Comparative Nationalism and Ethnicity
Articles, Working Papers and Book Chapters
'The Power of Ethnicity', working paper for Intrastate Conflict Seminar, Belfer Center, KSG, Harvard University, April 17, 2009
‘The Meaning of Huntington’, Prospect, February 2009
'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
'Peaceful Xenophobes’, Prospect, November 2008
'The Lenses of Nationhood: An Optical Model of Identity', Nations and Nationalism, forthcoming [figure 1 2 3 4]
Review of Pierre Manent, 'In Defense of the Nation-State', Prospect, June 2007
'Dominant Ethnie', 'Melting Pot', 'Assimilation', 'Nation-Building,' The Companion Guide to Nationalism (London: Transaction Publishers), 2000, pp. 12-13, 51-3, 177-8, 208-9Presentations and Events:
20 February 2009 – ‘The Lenses of Nationhood: A Grand Theory of National Identity’, Montreal Research Group on Ethnic Conflict seminar, McGill University, Montreal, PQ
16 March 2009 – ‘Dominant Ethnicity: Majority Groups, Dominant Minorities and Conflict’, Civil Conflict Workshop, Department of Government, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
9 February 2009 – Invited panelist, ‘Inter-Ethnic Relations in Quebec: The ‘Accommodations Crisis’ and The Bouchard-Taylor Report’, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
ASEN Conference: The Lenses of Nationhood - An Optical Model of Identity, 17 April 2008, London School of Economics
‘Immigration and National Identity in England: Contemporary Developments in Comparative Perspective’, European Social Science History Conference (ESSHC), Lisbon, Portugal, 27 Feb – 1 March, 2008
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 of Amy Chua, ‘Day of Empire’, Nationalism and Ethnic Conflict, vol. 15: 1, 2009, pp.133-136
Book Review of S. Saideman and W. Ayres, ‘For Kin and Country’, Nations and Nationalism, Vol.15, Issue 1, 2009, pp.172-174
Book Review of T. Baycroft and M. Hewitson, 'What is a Nation?', The Nationalism Project, 2008
Book Review of Appiah, K. Anthony, 'The Ethics of Identity,' H-Nationalism, forthcoming 2006
Book review of Hutchinson
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
