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Contents
1. Introduction
2. Recent and Upcoming Conferences
3. Recent Publications
4. Internet Resources
5. Related Research Programs
1. INTRODUCTION
The Canadian Centre for Philosophy and Public Policy (CCPPP) at the University of Ottawa is coordinating a multi-year, inter- disciplinary research project on "Citizenship, Identity and Democracy in the Multiethnic State", under the direction of Prof. Will Kymlicka. As part of this project, the CCPPP is distributing a quarterly newletter updating recent developments in the field, of which this is the fifth issue. We hope that it will be of interest to anyone working in the field, whether in academia, public service, or various non-governmental organizations. If you know anyone who would like to be added to the mailing list for this newsletter, or if you would like copies of the back- issues, please contact us at cded@post.queensu.ca . For further information about the research project, or the CCPPP more generally, you can also reach us by phone (613 545-2182) and fax (613 545-6545).
2. RECENT and UPCOMING CONFERENCES
The long-awaited final report of the Canadian Royal Commission on Aboriginal
Peoples will be released on November 21st, 1996. The Report is the culmination
of a five-year, $58 million research and consultation process, and may
reflect a historic moment in the evolution of Aboriginal-Canada relations.
Two conferences have been organized to discuss its recommendations:
a) The first is a one-day conference on "Aboriginal Peoples in the
Canadian Union: A Conference on the Recommendations of the Final Report
of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples", to be held at Carleton
University, December 5th, 1996. It is organized by the School of Public
Administration, in cooperation with the Centre for Aboriginal Education,
Culture and Learning. For information contact Iris Taylor at itaylor@ccs.carleton.ca
b) The second conference is "Forging a New Relationship: Conference
on the Report of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples", to be held
at the McGill Institute for the Study of Canada, Montreal, Quebec, January
31-February 2, 1997. The conference will include several keynote speakers
and panel discussions on the Commission's recommendations on governance,
justice, and Aboriginal land rights. For more information, contact Jose
Cadorette, Conference Coordinator, McGill Institute for the Study of Canada,
3463 Peel Street, Montreal, Quebec, H3A 1W7. Fax: 514-398-7336; Phone:
514- 398-2658; E-mail: jcadoret@heps.lan.mcgill.ca
Three upcoming conferences will address the relationship between culture
and violence. The first is a conference on "Cultural Violence: An International,
Interdisciplinary Conference", to be held on 7-8 March 1997 at George Washington
University in Washington DC. It is being organized by a consortium of various
Washington area universities. It will "assemble members from many different
academic disciplines to explore the ways in which `culture' can act as
a violent force both to construct and to marginalize difference and to
constrain individual expression". Selected papers will be published in
COLLEGE LITERATURE. Proposals for papers, or for more information, contact
Jeffrey Weinstock, Program in the Human Sciences, George Washington University,
Washington DC 20052. E-mail: jaw@gwis2.circ.gwu.edu;
WWW Site: http://www.gwu.ed/~violence.
Second, there will be an international conference on "Ethics, Law and
Communication in an Era of Political Violence and Extremism: An Examination
of the Boundaries of Liberty and Tolerance in Liberal Democracies", will
be held on 28-31 January 1997, at the University of Haifa, Israel. The
conference is dedicated to the memory of Yitzhak Rabin, and will include
historians, legal scholars, philosophers and media specialists from North
America, Britain, and Israel. The conference organizer is Prof. Raphael
Cohen-Almagor, Department of Communication and Faculty of Law, Haifa University,
fax: 972-4-8249-120; e-mail: ralmagor@soc.haifa.ac.il.
For registration information, contact Ms. Nili Zonshine, ISSTA Lines, Tel
Aviv, Israel, fax: 972-3-5271041.
Finally, the 1997 World Congress on Violence and Human Coexistence
will be held at University College, Dublin on 17-21 August 1997. The World
Congress seeks to provide "an interdisciplinary multicultural forum for
expression, research and exchange on the conditions required for the fullness
of human coexistence, with a view to achieving a more global and deep understanding
of the many eruptions of violence in human life and history". The conference
proceedings will be published (non-exclusively). For more information,
or to submit an abstract of a proposed paper, contact Dr. Fernand de Varennes,
Programme Co-Chair of the World Congress, at: Dr. Fernand de Varennes,
Asia-Pacific Centre for Human Rights and the Prevention of Ethnic Conflict,
School of Law, Murdoch University, Murdoch, Western Australia, 6150, Australia.
Fax: 61-9- 3106671; e-mail: devarenn@murdoch.edu.au
"The 50th Anniversary of Canadian Citizenship Conference", sponsored
by the Organization for the Study of National History of Canada, will be
held at Carleton University in Ottawa on February 14-16, 1997. Panellists
will include politicians, journalists and academics reflecting on the history
and
future of Canadian citizenship. For more information, contact Prof. Norman
Hillmer, phone: 613-730-1619; fax: 613-730-2341; e-mail: nhillmer@ccs.carleton.ca.
The 1997 annual meeeting of the Canadian Law and Society Association,
devoted to the topic of "Borders and Boundaries", will be held at Memorial
University in St. John's Newfoundland. The panels will address "the theme
of the destruction and reconstruction of borders and boundaries; legal,
political, social, cultural, economic or disciplinary". Proposals for papers
or panels should be sent by January 15th to either Ruth Buchanan, Faculty
of Law, University of New Brunswich, Fredericton NB, E3B 5A3. Phone: 506-453-4724;
e-mail: buchanan@unb.ca; or to Pierre
Coulombe, Dept. of Political Science, McGill University, 855 Sherbrooke
Street West, Montreal, Quebec, H3A 2T7. Phone: 514-398-4800; e-mail: CoulombeRoussel@msn.com
An interdisciplinary conference on "Women and Citizenship in the Twenty-first
Century" will be held on March 13-15 1997, organized by the Marquette University
Women's Studies Program. For information, or to submit proposals, contact
Diane Long Hoeveler, Women's Studies Coordinator, Marquette University,
Department of English, PO Box 1881, Milwaukee WI 53201-1881. Phone: 418-288-3466;
e-mail: 6685hoeveler@cms.csd.mu.edu
Yale University is organizing a conference on "Rethinking Democracy
for a New Century", to be held on February 28-March 2, 1997. The aim of
the conference is "to explore tensions between democracy and other values
in an era of growing inequality between nations, increasing complexity
of knowledge and organization, and resurgent ethnic and regional nationalism".
For information contact Casiano Hacker-Cordon, Department of Political
Science, Yale University; tel: 203-432-5243; e-mail: chano68@minerva.yale.edu
The Minda da Gunzberg Center for European Studies at Harvard University
is hosting a 3-day graduate student conference on "Politics and Identity
Formation in Contemporary Europe" on April 11-13 1997. Doctoral students
in North American and European universities whose dissertation research
focuses on the politics of identity formation in contemporary Europe are
eligible to apply to present a paper. Travel and accomodation expenses
will be paid for for all participants. Interested graduate students should
send a c.v., a 1000-word summary of their dissertation, and a 300-word
abstract of their workshop paper to: Lisa Eschenbach, Center for European
Studies, 27 Kirkland Street, Cambridge MA 20138. Phone: 617-495-4303, ext.
231; fax: 617-495-8509; e-mail: lmeschen@fas.harvard.edu
The European Sociological Association is holding its 3rd European conference
on "20th Century Europe: Inclusions/Exclusions", at the University of Essex,
Colchester, England on August 27-20, 1997. The theme of inclusions and
exclusions will be explored "focusing particularly on the issues of gender,
ethnicity, class and age in the restructuring of European societies throughout
this century". For information, contact the Conference Organizer - ESA
Conference, Dept. of Sociology, University of Essex, Wivenhoe Park, Colchester,
Essex C04 3SQ, U.K.; fax: 44-1206-873410; e-mail: ESA97@essex.ac.uk
A one-day conference on "Communitarianism and Civil Society" was held
on October 17, 1996, at Berry College, Mount Berry Georgia, co-sponsored
by political scientists and sociologists at Berry College and Oglethorpe
University. For information, contact Peter Lawler, Political Science, Berry
College, Mount Berry, Georgia 30149-0118. Phone: 706-233-4085; e-mail:
plawler@berry.edu
A conference on the "Legal and Philosophical Aspects of Cultural Heritage"
was held at Flinders University of South Australia, North Adelaide, Australia
on October 3-4 1996. For information, contact Helen MacDonald, Philosophy
Department, Flinders University at Helen.MacDonald@flinders.edu.au
An international conference on "Living Together in Federal States:
International Aspects of Federalism" was held September 30-October 3, 1996.
The conference brought together European and Canadian specialists on federalism
to debate the lessons that federalism in Europe might have for Canada.
The conference was jointly organized by the Institut quebecois des hautes
etudes internationales at Laval University, and the Department of Political
Science at the University of British Columbia. For information about the
conference, contact either Prof. Alain Prujiner, Directeur, Institut quebecois
des hautes etudes internationales, Universite Laval, Cite Universitaire,
Quebec, G1K 7P4; tel: 418-656-7771; e- mail: alain.prujiner@hei.ulaval.ca;
or Prof. David Elkins, Department of Political Science, University of British
Columbia, C472-1866 Main Mall, Vancouver, B.C., V6T 1Z1; tel: 604-822-2717;
e-mail: politics@unixg.ubc.ca
3. RECENT PUBLICATIONS
J. Hart and R. Bauman (eds) *Explorations in Difference: Law, Culture and Politics* (University of Toronto Press, 1996). France Gagnon, Marie McAndrew and Michel Page (eds) *Pluralisme, citoyennete et Education* (L'Harmattan, Montreal, 1996), with articles by Bhikhu Parekh, Benjamin Barber, Chantal Mouffe, Joseph Carens, Daniel Weinstock, and others.
*The Good Society*, Vol. 6, #2, Spring 1996 - special issue on "Group Rights".
Samuel LaSelva, *The Moral Foundations of Canadian Federalism* (McGill-Queen's University Press, Montreal, 1996).
David Jacobson, *Rights Across Borders: Immigration and the Decline of Citizenship* (Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, 1996).
Anthony Appiah and Amy Gutmann, *Color Conscious: The Political Morality of Race* (Princeton University Press, 1996).
Gerald Neuman, *Strangers to the Constitution: Immigrants, Borders and Fundamental Law* (Princeton University Press, 1996).
Graham Smith (ed) *Federalism: The Multiethnic Challenge* (Longman, London, 1995).
David Held, *Democracy and the Global Order: From the Modern State to Cosmopolitan Governance* (Polity Press, 1995).
David Held and Daniele Archibugi (eds) *Cosmopolitan Democracy: An Agenda for a New World Order* (Polity Press, 1995).
Albert Menendez, *Church and State in Canada* (Prometheus Books, 1996).
Michael Dunne and Tiziano Bonazzi (eds) *Citizenship and Rights in
Multicultural Societies* (Keele University Press, 1995)
4. INTERNET RESOURCES
1) APSA RACE-POL List
RACE-POL is an internet discussion list sponsored by the American Political
Science Association's Organized Section on Race, Ethnicity and Politics.
The list exists to facilitate communication among political scientists
and other scholars who share an interest in race, ethnicity, and political
power. Messages to the list include, among other topics, discussions of
issues in racial and ethnic politics, requests for citations and sources,
book reviews, and new book announcements, information about graduate programs,
notices of upcoming conferences and meetings, and reports from the Section
on Race, Ethnicity and Politics. To subscribe, send email to: LISTSERV@ACADCOMP.CMP.ILSTU.EDU
leave the subject line blank, and in the message type: subscribe RACE-POL
firstname lastname
2) Lawrence Hinman's Ethics Homepage
http://www.acusd.edu/ethics
Have you ever wanted suggestions or advice on teaching the ethical
issues relating to ethnocultural diversity? If so, you might be interested
in this homepage, which is specifically designed for ethics instructors
and their students. It is subdivided into sections which include: Race
and Ethnicity; Rights Theories; and Diveristy and Moral Theory. Each section
includes links to related internet resources, summaries of recent articles,
and a short survey of philosophical works on the topic. Hinman's page also
has a section called "The Periodicals Room", which provides tables of contents
to recent journal issues in ethics.
3) The World's Constitutions, Legal Information Institute, Cornell Law
School
http://www.law.cornell.edu/law/home.html
This page gives you links to the full text of the constitutions of
58 countries. Once a link is chosen, additional information about the country
is also provided, including the nature of the court system, important court
decisions, as well as the map and flag of the country. The page also provides
links to (a) the Constitutional Courts in Eastern Europe, which are united
in a network called "CoCoNet" (Constitutional Court Network); and (b) "CourtNet"
(International Court Network), which is a broader attempt to connect all
courts.
4) Law and Politics Book Review List
The Law and Politics Book Review list is a free publication of the
Law and Courts Section of the American Political Science Association. This
is a moderated listserv. All reviews are solicited, and edited by the editor.
The reviews are directed toward political scientists, with a focus on law
and the judicial process. Length of reviews ranges from 750 to 2500 words.
This is a low volume list, with approximately one review being sent out
per week. The most recent book reviewed was David Jacobson's book on the
rights of immigrants (see section #3 above). To subscribe, send email to:
LISTSERV@LISTSERV.ACNS.NWU.EDU leave the subject line blank, and in the
message type: subscribe lpbr-l Past reviews may be obtained by using gopher
at: nuinfo.nwu.edu 70. Select "Library Services" on the first menu. The
Law and Politics Book Review is on the second menu. Or you can access back
issues from their homepage at: http://www.polisci.nwu.edu:8001
5) Canadian Legal Resources
There are now several websites which provide extensive information
about Canadian law and jurisprudence. We have chosen three that might be
particularly useful.
(a) Equality Rights Under the Canadian Charter:
http://fox.nstn.ca/~nstn1439/equallaw.html
This page provides links to Supreme Court rulings and scholarly articles
on equality issues, as well as notification of upcoming conferences. The
page is maintained by Deborah McIntosh, who is a legal analyst with the
Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development.
(b) Canadian Law - part of Alan Gahtan's Canadian Legal Resource Page:
http://gahtan.com/lawlinks/canlaw.htm
This page provides links to the Virtual Canadian Law Library, which
gives access to law journals and reviews, and to various constitutional
law homepages, and to the Osgoode Hall Law School.
(c) Smith Lyons' Canadian Legal Resources
http://www.smithlyons.ca/links/cdn_link.htm
This page includes links to the following: Hansard, House Committees,
Senate and Parliamentary Associations, federal laws, bills and new statutes,
and various legal documents, such as the Criminal Code and the Canadian
Human Rights Act.
6) The Canadian Law and Society List (Lawsoc-l)
Lawsoc-l has been set up as a forum for sharing information relevant
to the study of law and society in the Canadian context. It is meant to
serve primarily as an interdisciplinary academic list of interest to "law
and society" researchers representing a wide spectrum of social science
disciplines and specialized research fields including law, economics, history,
sociology, psychology, political science, criminology, feminist studies,
native studies, geography, education and social work. However, the list
may also be of interest to practitioners in government policy- making,
law reform, and the provision of legal services. The list posts messages
about conferences, publications, research projects, requests for citations
and sources, government commissions, and so on. To subscribe, send email
to: listproc@cc.umanitoba.ca Leave the subject line blank, and in the message
type: subscribe lawsoc-l firstname lastname
7) Publishers' Homepages
Do you want to know about the new and forthcoming books from the major
university presses? Virtually all of the major university presses now have
their own homepage which include their recent catalogues, by discipline,
as well as a comprehensive backlist. In some cases, you can also order
books by internet. You can get a comprehensive list of these homepages
at: http://www.cup.org/Connections/External.html
Here are a few examples:
Oxford Univ. Press: http://www.oup-usa.org
Harvard Univ Press: http://www.hup.harvard.edu/
Cambridge Univ. Press: http://www.cup.org
5. RELATED RESEARCH PROGRAMS
- The Advanced Study Center (ASC) of the International Institute at
the University of Michigan invites applications and nominations to its
1997-98 seminar on "Theories and Practices of Religious Tolerance/Intolerance".
The seminar will be directed by Edwin Curley and Stephen Darwall of the
Philosophy Department, and will be broadly interdisciplinary while including
issues of special interest to philosophers. Residency fellowships are available
to students, faculty, community organizers, medial professionals and cultural
practitioners. The ASC will offer a small number of longer-term fellowships
and a larger number of short-term fellowships (one week to one month).
For information and application forms, contact Rebecca Armstrong, Program
Coordinator, ASC of the International Institute, University of Michigan,
340 Lorch Hall, 611 Tappan Street, Ann Arbor MI, 49109-1220. Phone: 313-764-2268;
fax: 313-763-9154; e-mail: rebecca@umich.edu.
The information is also available on the World Wide Web at http://www.umich.edu/~iinet./asc/index.html
- There are two important changes at the Centre for Ethnic Studies
at the Universite de Montreal, which we mentioned in the first issue of
our newsletter. First, it recently established the new "Centre d'excellence
sur l'immigration, i'integration et la dynamique urbaine", under the direction
of Marie McAndrew. This is one of four "Centres of Excellence on Immigration
and Integration" across Canada which are being funded by the federal government
as part of the "Metropolis Project" - an enormous international research
project which will analyze the impact of immigration on the largest cities
around the world. Second, the Centre has just published the first issue
of its own (French-language) newsletter, entitled "Convergences". The newsletter
discusses the various research projects of the Centre, including its work
on immigrant languages, pluralism in education, and ethnic relations, as
well as listing recent publications in the field. To receive a hard copy
of "Convergences" in the mail, contact the Centre d'etudes ethniques, Universite
de Montreal, CP 6128, succursale A, Montreal H3C 3J7 Canada. Phone: 514-343-7244;
fax: 514-343-7078; e-mail: cee@ere.umontreal.ca.
You may also access the newsletter on the Centre's website: http://www.ceetum.umontreal.ca
- Another of the new Centres funded under the Metropolis project is
the "Prairie Centre of Excellence for Research on Immigration and Integration"
at the University of Alberta, under the direction of Baha Abu-Laban. This
Centre is in fact a consortium of five prairie universities - Alberta,
Calgary, Manitoba, Regina and Saskatchewan. They too will soon be producing
a newsletter discussing their research activities. For information, contact
the Administrative Coordinator, Ms. Kelly McKean, 1-17 Humanities Centre,
University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2E5. Phone: 403-492-6600;
fax: 403-492-2594; e-mail: kmckean@gpu.srv.ualberta.ca
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
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The CCPPP gratefully acknowledges the assistance of the Social Sciences and
Humanities Research Council of Canada in funding this newsletter. Special thanks
to Lise Charlebois for help with the Internet Resources section, and with the
distribution of the newsletter.
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