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2024-10-01

Workshop on Minority Language Media and Kin-State Relations: A Collaborative Success

The ECMI, in partnership with the Baltic Centre for Media Excellence, recently hosted a two-day workshop in Riga focused on the topic of minority-language media in kin-state minority situations.

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2024-09-18

Our second edition of DISKURS is out

Our second edition of DISKURS is out. In this edition, you will find information in Danish and/or German about our latest activities and new staff members.

You can read an interview with our two colleagues, Dr. Sergiusz Bober and Craig Willis, the main applicants and lead researchers of our new COST Action. Together with an impressive consortium of researchers and practitioners, they continue to realize the initiative "Linguistic Diversity in Europe's Changing Media Landscape." You can also learn more about our Basque colleague, anthropologist Maddi Dorronsoro Olamusu, and read a summary of our study on German newcomers in Denmark.

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2024-09-16

Elmira Muratova's Participation at the "Societies on the Move" Conference

From 1-6 September, 2024, Elmira Muratova took part in the international conference Societies on the Move: Migration, Mobility, and Displacement in Eastern Europe, held in Ascona, Switzerland.

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2024-07-29

DIE SOZIOLINGUISTIK DES NORDFRIESISCHEN: SPRACHEINSTELLUNGEN, -WAHRNEHMUNGEN UND -GEBRAUCH

Das European Centre for Minority Issues lädt ein zu dem Workshop

DIE SOZIOLINGUISTIK DES NORDFRIESISCHEN: SPRACHEINSTELLUNGEN, -WAHRNEHMUNGEN UND -GEBRAUCH

Am Dienstag 1. Oktober 2024, im Blauen Saal der Dänischen Zentralbibliothek in Flensburg

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2024-07-23

Craig Willis at the 3rd Biennial IAMLMR Conference in South Africa

We are pleased to announce that Craig Willis recently attended the 3rd biennial conference of the International Association for Minority Language Media Research (IAMLMR), which took place at North-West University in Mahikeng, South Africa, on 9 and 10 July.

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2024-07-19

ECMI Minorities Blog. Debates on Language Rights in Northern Ireland: Beyond Parallel Structures?

Philip McDermott & Mairéad Nic Craith

In this blog, the authors focus on recent developments regarding Irish and Ulster-Scots in Northern Ireland. Beginning with the convening of a newly-devolved government in January 2024, they explore the impact of political instability on linguistic diversity in the region. Subsequently, initiatives such as the Identity and Language (Northern Ireland) Act 2022 and the proposed establishment of an Office of Identity and Cultural Expression are examined. The authors argue for the need to go beyond parallel structures which align languages with identity politics, whilst highlighting that political elites often fail to acknowledge those who engage with a language associated with another political tradition. A key aspect to the argument is the need for policy interventions which support the development of distinct types of dialogue about language and which have transformative potential.

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2024-07-15

New Publication in ‘Aggression and Violent Behavior’ Unveils Innovative Model for Understanding Ethnic Upheavals

A groundbreaking study "Collective Emotions, Triggering Events, and Self-Organization: The Forest-Fire Model of Cultural Identity Conflict Escalation," co-authored by ECMI's Felix Schulte, has been published in the journal Aggression and Violent Behavior.

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2024-06-25

ECMI Minorities Blog. European Football Championship of the Autochthonous Minorities Comes to the Danish-German Border Region: A Preview of Europeada 2024.

Sergiusz Bober & Craig Willis

Between 28th June and 7th July, the Danish-German border region will host the fifth edition of Europeada, a football competition for European autochthonous minorities. This will bring together 24 men’s and 9 women’s teams, with the defending champions being South Tyrol and Team Koroška respectively. The main goal behind this blog post is to preview this event. To achieve this, the authors first unpack the importance of sport for minority identities through discussing several historical and contemporary examples, before specifically zooming in on this aspect in the host region. Subsequently, the focus is turned to the event itself with considerations concerning the format, financing, and its place within FUEN’s activities. The text concludes with a reflection on the significance of Europeada for the host region, participating minorities, its main organizer, and broader awareness-raising in relation to minority issues.

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2024-06-24

ECMI Unveils Key Findings on ECRML Stalemate in Presentation to ComEx

The ECMI organized a special exchange of views on June 20 with the ECRML’s central monitoring body, the Committee of Experts, in Strasbourg. During the hour-long session, the ECMI’s research team presented the results of their research, addressing both country-specific and overarching issues involved with expanding the number of state parties to the Charter.

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2024-06-20

Exploring the Resilience of Territorial Autonomy: Insights from a Recent Workshop

The workshop “Navigating Change: The Resilience of Territorial Autonomy” took place on June 13-14, 2024, at the Danish Central Library in Flensburg, bringing together a diverse group of experts, scholars, and practitioners.

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2024-06-13

ECMI Successful with COST Action Application as Main Proposer for Advancing Linguistic Plurality in European Media

The ECMI is proud to announce its success in securing the highly competitive COST Action funding for the initiative titled “Language Plurality in Europe’s Changing Media Sphere” (PLURILINGMEDIA) (CA23105). This victory comes with the ECMI as the main proposer, leading an impressive consortium of researchers and practitioners.

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2024-06-04

ECMI Researchers Present at International Colloquium in Chișinău

Last week, ECMI Director Vello Pettai and Senior Researcher Felix Schulte presented their recent research at the ISPA RC Politics and Ethnicity Colloquium, held at Moldova State University from May 28-31, 2024.

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2024-06-03

Job Announcement: Researcher

As part of its research agenda for the coming years, the ECMI is offering a researcher position with a specific focus on the intergroup relations and minority language issues in the Denmark-Germany border region.

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2024-05-15

Call for Papers: International Workshop on the Law of Diversity

We are inviting submissions of abstracts for the international workshop titled "The Law of Diversity: New Theoretical and Practical Perspectives on Diversity Accommodation for Minority Groups." This event will take place from 30 September to 1 October 2024 at the ECMI in Flensburg, Germany. Please submit your abstracts by 15 June 2024.

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2024-05-08

ECMI Minorities Blog. Patterns of Immigrants’ Political Participation in Rural Italy

Giorgia Zogu

Democracy aims to alleviate social inequalities and provide equitable public decision-making for all. Ensuring immigrant citizens have equal political opportunities is vital for a stable democracy. This blog post explores how the openness of immigration laws impacts political participation, considering the influence of the local context on rural immigrant political participation. Focusing on three Italian regions, it employs a comparative study of nine rural municipalities. Political associations in rural areas differ from those in urban settings, emphasizing social networks, family ties, volunteerism, and religious affiliations. The article draws its data from a comprehensive approach, utilizing legal documents and semi-structured interviews with mayors, politically-active immigrants, associations, and clergymen. The article addresses the intricate dynamics of political participation in rural areas, shedding light on immigrants' engagement beyond conventional participation forms.

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2024-05-03

ECMI Minorities Blog.The Bicommunal Technical Committees in Cyprus: A Rare Example of ‘Engagement without Recognition’

Nasia Hadjigeorgiou

This post focuses on the bicommunal Technical Committees in Cyprus which, it argues, are rare instances of successful ‘Engagement without Recognition’ between a parent and a de facto state. They are, in other words, instances of cooperation between a non-internationally recognised entity and the internationally recognised state from which it attempted to secede. The post sheds light on the Technical Committees by explaining how and why they were established, and in what way they can be understood as examples of ‘Engagement without Recognition’. It offers examples of successful projects that were implemented by the Technical Committees and identifies lessons we can learn from their experiences to date, which can also be useful in other frozen conflict contexts around the world.

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Vello Pettai

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Andreea Cârstocea

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Ljubica Djordjević

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Martin Klatt

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Kyriaki Topidi

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Elmira Muratova

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Viktoria Aygül

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Aziz Berdiqulov

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Erik Kühl

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