The Center organises the Conference
On 4-6 December, 2002, the Center for Stateless Cultures invites to the meeting "International Program on Preservation of Weakest Minorities with Special Focus on Roma Issues". The program of the conference.Yves Plasseraud's lecture series
Center for Stateless Cultures invites to the lecture series by dr. Yves Plasseraud "Legal Issues of Ethnic Minorities". The lectures will be in English, on 18-29 November every day 17.30 at Vilnius University, Faculty of Hisotry. You can sign in by e-mail statelesscultures@if.vu.lt, statelesscultures@centras.lt or by phone 2687293 from 9 a.m to 5 p.m.Short course desciption: 1. Introduction: Definitions and history. 2. The international system of protection of Minorities. 3. The European institutions and norms (Council of Europe & EU). 4. The Territorial Federal Systems: Germany, Switzerland, Quebec, Belgium ... 5. The "Autonomies" System: Spain, Italy. 6. Cultural extraterritorial Autonomies: The Kehillot, Estonia, Hungary, etc. 7. Minorities and Islam: the "Dhimmis". 8. The Republican Citizenship: the evolution of the French paradigm. 9. The "Melting-Pot", the American Dream and the ethnic revival. 10. Multiculturalism vs. Nation-State: Looking ahead.
Visiting Lectureship Fellowship
The Center for Stateless Cultures invites to participate in the competition for Visiting Lectureship Fellowship. More about the Visiting Lectureship>>>The Library of the Center for the Stateless Cultures
We are inviting to visit the new library of the Center for the Stateless Cultures.