Dear colleagues,
The UK Baltic Study Group is now calling for papers for a panel on 'Minorities and integration in the Baltic states' at the 2013 BASEES/ICCEES Congress in Cambridge.
CfP: Minorities and integration in the Baltic states Since 1991, a broad range of studies has analysed the relations between dominant and non-dominant ethnic and/or linguistic groups in the Baltic states. Political and social science scholarship has pointed to the complex dynamics of integration, focussing on state policies and individual adaptation strategies of members of minority groups. Turning to an aspect of integration much less researched, this panel will discuss the role in the integration of Estonian, Latvian and Lithuanian societies played by the political participation of minorities.
The UK Baltic Study Group invites papers that address the forms, aims, and strategies of minority political participation in the three countries. Paper givers are encouraged to reflect particularly on the following questions, though are not limited to these:
* What factors impact change in the political agendas of minorities in the Baltics?
* How do integration policies affect the political mobilisation potential of these minorities?
* Which role do minority kin-states play in the developments of minority political representation?
* How has EU accession affected minority political representation in the three countries?
Given the high salience of the topic, the UK Baltic Study Group particularly invites papers engaging in comparative analysis of different minority groups and/or different country cases. Presentations should not exceed 15-20 min. We aim to publish the conference papers as a book in 2013.
Please register and submit your abstract of no more than 250 words by 01 September 2012, including full contact details and a brief academic biography, indicating your institutional affiliation, research foci at http://cms.computingpro.co.uk/balticstudy
If you have any questions, please contact, Dr Ada-Charlotte Regelmann
(UKBSG) acr2702[at]gmail.com
Best wishes,
Ada Regelmann
+++++++++++++++++++
Dr Timofey Agarin
School of Politics, International Studies and Philosophy, Queen's University Belfast
21 University Square, Belfast BT7 1NN, Northern Ireland, UK
Coordinator, UACES Collaborative Research Network "Romanis in Europe" http://www.romanis.eu/
Convenor, UK Baltic Study Group http://go.qub.ac.uk/baltic
Centre for the Study of Ethnic Conflict http://go.qub.ac.uk/CfSoEC
Out now: Michael Hornsby and Timofey Agarin "The End of Minority Languages? Europe's Regional Languages in Perspective" Journal on Ethnopolitics and Minority Issues in Europe, Vol 11, Iss 1, 2012 http://go.qub.ac.uk/jemie2012
|