European Centre for Minority Issues

Last week, Dr. Argyro Kartsonaki from the Institute for Peace Research and Security Policy at the University of Hamburg (IFSH) presented at our research seminar her forthcoming book, Designing and Implementing Peace Processes to Prevent Civil War Recurrence.

gsnic.wcfia.harvard.edu/publication/...

ECMI strengthens research on Ukraine and war-affected minorities Over the past two months, the ECMI was represented at two leading academic hubs for Ukrainian Studies in Germany, where ECMI postdoctoral researcher Elmira Muratova shared insights from her ongoing re...

Elmira Muratova has been supporting the ECMI for quite some time with her expertise on Ukraine and Russian repression against the Crimean Tatars. The data from our pioneering project, which documents these repression events in Crimea, are now available on our website.

www.ecmi.de/infochannel/...

New episode of ECMI Conversations with Experts!

Viktoria Aygül (ECMI) talks with Dr. Dr. Hakob Matevosyan (ZOiS Berlin) about Russian-speaking communities in Germany and how post-Soviet legacies shape their identity.

🎧 Watch here: www.ecmi.de/default-titl...

🚨 New Dataset on Repression against Crimean Tatars in Russia-occupied Crimea

Covers ~700 repression events, 2,000+ individuals, with locations, dates, victim types, repression types, and responsible actors

▶️ Find out more and download the data here

www.ecmi.de/research-clu...

How does AI intersect with linguistic diversity?

Dr. Iria de Dios Flores, Assistant Professor in the Department of Translation and Language Sciences at @upf.edu
presented her research “Artificial Language Models and Minority Languages: Challenges and Opportunities” at the ECMI.

Our colleague, Martin Klatt, contributed to this piece of work (Chapter 23). Together with his colleague, @gabrielaneagu.bsky.social, he explores the constructive role that national minorities can play in cross-border governance coordination.

link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

💡 How can teaching and learning resources (TLRs) – from textbooks to games – support the maintenance and revitalization of minority languages?

📣 Join our ECMI Online Talk on October 6, where we discuss Teaching and Learning Resources for Linguistic Minorities

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💡 How can teaching and learning resources (TLRs) – from textbooks to games – support the maintenance and revitalization of minority languages?

📣 Join our ECMI Online Talk on October 6, where we discuss Teaching and Learning Resources for Linguistic Minorities

us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

CALL FOR APPLICATIONS: Web and User Experience Update for the Journal on Ethnopolitics and Minority Issues in Europe The Journal on Ethnopolitics and Minority Issues in Europe (JEMIE) is seeking a qualified web designer/developer to carry out a visual and functional update of our website, including our submission pl...

🌍 We’re hiring a Web Designer/Developer!

The Journal on Ethnopolitics and Minority Issues in Europe (JEMIE), published by the European Centre for Minority Issues (ECMI), is looking for a creative expert to modernise our website and submission platform (Open Journal Systems).

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FUEN-Delegation zu politischen Gesprächen in Berlin

werben in #Berlin für #Minderheitenrechte
fuen.org/de/article/F...
@stefanseidlerssw.bsky.social, @greens-efa.eu, @fuev.bsky.social, @euracminorities.bsky.social, @ecmiflensburg.bsky.social, @minorityrights.bsky.social, @gfbv.de, @spdfraktion.de, @sabinazwittergrilc.bsky.social, @retps.bsky.social

The new JEMIE Special Issue dives into Teaching & Learning Resources (TLRs) for linguistic minorities, exploring how to produce and share them even where institutional support is limited.

www.ecmi.de/JEMIE/index....

Call for Papers for researchers based in Poland or Germany (fully funded by the German-Polish Scientific Foundation)

Conference in Warsaw, Poland 5-6 March 2026

Narratives of Europe in uncertain times. Perceptions of Europe in trans-European, national, local discourses and borderlanders’ stories.

ECMI Minorities Blog. National Minorities in Serbia’s Student Protests: Unpacking Intra- and Intergroup Dynamics The collapse of the Novi Sad railway station canopy in November 2024, claiming 16 lives, sparked one of Serbia’s largest civic mobilizations in recent history. Mourning quickly turned into nationwide ...

National Minorities in Serbia’s ongoing anti-government protests

In their recent ECMI Minorities Blog post, Ljubica Djordjević, Katinka Beretka, and Jelena Mihajlov explore minority participation in the ongoing nationwide protests.

www.ecmi.de/infochannel/...

ECMI Minorities Blog. Legislative Reforms: A Turning Point in Ending Roma Statelessness in North Macedonia – But What’s Still Missing? Despite recent legal reforms in North Macedonia, many Roma remain stateless (or at risk of statelessness) due to decades of systemic exclusion and discrimination which is also embedded in bureaucratic...

Statelessness remains a harsh reality for many Roma in North Macedonia, leading to a lack of rights, lack of recognition, and exclusion from society.

As Eugenia Ricciotti highlights in the ECMI Minorities Blog, recent legal reforms are promising but still insufficient.

www.ecmi.de/infochannel/...

👍Starting with Volume 23(1), 2024, all of our publications will be included in the Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI).

JEMIE is a fully open-access and free journal: no fees, and full editorial support throughout the process.

www.ecmi.de/JEMIE/index....

Voices • Italien-Anpezo: Olympia, Tourismus und die kleinen Minderheiten (1) Italien, Ladinien, Unterricht deutsche italienische Sprache, Schule, Autonomie, Regionalrechte, Ladiner, Tourismus

#Tourismus und #Olympia überrollen #Minderheiten
gfbv-voices.org/italien-anpe...
@fuev.bsky.social, @euracminorities.bsky.social, @ecmiflensburg.bsky.social, @sabinazwittergrilc.bsky.social, @31bbd.bsky.social, @retps.bsky.social, @greens-efa.eu, @euracling.bsky.social, @overtourism.bsky.social

Voices • Italien-Anpezo: Olympia, Tourismus und die kleinen Minderheiten (2) Italien, Ladinien, Unterricht deutsche italienische Sprache, Schule, Autonomie, Regionalrechte, Ladiner, Tourismus

die #ladinische Minderheit in den #Dolomiten fordert #Sichtbarkeit bei den #olympischen Spielen #MilanoCortina2026
gfbv-voices.org/italien-anpe...
@fuev.bsky.social, @euracminorities.bsky.social, @ecmiflensburg.bsky.social, @minorityrights.bsky.social, @culturalsurvival.org

Digital storytelling for intercultural dialogue.
In the Denmark–Germany Border region, minorities share 2–5 min stories of identity & belonging. Personal, moving, authentic.

www.ecmi.de/multimedia/i...

Anti-minority violence?
A new study finds: Military funerals staged as nationalist events in Turkey often precede anti-Syrian riots.
www.ecmi.de/infochannel/...

Authors: @felixschulte.bsky.social, @dogukankarakus.bsky.social, Ibrahim Gökburun,

Call for Papers:
The Journal on Ethnopolitics and Minority Issues in Europe (JEMIE) is now accepting submissions
✔️ Peer-reviewed
✔️ Open Access
✔️ Indexed (SCOPUS, DOAJ, ERIH+)
🔗 lnkd.in/dzfXkQA2
Questions? carstocea@ecmi.de
#MinorityRights #Ethnopolitics #JEMIE
#Minoritystudies #LinguisticDiversity

Wir suchen in Nordfriesland lebende Eltern, die Friesisch können: egal, wie gut — und egal, ob sie die Sprache an ihr Kind weitergeben oder nicht. Wichtig ist, dass die Eltern (mindestens) ein Kind haben, das noch nicht zur Schule geht.

bit.ly/UmfrageElter...

"Frasch for enarken" - Friesisch für alle Es klingt vertraut und fremd. Mittwochs reisen wir mit "Frasch for enarken" in die einmalige friesische Sprachwelt zwischen Watt und Geest.

Hört mal wir sind im Radio 🎧
Falls ihr Eltern in Nordfriesland seid, Friesisch könnt (egal wie gut) und Kinder habt, die noch nicht zur Schule gehen, freuen wir uns riesig, wenn ihr auch an unserer Umfrage teilnehmt:

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Radio Interview:

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📣 Umfrage: wir suchen in #Nordfriesland lebende #Eltern, die #Friesisch können und ein Kind haben, das noch nicht zur Schule geht — egal, ob sie mit dem Kind Friesisch sprechen oder nicht. Die Umfrage dauert ca. 20 Minuten. Bitte teilen! 🔗https://bit.ly/UmfrageElternNordfriesland

📣 Umfrage: wir suchen in #Nordfriesland lebende #Eltern, die #Friesisch können und ein Kind haben, das noch nicht zur Schule geht — egal, ob sie mit dem Kind Friesisch sprechen oder nicht. Die Umfrage dauert ca. 20 Minuten. Bitte teilen! 🔗https://bit.ly/UmfrageElternNordfriesland

Last week, our colleague @ruth_kircher visited the Polish Academy of Sciences in Warsaw and gave a talk about the interconnectedness of #LanguageAttitudes & #SocialJustice. She also met with #ECMI advisory board member Nicole Dołowy-Rybińska, who is based at the Academy 💬

YouTube video by ECMI Flensburg ECMI Conversations with Experts Ep.18: Intercultural Cities & National Minorities (Dr. Robin Wilson)

I was recently interviewed by @ecmiflensburg.bsky.social on how the intercultural paradigm developed by the @coe.int for the management of cultural diversity applies to situations of autochthonous national minorities rather than those involving migrants and refugees: www.youtube.com/watch?v=UAcs...

Are you interested in #NorthFrisian sociolinguistics?
🗣️ You are warmly invited to this workshop!
📆 1st October
📍 Danish Library in Flensburg
👉 Attendance is free but registration is required: bit.ly/ECMI_Nordfri...
#MinorityLanguages #LanguageAttitudes #LanguageUse

Three excellent papers in our panel for UACES’ @uaces.bsky.social 54th annual conference, in Trento this week. Thanks to Jakob, Lara and Maddi for their fantastic papers on different audiences of minority language media! @ecmiflensburg.bsky.social @midas-press.bsky.social

#SummerSchool
"Voices Unheard: The Future of Minority Language Rights".
🗓️ 25 Aug to 1 Sep in Bratislava, Slovakia
⏰ Submit your applications by 30 April 2024!

🔗 lnkd.in/dbvbhJ9

We will support the participation of 3 persons forced to flee conflict zones. All costs covered!

#polsky

💡 Explore the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities (HCNM) in our latest issue of Journal on Ethnopolitics and Minority Issues.

Uncover 30 years of impact, hidden dimensions, and the evolving role in conflict prevention.

🔗 www.ecmi.de/JEMIE/index....

polsky conflictsky