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About the journalThe Journal on Ethnopolitics and Minority Issues in Europe (JEMIE) is a peer-reviewedelectronic journal edited under the auspices of the European Centre for Minority Issues. JEMIEis a multi-disciplinary journal which addresses minority issues across a broad range of studies,such as ethnopolitics, democratization, conflict management, good governance, participation,minority issues and minority rights.*******Call for papers: Special Issue on Ethnic Issues in Central AsiaWith the fall of the Soviet Union a period of thorough changes has begun in the region of CentralAsia. Each of the newly created independent states - Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan,Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan – faced a set of complex challenges of geopolitical, economic andsocial natures, among others. Amid these challenges, ethnic issues of varying complexity wereand continue to be of primary importance, as each Central-Asian country hosts significantminority communities (for example Russians reside in Kazakhstan, Uzbeks in Kyrgyzstan andTajikistan, and Tajiks in Uzbekistan). In each country it leads to specific consequences: fairlyrecent inter-ethnic clashes (Kyrgyzstan), communities unsuccessfully striving for formalrecognition (the case of Pamiris in Tajikistan) or the uneasy combination of functioning as both akin-state and a host state (Uzbekistan). Furthermore, significant Central Asian diasporas reside incountries which neighbour the region: Uzbek and Tajik communities in Afghanistan; Kazakh andKyrgyz communities in the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region in China; Tajik economicmigrants in Russia. Besides peculiarities concerning ethnic issues in each of the Central Asianrepublics, to a significant degree they also share certain similarities: underdevelopment ofspecific minority-related legislation, lack of credible census data, absence of outside monitoringmechanisms, predominance of ethno-centric approaches to identity or relatively weakrepresentation/participation of minority communities in public affairs.In light of the above-indicated complexities, the Journal on Ethnopolitics and Minority Issues inEurope takes the opportunity to invite contributions for a special issue on ethnic issues in CentralAsia. Case studies or comparative analyses from a wide array of academic disciplines areencouraged (for example law, political science, sociology).Topics of importance which could be addressed may be, for example:Drafting and implementation of legal frameworks concerning ethnic issuesFormal status of minority communitiesParticipation of non-dominant ethnic groups in political, social and economic lifeMedia discourses concerning minority communitiesMinority mediaEthnic issues within the context of regional international relations and cross-bordercooperationIdentity-building and the question of ethnicityEthnicity and memory culturesMinorities within minorities (e.g. female or youth activism)Patterns of ethnic mobilizationCultural and language education for non-dominant ethnic groupsReconciliation in post-conflict societies*******Submission guidelinesContributed papers should be submitted to the journal editor Dr. Tamara Hoch at hoch@ecmi.deby the 1 st of September 2019, for selection and review by the special issue guest editors (Dr.Sergiusz Bober and Aziz Berdiqulov) and one external reviewer having expertise in the topicalarea.Papers should not exceed 8,000 words and have to be accompanied by an abstract and acomplete list of references.The Style Guide of the Journal on Ethnopolitics and Minority Issues in Europe is available athttp://www.ecmi.de/publications/jemie/jemiesub/Publication of this special issue is expected by the 1 st of March 2020.Thank you for your interest in contributing to the Journal on Ethnopolitics and Minority Issues inEurope.