[lg policy] Ethno-linguistic Mobilisation and Regional Languages in Europe ‏

[Harold Schiffman]

Forwarded From: Yael Peled <yael.peled at nuffield.ox.ac.uk>






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From: Costica Bradatan <bradatan at MAIL.H-NET.MSU.EDU>
Date: 17 November 2009 00:58:10 GMT
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Subject: CFP: Ethno-linguistic Mobilisation and Regional Languages in Europe‏
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Call for Papers

"Ethno-linguistic Mobilisation and Regional Languages in Europe"
International Workshop
European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR)
Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität
Münster (Germany)
22-27 March 2010

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Though the pressure for linguistic monopolisation lay at the heart of
the modernistic European state project, this process has partially
failed. Indeed, empirical research demonstrates both the emergence of
a variety of ethno-linguistic social movements mobilising in support
of regional languages and the taking into consideration of this issue
by international agencies (UNESCO, Council of Europe) and state
governments. This workshop aims to obtain a better understanding of
the connection between the concepts of identity, territory and
language – understood as a vector of collective identity and as an
instrument for political mobilisation – in the context of the
enlarged Europe.

We invite applicants to propose case studies, comparative analyses
and more theoretical papers related to ethno-linguistic mobilisations
dealing with the three following issues:

(1) Actors, networks and ethno-linguistic mobilisations in Europe:
What are the political repertoires used by these movements? Which
networks have been the most efficient in institutionalising their
structure? What kinds of relations do ethno-linguistic movements
maintain with ethno-nationalist parties?

(2) Mobilisations and language policies: How do ethno-linguistic
mobilisations influence the language policies elaborated by European
governments? What is the relation between ethno-linguistic movements
and local-regional representative institutions? How are
ethno-linguistic demands filtered by the party system?

(3) The Europeanisation of ethno-linguistic mobilizations?
Europeanisation can be narrated as a process generated by the
“vertical” pressure exerted by European institutions (like the
Council of Europe for example). It can also be conceived as a
“horizontal” process, creating cross-border networks uniting
different ethno-linguistic movements into large transnational
coalitions. We invite papers on both dimensions.

Deadline for proposals is 1st December.

Workshop Directors:

Alistair Cole
University of Cardiff
Email: coleA at cardiff.ac uk

Jean-Baptiste Harguindeguy
Centro de Estudios Politicos y Constitucionales (CEPC), Madrid
Email: jean-baptiste.harguindeguy at eui.eu

Fore details, please visit:
http://www.ecprnet.eu/joint_sessions/munster/workshop_details.asp?workshopID=10



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Costica Bradatan,
H-Ideas Online Editor

[AY 2009-2010]
Solmsen Fellow
The Institute for Research in the Humanities
University Club Building
University of Wisconsin - Madison
Madison, WI 53703

http://www.webpages.ttu.edu/cbradata

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Yael Peled
Nuffield College
Oxford OX1 1NF, UK
Tel.: + 44 (0)1865 278975
Fax: + 44 (0)1865 278621
http://oxford.academia.edu/YaelPeled/



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