27th May 2015
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Sofiya Zahova, PhD |
(Bulgarian Academy of Sciences) |
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Identity and Language Policies in Montenegro |
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27. 5. 2015, 17:00, room 203, (Faculty of Arts, main building) |
Abstract of the lecture: Considering the theory of ‘language nationalism’ (B. Anderson) in the context of the Balkans, where language is regarded as ‘flag of the nations’ (V. Friedman), the lecture suggests two aspects of the language issue in Montenegro. The first views the importance of the Montenegrin language in the context of state- and-nation-building. The second aspect refers to the issue of language and minority policies in a state that does not have an actual majority. |
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Key words: Montenegro, state-building, minority policies, language policies, Serbian language, Montenegrin language. |
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Sofiya Zahova is assistant professor and post-doctoral researcher at the Balkan Ethnology Department, Institute of Ethnology and Folklore Studies (Bulgarian Academy of Sciences). Her main research interests are in the field of Ethnicity, South East European Studies, Roma/Gypsies, minorities, nation-building policies in the Balkans and former Yugoslavia. She is author of the books Dynamics of Identity in Montenegro (in Bulgarian) and History of Romani Literature in Europe (in English) and co-editor of the volume Ethnography of Migrations. The Bulgarians in the Mediterranean (in Bulgarian). |