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Minority Question and Violence Summer Academy, Germany - 02.02.2025
Summer Academy 2011: “The Minority Question and Violence in the 20th Century”.Hannover, September 4 – 18, 2011.
In July 2010, the massacre of Srebrenica was commemorated for the fifteenth time. Once more the commemoration ceremony showed that – even in Europe – ethnic violence is by no means a relic of a faraway past, overcome by civilization, but is still of unwaning timeliness at the beginning of the 21st century.
Although violence against minorities is not a specification of modern times, the legitimizing strategies and forms of expression of current violent minority politics are relatively recent phenomena whose emergence is closely linked with the emergence of nation-state concepts of the 19th century. The ideal of an ethnically homogeneous national community which became more and more attractive in late 19th-century Europe has become one of the most important ideological mobilization doctrines against “alien” minorities.
In the course of the 20th century, violence against ethnic minorities has developed into a quite common instrument of state-run domestic and foreign policies in Europe and all over the world. Again and again, methods of resolution for ethnic conflicts have been radicalized to the extent of violent attacks – in some cases to the point of genocide. In view of the violent policies of the Ottoman Empire, the Soviet Union, the NS regime or the successor states of Yugoslavia, it is becoming clear that reflection about ethnically motivated violence is central to the understanding of twentieth-century European history.
Hence, the summer academy Minority Issues and Violence wants to investigate the topic from historical, sociological and political perspectives. The aim of the summer academy is an in-depth analysis which reaches back to the 19th century and deals with the discourses, strategies, and practices of ethnic minority policies. Furthermore, it will also be important to delve into various historical and contemporary concepts of the non-violent treatment of social, ethnic and religious subgroups. It is only on the basis of such analogies that methods how to resolve ongoing conflicts can be discussed.
Participants
The summer academy Minority issues and violence in the 20th century is directed at PhD students and those in the advanced stages of a master’s program. Participants will be chosen according to a multi-level selection process.
Costs and Benefits
10 ECTS points will be awarded upon successful completion of the summer academy. Furthermore, successful participants will receive a certificate to be recognized in their university transcripts.
The fee for the course is €100.00 for all students of a German institution. There are no fees for students of foreign institutions and of Leibniz Universität Hannover. Free accommodation (a single-bed room with free internet access) has been arranged in Hannover. Therefore, every student who is assigned a single-bed room in student accommodation must pay a deposit of € 200.00. This deposit will be reimbursed at the end of the summer academy.
Travel expenses will be reimbursed on request according to the country allowances of the DAAD. The DAAD can arrange for a reasonably priced health insurance policy to cover you during your stay.
Application process
Applications must be submitted to the contact person named below by 20 April 2011. Along with the completed application form, you must submit all required documents: a letter of application, a CV, a strong letter of recommendation from a university teacher and proof of your skills in German AND English (DSH and TOEFL/equivalences).
Contact
Prof. Dr. Malte Rolf
Leibniz Universität Hannover
Historisches Seminar
Im Moore 21
30167 Hannover
Germany
Tel.: +49 (0)511-762-3887 (Sekretariat)
Fax: +49 (0)511-762-3128
Malte.Rolf@hist.uni-hannover.de
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