European Centre for Minority Issues
@ecmiflensburg.bsky.social
An independent and interdisciplinary research institution focusing on minority issues in Europe and beyond.
Because minorities matter.
www.ecmi.de
Because minorities matter.
www.ecmi.de
ECMI Project “Promoting Intercultural Dialogue through Digital Storytelling,” awarded in the Student Minority Projects Challenge 2025.
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picture credits: Website Autonome Provinz Südtirol
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picture credits: Website Autonome Provinz Südtirol
December 1, 2025 at 3:06 PM
ECMI Project “Promoting Intercultural Dialogue through Digital Storytelling,” awarded in the Student Minority Projects Challenge 2025.
www.ecmi.de/infochannel/...
picture credits: Website Autonome Provinz Südtirol
www.ecmi.de/infochannel/...
picture credits: Website Autonome Provinz Südtirol
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/...
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November 3, 2025 at 9:22 AM
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/...
gsnic.wcfia.harvard.edu/publication/...
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...
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...
October 23, 2025 at 1:52 PM
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...
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...
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...
October 20, 2025 at 10:37 AM
🚨 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...
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.
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.
October 16, 2025 at 12:53 PM
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.
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...
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
October 14, 2025 at 7:20 AM
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...
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
us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
📣 Join our ECMI Online Talk on October 6, where we discuss Teaching and Learning Resources for Linguistic Minorities
us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
October 1, 2025 at 11:17 AM
💡 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...
📣 Join our ECMI Online Talk on October 6, where we discuss Teaching and Learning Resources for Linguistic Minorities
us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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....
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September 16, 2025 at 10:19 AM
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....
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.
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.
September 15, 2025 at 9:02 AM
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.
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.
👍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....
JEMIE is a fully open-access and free journal: no fees, and full editorial support throughout the process.
www.ecmi.de/JEMIE/index....
September 2, 2025 at 9:43 AM
👍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....
JEMIE is a fully open-access and free journal: no fees, and full editorial support throughout the process.
www.ecmi.de/JEMIE/index....
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...
In the Denmark–Germany Border region, minorities share 2–5 min stories of identity & belonging. Personal, moving, authentic.
www.ecmi.de/multimedia/i...
August 26, 2025 at 11:17 AM
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...
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,
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,
August 8, 2025 at 9:38 AM
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,
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? [email protected]
#MinorityRights #Ethnopolitics #JEMIE
#Minoritystudies #LinguisticDiversity
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? [email protected]
#MinorityRights #Ethnopolitics #JEMIE
#Minoritystudies #LinguisticDiversity
May 15, 2025 at 9:10 AM
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? [email protected]
#MinorityRights #Ethnopolitics #JEMIE
#Minoritystudies #LinguisticDiversity
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? [email protected]
#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...
bit.ly/UmfrageElter...
May 2, 2025 at 7:49 AM
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...
bit.ly/UmfrageElter...
📣 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
March 28, 2025 at 2:18 PM
📣 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 💬
March 18, 2025 at 11:26 AM
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 💬
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
🗣️ 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
September 10, 2024 at 12:53 PM
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
🗣️ 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
#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
"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
April 17, 2024 at 11:36 AM
#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
"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
Uncover 30 years of impact, hidden dimensions, and the evolving role in conflict prevention.
🔗 www.ecmi.de/JEMIE/index....
polsky conflictsky
January 10, 2024 at 12:40 PM
💡 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
Uncover 30 years of impact, hidden dimensions, and the evolving role in conflict prevention.
🔗 www.ecmi.de/JEMIE/index....
polsky conflictsky
📣 Call for Papers: "Navigating Change. The Resilience of Territorial Autonomy" Workshop
💡Present original theoretical, empirical and/or methodological approaches in territorial autonomy.
convened by @felixschulte.bsky.social
🔗 Info: www.ecmi.de/infochannel/...
polisky scipol
💡Present original theoretical, empirical and/or methodological approaches in territorial autonomy.
convened by @felixschulte.bsky.social
🔗 Info: www.ecmi.de/infochannel/...
polisky scipol
December 6, 2023 at 1:31 PM
📣 Call for Papers: "Navigating Change. The Resilience of Territorial Autonomy" Workshop
💡Present original theoretical, empirical and/or methodological approaches in territorial autonomy.
convened by @felixschulte.bsky.social
🔗 Info: www.ecmi.de/infochannel/...
polisky scipol
💡Present original theoretical, empirical and/or methodological approaches in territorial autonomy.
convened by @felixschulte.bsky.social
🔗 Info: www.ecmi.de/infochannel/...
polisky scipol
Marking 80 years since the 'Declaration of Alpine populations,' the latest ECMI Minorities blog post by Mattia Bottino explores the evolution of identities and linguistic rights in Piedmont & AostaValley.
edited by @felixschulte.bsky.social
🔗 www.ecmi.de/infochannel/...
polisky commsky lingsky
edited by @felixschulte.bsky.social
🔗 www.ecmi.de/infochannel/...
polisky commsky lingsky
November 30, 2023 at 12:59 PM
Marking 80 years since the 'Declaration of Alpine populations,' the latest ECMI Minorities blog post by Mattia Bottino explores the evolution of identities and linguistic rights in Piedmont & AostaValley.
edited by @felixschulte.bsky.social
🔗 www.ecmi.de/infochannel/...
polisky commsky lingsky
edited by @felixschulte.bsky.social
🔗 www.ecmi.de/infochannel/...
polisky commsky lingsky
📚 Book series Routledge Advances in Minority Studies (RAMS) is accepting submissions!
RAMS is a platform for interdisciplinary and intersectional research on minorities.
Publish your research in Anthropology, Law, Politics, Sociology, History, and beyond!
🔗 www.ecmi.de/publications...
RAMS is a platform for interdisciplinary and intersectional research on minorities.
Publish your research in Anthropology, Law, Politics, Sociology, History, and beyond!
🔗 www.ecmi.de/publications...
November 30, 2023 at 9:11 AM
📚 Book series Routledge Advances in Minority Studies (RAMS) is accepting submissions!
RAMS is a platform for interdisciplinary and intersectional research on minorities.
Publish your research in Anthropology, Law, Politics, Sociology, History, and beyond!
🔗 www.ecmi.de/publications...
RAMS is a platform for interdisciplinary and intersectional research on minorities.
Publish your research in Anthropology, Law, Politics, Sociology, History, and beyond!
🔗 www.ecmi.de/publications...