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In 2018, an ICELDS Board member Dr. Alexander Osipov issued an article on so-called non-territorial autonomy (NTA) for ethnic groups in International Journal for Minorities and Group Rights (Alexander Osipov. “Can ‘non-territorial autonomy’ serve as an analytical term? Between ‘thick’ and ‘thin’ approaches”, International Journal on Minority and Group Rights, 25 (4), 621–646, DOI:  10.1163/15718115-02503008). In May, the article was published online and in September in IJMGR’s Vol.25, No.4. The article addresses the idea that is in high demand among [...]

On 13-14 September 2018, the Uppsala University hosted an international Uppsala-BASEES Conference “Regimes and Societies in Conflict: Eastern Europe and Russia since 1956”. As a part of this conference, the International Centre for Ethnic and Linguistic Diversity Studies team members organized a panel entitled “Evolutions and contentions of the (post)Soviet nationalities policies.” Within this panel, three members of the ICELDS team presented the results of their research. Dr. Kiryl Kascian delivered a presentation entitled “Constitutional identity in the post-Soviet Eastern [...]

On 24-25 May 2018, our Board Member Dr. Alexander Osipov participated in the in the First Research Workshop entitled “Controversies in the Scholarly and Public Debates on Civic Rights and Democracy in Europe.” Hosted by the University of Malta, the workshop was a part of the COST Action RECAST Reappraising Intellectual Debates. The interdisciplinary exploratory workshop brought together scholars and practitioners who deal with different patterns of public debates on civic rights and democracy throughout Europe. Dr. Osipov presented the [...]

On March 21, 2018 our expert Dr. Alexander Osipov delivered a public lecture in Minsk entitled “The concept of ethnic discrimination and its applicability in post-Soviet societies.” This was the third event within the framework of a joint project “Teaching diversity issues in higher education in Belarus: models and contents,” implemented in 2018 by the ICELDS in cooperation with the International Relations Faculty of the Belarusian State University. The first public lecture was also delivered by Dr. Alexander Osipov [...]

ICELDS Board Member Dr. Kiryl Kascian contributed to the volume European Union and Its Eastern Neighbourhood: Europeanisation and Its Twenty-First-Century Contradictions, edited by Paul Flenley and Michael Mannin, and published by the Manchester University Press in January 2018. The chapter by Kiryl Kascian is entitled “Belarus: does Europeanisation require a geopolitical choice?” (pp. 86-98). As Paul Flenley and Michael Mannin emphasize in the Introduction, “Belarus is an ‘in-betweener’ country apparently caught between the choice of EU and Russia. Kiryl Kascian, however, shows [...]

The International Centre for Ethnic and Linguistic Diversity Studies is proud to announce its partnership with the Russian Museum of Estonia. The partnership agreement foresees our cooperation in various domains, including joint cross-border cultural, educational and promotional activities. We believe that our collaboration will be advantageous not only for our organizations, but also for a broader public throughout a wider region of Northern, Central and Eastern Europe.

On February 15, 2018 our expert Dr. Alexander Osipov delivered a public lecture in Minsk entitled “Why are the diversity issues important within the context of international relations?” This event was a part of a joint project “Teaching diversity issues in higher education in Belarus: models and contents,” implemented in 2018 by the ICELDS in cooperation with the International Relations Faculty of the Belarusian State University.