Ethnic Minorities, Nationality and History
Paisiy Hilendarski University of Plovdiv, Bulgaria
18-20 October 2006
Abstracts of contributions:
1. Irina Chongarova, University of Plovdiv, Bulgaria
Intermarriages, Third Culture and Quest for Identity2. Vittore Collina, University of Florence, Italy
Efforts to create a nation: the Italian “Lega Nord”3. John Eade, University of Roehampton and CRONEM, UK
The Bulgars are coming? Representing 'Immigrants' in the British Media4. Chris Flood, University of Surrey/CRONEM, UK
The Dialectic of Swamping and Absorption: British (Mis)Perceptions of Prospective Bulgarian and Romanian Immigration in the Context of EU Integration5. Suman Gupta, Open University/ GIPSC Project, UK
Bulgarian Properties for the British Market6. Zhivko Ivanov, University of Plovdiv, Bulgaria
Balkan “specific” and integration. Films and history (Kusturica “The life is miracle”, Teo Angelopoulos “Ulysse's Gaze”, Ivan Nichev “Bay Ganyo”)7. Gancho Kolaksazov and Oghyan Fortounoff, International Organization of Migration, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
Forced migration and minorities8. Albena Kostadinova, Indy-Roma 97
Rural and Urban Roma people: differences and problems9. Plamen Makariev, University of Sofia, Bulgaria
Paradigmatic Characteristics of Multiculturalist Theories10. Aleksander Wojciech Mikołajczak, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Poland
Polish Islam in the intercultural dialogue
11. Andreas Pribersky, University of Vienna, Austria
EU-enlargement: a need for a redefinition of the national identity of new member states?12. Petar Vodenicharov, South-West University, Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria
Personal Names and Identities of Muslims of West Rodopi Mountain