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.

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...

💡 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...

💡 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...

🌍 We’re hiring a Web Designer/Developer! The Journal on Ethnopolitics and Minority Issues in Europe (JEMIE), published by the European Centre for Minority Issues (ECMI), is looking for a creative expert to modernise our website and submission platform (Open Journal Systems). bit.ly/46R5vsu

werben in #Berlin für #Minderheitenrechte fuen.org/de/article/F... @stefanseidlerssw.bsky.social, @greens-efa.eu, @fuev.bsky.social, @euracminorities.bsky.social, @ecmiflensburg.bsky.social, @minorityrights.bsky.social, @gfbv.de, @spdfraktion.de, @sabinazwittergrilc.bsky.social, @retps.bsky.social

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....

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.

National Minorities in Serbia’s ongoing anti-government protests In their recent ECMI Minorities Blog post, Ljubica Djordjević, Katinka Beretka, and Jelena Mihajlov explore minority participation in the ongoing nationwide protests. www.ecmi.de/infochannel/...

Statelessness remains a harsh reality for many Roma in North Macedonia, leading to a lack of rights, lack of recognition, and exclusion from society. As Eugenia Ricciotti highlights in the ECMI Minorities Blog, recent legal reforms are promising but still insufficient. www.ecmi.de/infochannel/...

👍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....

#Tourismus und #Olympia überrollen #Minderheiten gfbv-voices.org/italien-anpe... @fuev.bsky.social, @euracminorities.bsky.social, @ecmiflensburg.bsky.social, @sabinazwittergrilc.bsky.social, @31bbd.bsky.social, @retps.bsky.social, @greens-efa.eu, @euracling.bsky.social, @overtourism.bsky.social

die #ladinische Minderheit in den #Dolomiten fordert #Sichtbarkeit bei den #olympischen Spielen #MilanoCortina2026 gfbv-voices.org/italien-anpe... @fuev.bsky.social, @euracminorities.bsky.social, @ecmiflensburg.bsky.social, @minorityrights.bsky.social, @culturalsurvival.org

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...

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,

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

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...

Hört mal wir sind im Radio 🎧 Falls ihr Eltern in Nordfriesland seid, Friesisch könnt (egal wie gut) und Kinder habt, die noch nicht zur Schule gehen, freuen wir uns riesig, wenn ihr auch an unserer Umfrage teilnehmt: ecmi.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_... Radio Interview: www.ndr.de/wellenord/po...

📣 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

📣 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 💬

I was recently interviewed by @ecmiflensburg.bsky.social on how the intercultural paradigm developed by the @coe.int for the management of cultural diversity applies to situations of autochthonous national minorities rather than those involving migrants and refugees: www.youtube.com/watch?v=UAcs...

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

Three excellent papers in our panel for UACES’ @uaces.bsky.social 54th annual conference, in Trento this week. Thanks to Jakob, Lara and Maddi for their fantastic papers on different audiences of minority language media! @ecmiflensburg.bsky.social @midas-press.bsky.social

#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

💡 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

📣 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

In early November, I had the opportunity to meet with members of the Åland Parliament and discuss some findings on the resilience and longevity of autonomy arrangements. Many thanks to The Åland Islands Peace Institute for organizing. A short report can be found here: www.ecmi.de/infochannel/...

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

📚 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...

What a great workshop on the role of collective emotions in the context of ethnic conflict & conflict dynamics – despite the worst flooding in Flensburg in over 100 years..