Minorities and COVID-19: A webinar series of the Institute for Minority Rights, Eurac Research
Join us for a webinar series to investigate the challenges minorities worldwide are facing as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Minorities and COVID-19: A webinar series of the Institute for Minority Rights, Eurac Research (www.eurac.edu/imr)
Episode 1: COVID-19 and its effects on minorities
Wednesday, 13 May, 3-4pm CET | Registration (https://scientificnet.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJMrc–srj8jH9Ds1XEsabmHW34b9xgEiRk5)
Lamberto Zannier, OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities
Ilze Brands-Kehris, Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights, UN Human Rights Office
Joseph Marko, Head of the Institute for Minority Rights, Eurac Research / University of Graz
Chair: Georg Grote, Institute for Minority Rights, Eurac Research
Episode 2: Equality, Discrimination and COVID-19
Thursday, 21 May, 3-4pm CET | Registration (https://scientificnet.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJYsfuGgrD8sGdEhpvghIYpgiPXPyB9SELuq)
Fernand de Varennes, United Nations Special Rapporteur on Minority Issues
Emma Lantschner, University of Graz
Roberta Medda-Windischer, Institute for Minority Rights, Eurac Research
Chair: Katharina Crepaz, Institute for Minority Rights, Eurac Research
Episode 3: Minorities, territorial governance and inter-state relations in pandemic times
Wednesday, 27 May, 3-4pm CET | Registration (https://scientificnet.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJEuce6hqD8uE9Egye0dmB7V0zc1zvdYEWA_)
Sia Spiliopoulou Åkermark, Åland Islands Peace Institute
Francesco Palermo, Institute for Comparative Federalism, Eurac Research
Sergiu Constantin, Institute for Minority Rights, Eurac Research
Chair: Georg Grote, Institute for Minority Rights, Eurac Research
Episode 4: COVID-19 and religious minorities
Thursday, 4 June, 3-4pm CET | Registration
(https://scientificnet.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJ0sf-6oqDotHtwoaW-sMxV1ZE6DIE68IRt_)
Kerstin Wonisch, Institute for Minority Rights, Eurac Research
Other speakers TBC
Chair: Roberta Medda-Windischer, Institute for Minority Rights, Eurac Research
Episode 5: Indigenous peoples in times of the pandemic
Wednesday, 10 June, 4-5pm CET | Registration
(https://scientificnet.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJUqc-irqDMtGdXUlK3NR3xLu-BFwRs7b-9W)
Daqui Lema, Pontificia Universidad Católica of Ecuador (Ibarra seat)
Claire Wright, Queen’s University Belfast
Alexandra Tomaselli, Institute for Minority Rights, Eurac Research
Chair: Johanna Mitterhofer, Institute for Minority Rights, Eurac Research
