Archives

For the past issues before Vol. 20 No. 2 please follow the link to the old JEMIE website.

  • Special Issue: Gender Dimension of Minority Policies
    Vol. 24 No. 1 (2025)

    By incorporating research from diverse contexts and by employing intersectionality as an analytical framework, this special issue aims to bridge the gap between gender and minority rights discourse. It includes contributions from scholars who examine the barriers to gender equality for women belonging to national minorities and minority women, propose evidence-based solutions, and assess the efficacy of national and international frameworks. Moreover, the authors in the present Special Issue jointly emphasize the importance of adopting even a more robust and systemic gender-sensitive approach to minority protection, and of effectively pursuing national strategies and action plans on measures to (also) promote gender equality and gender-mainstreaming in minority communities.

    Guest Editor:

    Antonija Petričušić, Faculty of Law, University of Zagreb, Croatia (apetricusic@pravo.unizg.hr).

  • Special Issue 'Minorities at War (Part 2): Minority Agency in Times of Conflict'
    Vol. 23 No. 3 (2024)

    The articles in this issue underscore the role of minority agency during times of conflict at the local, national, and regional levels. It examines how minorities self-organize in response to crises, the role of civic organizations and diasporas in providing aid during wartime, and the impact of war on the creation and evolution of minority identities. Additionally, it explores the living memories of past traumas among survivors and their descendants. The articles featured in this issue are based on contributions originally presented at the BASEES Study Group for Minority History’s second official biennial symposium, “Minorities at War from Napoleon to Putin,” held at the New Europe College in Bucharest, Romania, from 11-12 May 2023.

    Guest Editors: 

    Olena Palko, Universität Basel, Swiss Confederation (olena.palko@unibas.ch)

    Samuel Foster, University of Exeter, United Kingdom (S.Foster6@exeter.ac.uk ) 

    Raul Cârstocea, National University of Ireland, Maynooth, Republic of Ireland (raul.carstocea@mu.ie)

     

  • Special Issue 'Minorities at War (Part 1): State Policies in Times of Conflict'
    Vol. 23 No. 2 (2024)

    This Special Issue explores how periods of conflict influenced the relationship between minority groups in Central and Eastern Europe and their respective host states from the late nineteenth to the twenty-first centuries. The articles featured are based on contributions originally presented at the British Association for Slavonic and East European Studies (BASEES) Study Group for Minority History’s second biennial symposium, ‘Minorities at War from Napoleon to Putin’, which was held at the New Europe College in Bucharest on 11-12 May 2023.

    Guest Editors: 

    Olena Palko, Universität Basel, Swiss Confederation (olena.palko@unibas.ch)

    Samuel Foster, University of Exeter, United Kingdom (S.Foster6@exeter.ac.uk ) 

    Raul Cârstocea, National University of Ireland, Maynooth, Republic of Ireland (raul.carstocea@mu.ie)

  • General Issue
    Vol. 23 No. 1 (2024)

  • Special Issue ‘The OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities: Three Levels of Work over Thirty Years’
    Vol. 22 No. 2 (2023)

    This special issue looks into the nuanced workings of the High Commissioner on National Minorities (HCNM) at the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE). Celebrating the HCNM's 30th anniversary, this special issue invites readers to reflect on the HCNM's journey over the past 30 years, considering its impact and limitations. The articles contribute to the ongoing discourse on the HCNM's role and the responsibilities of international institutions in fostering peace and stability, offering a nuanced exploration of the HCNM's history and potential for shaping the future landscape of minority issues in Europe.

    The issue opens by highlighting the concentric circles within international institutions, shedding light on the often-overlooked contributions of staff and departments. The three articles presented in this special issue echo this model, providing a retrospective on the HCNM's three-decade history.

    From insightful interviews with the living HCNMs to a spotlight on field projects supporting inter-ethnic relations, each article offers a unique perspective. The focus extends beyond the individual officeholder to the dedicated staff, exploring the institution's role in conflict prevention and norm-setting within the European minority rights regime.

    Guest Editor: 

    Vello Pettai, European Centre for MInority Issues, Germany (pettai@ecmi.de)

  • General Issue
    Vol. 22 No. 1 (2023)

  • Special Issue “Marginality on the Margins of Europe – The Impact of COVID-19 on Roma Communities in Non-EU Countries in Eastern Europe”
    Vol. 21 No. 2 (2022)

    The articles included in this special issue are based on the data collected for the project ‘Marginality on the Margins of Europe – The Impact of COVID-19 on Roma Communities in Non-EU Countries in Eastern Europe’, funded by the University of Leicester’s QR Global Challenges Research Fund (Research England) and developed by the University of Leicester in partnership with the European Centre for Minority Issues.

    The primary aim of this project, as reflected in the following articles, was to assess the overall impact of the first wave of the Covid-19 pandemic on Roma communities across seven non-EU countries in Eastern Europe: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Moldova, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, and Ukraine. This special issue contributes to the knowledge concerning the impact of the first wave of the Covid-19 pandemic on Roma communities in Eastern Europe by presenting original data and new perspectives on the fate of these communities in the first half of 2020. Our findings point towards a devastating impact in terms of income, access to education and public services, all made worse by the generalised scapegoating of Roma communities for allegedly spreading the virus.

    Guest Editors:

    Andreea Cârstocea, European Centre for Minority Issues, Germany (carstocea@ecmi.de)

    Raul Cârstocea, Maynooth University, Ireland / University of Leicester, UK (raul.carstocea@mu.ie)

  • General Issue
    Vol. 21 No. 1 (2022)

  • General Issue
    Vol. 20 No. 2 (2021)