CALL for APPLICATIONS
Workshop 14 / 11th Mediterranean Research Meeting (MRM)
Rethinking Interethnic Reconciliation in the Western Balkans: Minorities, Borders, Governance
Host: European University Institute (Florence).
Date: March 24-27, 2010.
Location: Montecatini Terme (near Florence).
Deadline for abstracts: July 15, 2009.
Bursaries: available.
Workshop directors: Antonija PetriÄuÅ¡ić (antonija.petricusic@uni-g
ABSTRACT
Resulting from ethnic mobilisation processes directed by local nationalistic leaders in the 1990s, ethnic conflicts in the Western Balkans have led to a fragmentation and a recomposition of territories and populations around some majority ethnos groups. Based on consociational and pragmatic assumption of bringing the war to an end, the International Community interventions that followed have also reinforced the ethnicisation of territories, societies and politics. While there is much research being conducted to highlight the limits of such an approach, there is still too little work devoted to the possible alternatives. Interstitial spaces between states, regions or neighbourhoods - being by nature territories of interethnic cohabitation - are still perceived as undefined, unstable and insecure in the Western Balkans. They may instead constitute the places for the emergence of shared experiences and memories in the respect of cultural and opinions’ differences, in other words, the places of interethnic reconciliation. Thus, this workshop should serve as a platform for examining the empirical and theoretical research on approaches, politics and experiments aiming at facilitating interethnic reconciliation. Within the scope of the workshop, legal, political, social and spatial developments, such as cross-border initiatives, normatisation of minority rights and pursue of good governance shall be examined. The final aim of the workshop is to conclude if, as a result of above enumerated models for interethnic cooperation; new political and social dialogue is emerging in the Western Balkans.
For more details, please see http://www.eui.eu/RSCAS/Re
COSTS
There will be no registration fee. Most selected participants are eligible for a bursary. This will be a lump sum, unrelated to your actual costs, and fixed according to your country of residence/departure. Participants from Southeast Europe, Turkey and Middle Eastern countries will receive a lump sum of 550 Euros to cover their expenses (airfare, accommodation).
Participants from Western Europe, the USA and Canada will receive a lump sum of 130 Euros. Participants from within Italy are not eligible for a bursary.
For details, please see http://www.eui.eu/RSCAS/Re
APPLY
Paper proposals must be submitted online before July 15, 2009. Abstracts of 500-1000 words are to be pasted in, CVs of max. 5 pages are to be uploaded to, the online form at http://www.rscas.org/medfo
TIMELINE
July 15, 2009: deadline for submission of abstracts.
September 15, 2009: results of selection process announced.
January 15, 2010: deadline for submission of papers.
Workshop 14 / 11th Mediterranean Research Meeting (MRM)
Rethinking Interethnic Reconciliation in the Western Balkans: Minorities, Borders, Governance
Host: European University Institute (Florence).
Date: March 24-27, 2010.
Location: Montecatini Terme (near Florence).
Deadline for abstracts: July 15, 2009.
Bursaries: available.
Workshop directors: Antonija PetriÄuÅ¡ić (antonija.petricusic@uni-g
ABSTRACT
Resulting from ethnic mobilisation processes directed by local nationalistic leaders in the 1990s, ethnic conflicts in the Western Balkans have led to a fragmentation and a recomposition of territories and populations around some majority ethnos groups. Based on consociational and pragmatic assumption of bringing the war to an end, the International Community interventions that followed have also reinforced the ethnicisation of territories, societies and politics. While there is much research being conducted to highlight the limits of such an approach, there is still too little work devoted to the possible alternatives. Interstitial spaces between states, regions or neighbourhoods - being by nature territories of interethnic cohabitation - are still perceived as undefined, unstable and insecure in the Western Balkans. They may instead constitute the places for the emergence of shared experiences and memories in the respect of cultural and opinions’ differences, in other words, the places of interethnic reconciliation. Thus, this workshop should serve as a platform for examining the empirical and theoretical research on approaches, politics and experiments aiming at facilitating interethnic reconciliation. Within the scope of the workshop, legal, political, social and spatial developments, such as cross-border initiatives, normatisation of minority rights and pursue of good governance shall be examined. The final aim of the workshop is to conclude if, as a result of above enumerated models for interethnic cooperation; new political and social dialogue is emerging in the Western Balkans.
For more details, please see http://www.eui.eu/RSCAS/Re
COSTS
There will be no registration fee. Most selected participants are eligible for a bursary. This will be a lump sum, unrelated to your actual costs, and fixed according to your country of residence/departure. Participants from Southeast Europe, Turkey and Middle Eastern countries will receive a lump sum of 550 Euros to cover their expenses (airfare, accommodation).
Participants from Western Europe, the USA and Canada will receive a lump sum of 130 Euros. Participants from within Italy are not eligible for a bursary.
For details, please see http://www.eui.eu/RSCAS/Re
APPLY
Paper proposals must be submitted online before July 15, 2009. Abstracts of 500-1000 words are to be pasted in, CVs of max. 5 pages are to be uploaded to, the online form at http://www.rscas.org/medfo
TIMELINE
July 15, 2009: deadline for submission of abstracts.
September 15, 2009: results of selection process announced.
January 15, 2010: deadline for submission of papers.
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