Comparative Nationalism and Ethnicity

Articles, Working Papers and Book Chapters

'From Background to Foreground: Majority Groups and Dominant Minorities', introduction to themed section on Dominant Group Identity, Nations & Nationalism, vol. 14:4 (2008)

with Oded Haklai, 'Dominant Ethnicity: From Minority to Majority', Nations and Nationalism, issue 14.4 (2008), see also Andreas Wimmer's response and our rejoinder/debate piece with Wimmer, also in Nations & Nationalism, vol. 14:4 (2008)

 'A Fear of Being Swamped': Why Modernity Leads to Ethno-Demographic Conflict’, American Political Science Association, Boston, August 28-31, 2008

'Introduction', Debate on John Hutchinson's Nations as Zones of Conflict, Nations & Nationalism, vol. 13, issue 4 (2007), pp. 1-4

'The Lenses of Nationhood: An Optical Model of Identity', Nations and Nationalism, forthcoming [figure 1  2  3  4]

'Dominant Ethnicity and Integration: the Estonian Case', for conference volume on Estonian Integration (Hill & Knowlton, forthcoming)

"Dominant Ethnicity and Dominant Nationhood: Empirical and Normative Aspects" in Lecours, A. and G. Nootens (eds.), Dominant Nationalism, Dominant Ethnicity: Identity, Federalism and Democracy (Berlin: Peter Lang, forthcoming)

Book review of Aviel Roshwald, 'The Endurance of Nationalism' , Nationalism and Ethnic Politics, vol. 13, no. 4, 2007

Book Review of T. Baycroft and M. Hewitson, 'What is a Nation?', The Nationalism Project, forthcoming

(with Daniele Conversi) 'Ethnic and Nationalist Mobilization', in J. Tournon and A. Guelke (eds.), Ethnic Groups and Politics: Recent Analytical Developments (Berlin: VS-Verlag, forthcoming)

'Introduction', Debate on John Hutchinson's Nations as Zones of Conflict, Nations & Nationalism, vol. 13, issue 4, pp. 1-4

Review of Pierre Manent, 'In Defense of the Nation-State', Prospect, June 2007

'Liberal Ethnicity: Beyond Liberal Nationalism and Minority Rights,' Ethnic and Racial Studies, vol. 23, no. 6 (2000), pp. 1086-1119

'Ethnic Nationalism,' in Bibliography of Nationalism, Canadian Review of Studies in Nationalism, vol. 30 (2003)

Events:

ASEN Conference: The Lenses of Nationhood - An Optical Model of Identity, 17 April, London School of Economics 

ASEN Seminar: Visualising Nationhood - A Grand Theory of National Identity, Speaker: Dr. Eric Kaufmann (Birkbeck College), Venue: Room D206, Clement House, LSE, Wednesday 30 January 2008, 6:00pm

Nations & Nationalism Symposium on Aviel Roshwald, The Endurance of Nationalism: Ancient Roots and Modern Dilemmas, chaired by Professor Anthony D. Smith (LSE) Professor Aviel Roshwald (Georgetown University), Dr. Susan-Mary Grant (University of Newcastle) and Professor John Breuilly (LSE). Wednesday 31 October, 5-7pm in U8, Tower One, LSE

Nations & Nationalism Symposium on John Hutchinson's Nationalism as Zones of Conflict - I will be chairing this event, which will involve Andreas Wimmer (UCLA), Gerard Delanty (Liverpool) and Umut Ozkirimli (U. Bilkent, Istanbul) as interlocutors. 7 February 2007, LSE. See my review of Hutchinson's book in British Journal of Sociology.

ASEN seminar, Andreas Wimmer, "The Making and Unmaking of Ethnic Boundaries. Toward a Comparative Theory", 8 February 2007, LSE. See my review of Wimmer's book in Political Studies.

Upcoming panel on 'Dominant Ethnies and Racist Nationalisms', 17th Annual ASEN Conference: “The Dark Face of Nationalism: Violence, Extremism and the Nation” 17-19 April 2007, London School of Economics - Featuring David Brown (Murdoch U., Australia - see my review of his book below) and Philip Resnick (UBC, Canada) as well as myself. See abstract.

Reviews

Book review (combined) of Aviel Roshwald, 'The Endurance of Nationalism' & T. Baycroft and M. Hewitson, 'What is a Nation?', English Historical Review, forthcoming summer 2007 

Book review of Pickus, Noah, 'True Faith and Allegiance,' Nations & Nationalism, Volume 13 Issue 2 Page 358, April 2007

Book Review of Appiah, K. Anthony, 'The Ethics of Identity,' H-Nationalism, forthcoming 2006

Book review of Zubaida , Sami , 'Law and Power in the Islamic World , ' Comparative Studies in Society and History , vol. 47 , no. 1. , (2004)

Book review of Wimmer, Andreas, 'Nationalist Exclusion and Ethnic Conflict,' Political Studies Review, July 2003

Book review of David Brown, ‘Contemporary Nationalism,’ Political Studies, vol. 49, no.3 (Aug. 2001), p. 624

Book review of Frank Füredi, 'The Silent War,' Ethnic & Racial Studies, vol. 23, no. 6 (November 2000), pp. 1132-33

Book Review of Will Kymlicka, 'Finding Our Way: Rethinking Ethnocultural Relations in Canada,' Ethnic Conflict Research Digest, Vol. 2, no. 2 (1999), pp. 42-3

Presentations

'Nationalism and Ethnicity in the EU,' 7th Jean Monnet European Centre Summer School, Trento, 14 September 2006

Links

1) ASEN (Association for the Study of Ethnicity and Nationalism) - The world's largest nationalism and ethnic studies organisation. Based at LSE. Holds frequent seminars, as well as conferences. It is worth becoming a member if you can afford the modest fee (please enquire on-line or with me).

Website: http://www.lse.ac.uk/collections/ASEN/Default.htm

2) Will Kymlicka's Homepage - This provides links to sites of interest in major subfields of the nationalism, ethnicity, multiculturalism and citizenship literature. Website: http://qsilver.queensu.ca/~philform/democracydiversitylinks.html

3) Nationalism Project website - extensive links, book reviews, bibliography, on-line essays and more. Address: http://www.nationalismproject.org

4) Minorities at Risk Project - The Minorities at Risk (MAR) Project is a university-based research project that monitors and analyzes the status and conflicts of politically-active communal groups in all countries with a current population of at least 500,000. Address: http://www.cidcm.umd.edu/inscr/mar/

5) Association for the Study of Nationalities - Major scholarly association devoted to the study of ethnicity and nationalism in Europe and Eurasia. Address: http://www.nationalities.org/

6) Centre for Research in Ethnic Relations - The major academic body in the UK for the research and teaching of aspects of race, migration and ethnic relations. Address: http:/www.warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/crer_rc

7) Initiative on Ethnic Conflict Resolution (INCORE) - Important organisation involved in the study of peace, conflict and community relations. Address: http:/www.incore.ulst.ac.uk