, OSCE
and
European Union, issues in minority rights protection and promotion,
skills for minority rights activists, advocacy, preparation of shadow
reports, delivery of interventions at international fora, and
negotiation
techniques. This seminar is part of MRG's Southeast Europe: Diversity
and
Democracy Programme. For more information about the seminar, please
contact Snjezana Bokulic, Central and Eastern Europe Programme Officer,
Minority Rights Group International; email: [email protected]
The European University Center for Peace Studies (EPU), based in
Stadtschlaining, Austria, invites students to apply to study toward a
Master of Arts degree in peace and conflict studies. The EPU program was
designed to provide students with intellectual skills to analyse
conflicts, and underlying causes of conflicts, and to give students
practical skills in peace building and related fields. Faculty come from
many different countries and a variety of disciplines and emphasize a
transnational, transdisciplinary perspective. For more information, or
to
obtain an application, go to: http://www.aspr.ac.at or contact Anita
Flasch, EPU Secretary, by email [email protected] or phone:
+43-3355-2498-515.
The Empirical Project on Migration is a public education initiative that
makes Canadian scholarship and expertise on migration and settlement
issues available in electronic format. Empirical Project course modules
are funded in part by Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC), and the
Joint Centre of Excellence for Research on Immigration and Settlement
(CERIS), and they are hosted by the University of Toronto. Modules were
developed primarily for undergraduate students, but can be used flexibly
at various levels depending on the relevant educational setting.
Detailed
information on the course modules can be found on the Empirical Project
website: http://www.empirical.ca
The Reagan-Fascell Democracy Fellows Programme at the National Endowment
for Democracy (NED) is calling for fellowship applications for 2005-6.
The Fellowship programme is based at the International Forum for
Democratic Studies and was established to enable democracy activists,
practitioners, scholars and journalists from around the world to deepen
their understanding of democracy and enhance their ability to promote
democratic change. While the programme is primarily intended to support
practitioners and scholars from new democracies, distinguished scholars
from established democracies are also eligible to apply. For
information,
contact: Program Assistant, Fellowships Programs, International Forum
for
Democratic Studies, National Endowment for Democracy, 110112th Street,
N.W., Suite 800, Washington, D.C. 20005, United States,; tel: +1 202 293
03 00; fax: +1 202 293 02 58; email: [email protected];
http://www.ned.org/forum/reagan-fascell.html . The deadline for
applications is November 1, 2004.
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