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The issue of minorities and minority rights in the context of EU eastern enlargement is a well studied and documented topic. But it is also one that continues to offer great scope for ongoing and new research tying into broad institutional, policy and social developments within Europe. In the past, attention has been predominately placed on minority rights in the framework of the EU’s external dimension, however, following the expansion of the EU in 2004/2007 as well as the ongoing EU enlargement agenda, the internal dynamics of minority affairs have come to the foreground.
This year’s assessing accession Research Symposium seeks to address many of the past, present and future experiences of minorities (national, ethnic, linguistic etc) and the states within which they reside, as well as the development of policy and other approaches to deal with minority questions at the national and supranational level in the years following the EU’s eastern enlargement.
The Research Symposium Committee is now calling for papers to be presented at the symposium. The application is open to researchers interested in the study of minority rights and EU minority policy. PhD students and young scholars are encouraged to apply.
Papers are invited focusing on issues including, but not limited to:
> Roma Affairs
> Russian Communities in the Baltic States
> Kin-national or nation state policies
> Institutional matters (e.g. FRA, European Parliament, Commission)
> Migration and experiences of CEE communities in Western Europe
> Minority issues in EU Neighbourhood Policy
> Minority language policies
Abstracts of the proposed papers should not exceed 250 words and are expected by 9th March 2012. Please submit the abstracts to the following address:tartu2012@assessignaccession.eu
The Committee will notify applicants with its decision in April 2012. The selected presenters will be requested to present their full papers not later than 4 June 2012.
Accommodation costs for selected presenters will be covered by symposium organisers. Presenters are requested to cover their travel costs and any other costs (visa) that may occur. Presenters are expected to register for the conference when online registration opens in April 2012.
The symposium is promoted by assessing accession: central and eastern Europe in the eu in conjunction with the ‘EU-Russia’ and ‘Romani’s in Europe'UACES sponsored collaborative research networks.
The symposium is organised and hosted by the Centre for EU-Russia Studies (CEURUS) and EuroCollege at the University of Tartu in Estonia.
The symposium is funded by the Centre for Russian, Central and East European Studies (CRCEES), University Association for Contemporary European Studies (UACES) and the Centre for EU-Russia Studies (CEURUS)
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