ECMI Events 2008
Conferences, Seminars, Lectures and Events
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
January 2008
17 January
Discussion on Kosovo Issues at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, London
18 January
Lecture at Bucerius Law School, Hamburg
24 January
Research Seminar on “Ethnicity and the question of minorities in Soviet and present Kyrgyzstan” by Dr. Irina Morozova Lomonosov Moscow State University; Alexander von Humboldt Fellow at GIGA Institute of Middle East Studies; Hamburg International Institute for Asian Studies, Leiden University Institute of Asian and African Studies, ECMI
30 January
Research meeting on “Places that don’t exist – Human Rights protection in the de facto and transitional entities, by Phd Candidate Martina Bielawski, University of Cambridge, ECMI
February 2008
6-8 February
Meeting with Prime Minister Offfice, Kosovo
20-22 February
Conference: UN Year of Languages, and Celebration of ECRML’s 10th Anniversary, UNESCO Paris
25 February
Post-evaluation Seminar on ECMI future structure, Sankelmark
26-27 February
Visits and presentations to representatives of the German Ministry of Interior, Berlin
28 February
Lecture at the Bucerius Law School, Hamburg
March 2008
5 March
Meeting “Minderheiten als Standortfaktor in der deutsch-daenischen Grenzregion”, Kieler Landtag
28 March
Visit by International Students sponsored by the Jaruplund Højskole
April 2008
17-15 April
13th Annual World Convention of the Association for the Study of Nationalities (ASN), Presentation on “A European Policy for Accommodating Linguistic Diversity ”, New York
9 April
Meeting at the Europaausschuss, Kieler Landtag
9 April
Seminar at the IFSH, Hamburg
9-15 April
13th Annual World Convention of the Association for the Study of Nationalities (ASN), Presentation on “Ethnic representation in Ukraine”, New York
20-24 April
Lectures at the University of Sydney, Australia
23 April
Cooperation meeting SDU/Denmark-ECMI, Odense
29 April
Meeting with Mr Richter (SHZ Publisher) and Mr Wodarg (ECMI Board, Member of Bundestag), Flensburg ECMI
29 April
Lecture on “Der Status des Kosovo”, Hermann-Ehlers-Akademie, Kiel
May 2008
6 May
Meeting with Prof. Grözinger from Collegium Mare Balticum, Flensburg University, Flensburg ECMI
7 May
Presentation on “Die Rolle des ECMI im Europaeischen Krisenmanagement” at the Europaunion, on the “Europatag” in Husum
7 May
Presentation on Gagauz Autonomy in Moldova, HCNM, Hague
8 May
External Research Seminar on “Russia and the frozen conflicts in the South Caucasus – part of the solution?” by Dr. Sven Singhofen, freelance publisher, freelance assistant and lecturer (Hermann Ehlers Academy, Kiel; European Academy Schleswig-Holstein, Sankelmark
28 May
Presentation on Darfur, Walther-Schuecking-Institute, Kiel
June 2008
5 June
Schleswig-Holstein Kulturtreff, Saltzau
5 June
Conference participation "Humanitarian Intervention - Past, Present, Future" (Radio 4 + BBC), London Chatham House
6 June
Annual meeting of Danish Minority organizations, Lecture on Minorities: Language and Culture – the last visible markers?“
13-15 June
Seminar “The settlement of ethnic conflicts – a legal approach” in collaboration with Hamburg University, Institute of Peace Research and Security Policy and the Law Faculty, ECMI, Flensburg
16, 19, 23 and 26 June
ECMI Seminar on Ethnic Politics, University of Flensburg
16 June
Minority Competence Report Schleswig-Holstein – discussion in the German Federal Parliament
18-20 June
OSCE High Commissioner for National Minorities & Norwegian Centre for Human Rights conference on the 10th Anniversary of Oslo Recommendations – Linguistic Rights of National Minorities, Oslo, Norway
27 June
Meeting at Kieler Landtag on Minority Competence Cluster activities
July 2008
1 July
ECMI Advisory Council Seminar on: “Enfranchising Minorities: Political Participation in Pluralist States”, Copenhagen
2-6 July
ECMI Panel on Minority Representation at the Association for Study on Nationalities (ASN) Meeting, Paris
7-10 July
Meeting with Danish Foreign Ministry and Council of Europe at ECMI Regional Office in Tbilisi, Georgia
11-13 July
Celebration at the Lauterpacht Centre, Cambridge
14-15 July
Meeting with Prime Minister Office, Kosovo
27 July
Conference at the UNESCO, Paris
August 2008
3-5 August
Meeting with Prime Minister Office, Kosovo
29 August
Meetings with the University of Flensburg Collegium Mare Balticum, ECMI
27 August - 9 September
ECMI Presentation on “Romanian Parliamentary Representation” at conference at the American Political Science Association, New York, USA
September 2008
4-6 September
Presentation: „Effective Minority Governance Approaches“ at Symposium "Zeitgemäße Modelle der Minderheitenförderung in Europa", Görlitz
5-6 September
UN National Minorities Workshop on “Responsibility to Protect”, ECMI, Flensburg
6-7 September
Minority Marathon “Youmm”, Visit by Terry Davis, General Secretary of the Council of Europe
10 September
Presentation at conference on "Protecting Human Rights and Minority Rights in Europe" at the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, Skopje, Macedonia
10 September
Participation at the SPD Parliament Schleswig-Holstein Minority issues event: “Politik der Anerkennung“
11 September
Presentation to the Ministry of Justice: Das Europäische Zentrum für Minderheiten, europäischer Ausblick aus dem deutsch-dänischen Grenzland“, Akademie Sankelmark
18-19 September
Presentation on ECMI Enriched Links Database at 18th Annual EINIRAS Conference in Tallinn, Estonia
19-20 September
Visit and joint seminar of representatives from University of Agder and Peacebuilding Section of Stiftelsen Arkivet, Kristiansand, Norway - Flensburg
27 September
Lecture on “Minorities in Europe” at the Europa Union Annual Meeting, Schleswig
29-30 September
Presentation on “Minority Situation in Moldova and Ukraine”, Forum Minority Research Institute Workshop, Samorin, Slowakia
29-30 September
Presentation at Conference "Crossing National Boundaries" at Collegium Mare Balticum, University of Flensburg
October 2008
9-10 October
Rapporteur at CoE Conference “Enhancing the impact of the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities: Past Experience, Present Achievements and Future Challenges”, Strasbourg
10 October
Meeting with Terry Davis, Secretary General of the Council of Europe, Strasbourg
9-12 October
Presentation on “Language Maintenance and Language Transmission Among German Minorities” at the 18th Annual Meeting of the Working Group of German Minorities, FUEN, Kosice, Slovakia.
24-25 October
Conference on “Human and Minority Rights in the Life Cycle of Ethnic Conflicts”, University of Frankfurt
30 October
Visit by 20 High School Students from Holsterbro.
November 2008
14-15 November
Interdisciplinary conference, “The Roots of Civil War and Conflicts and their Influence on Transformations of State- and Civil Society Institutions, Alsion, Syddansk Universitet, Denmark
21 November
EYMI (Yearbook) Meeting, Bolzano
December 2008
29-01 December
Project Meeting, ECMI Kosovo