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SUMMARY:ECMI I Summer School on National Minorities (Application deadline:
  May 10)
DESCRIPTION:This Summer School aims to provide a platform for stock-taking
  of non-kin-state minorities (NKSM) of various categories, examining their
  relations with host states, and the challenges they face in realising the
 ir linguistic, socio-economic, and political rights in the absence of an e
 xternal kin-state. It will bring together young academics, scholars, and m
 inority practitioners, offering a safe, intellectually nurturing space for
  networking and discussing the realities and profiles of NKSM in Europe.Wh
 ile kin-state politics have garnered significant scholarly and political a
 ttention (including the 2025 Summer School organised by the ECMI and the C
 oppieters Foundation), numerous minority communities in Europe do not bene
 fit from the backing that kin-states provide and vary in size, territorial
  concentration, and legal standing. NKSM groups include territorially orga
 nised minorities (e.g. Catalans, Basques, and Corsicans), territorially co
 ncentrated but minoritised groups (West Frisians), small and endangered mi
 norities (Sorbs and North Frisians), dispersed communities (Roma and Sinti
 ), and Indigenous peoples (Saami and Greenlanders).This Summer School will
  examine these five types of NKSM, allowing for a comparative assessment o
 f how linguistic vitality, social cohesion, access to education, and relat
 ions with the state are shaped in the absence of a kin-state. Among other 
 topics, Summer School participants will learn about the role of Europeanis
 ation and international organisations in advancing the rights of NKSM.Topi
 cs und speakersConceptual foundations of the categorisation of NKSMThe rol
 e of international organisations in protecting the rights of NKSMLinguisti
 c, cultural, political, and socio-economic rights of NKSMLived experiences
  of NKSM and their shared and specific challenges.Summer School lecturers 
 and speakers include Prof. Dr Vello Pettai (ECMI), Dr Ljubica Djordjević 
 (ECMI), Dr Ruth Kircher (ECMI), Dr James Hawkey (University of Bristol), M
 irjam Vellinga (Afûk), Bahne Bahnsen (FUEN), Sonja Wolf (Schleswig-Holste
 in State Chancellery) and many others.Call für participants
LOCATION:ECMI, Flensburg & Danish Central Library for Southern Schlesw
 ig in Flensburg
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