Essay competition and workshops Cultural Pluralism Revisited: Religious and Linguistic Freedoms

Cultural Pluralism Revisited: Religious and Linguistic Freedoms

The Irmgard Coninx Foundation is a non-profit-organization aiming at the promotion of public debates on issues relating to transnationality. In order to achieve this goal the Irmgard Coninx Foundation - in association with the Social Science Research Center Berlin (WZB), Humboldt-University Berlin, and the European Association for Education Law and Policy (ELA) - organizes these Berlin Roundtables on Transnationality and awards three-month research grants among the participants of the Roundtables.

Berlin Workshops

Based on an international essay competition, approximately 40 applicants will be invited to discuss their research and ideas with prominent scholars in Berlin. The Irmgard Coninx Foundation will cover travel to and accommodation in Berlin.
Irmgard Coninx Research Grant

An international jury will award two three-month fellowships to be used for research at the WZB, the Humboldt-University and the Berlin State Library. The grant includes a monthly stipend of EUR 1,000 plus accommodation in Berlin.

Application Procedure

Essays to be submitted in English! The jury will only accept unpublished manuscripts.
Participants of the essay competition are required to declare: The essay submitted is the work of only the individual whose name appears on the front page as the author; any parts taken from other sources are appropriately referenced in the essay. No co-authorship will be accepted.
Please submit the manuscript as a word document, no longer than 2500 words total, a narrative biography (250 words), and a CV with publication list (no longer than 400 words).
Every essay must include a two hundred words abstract.

Competition Details

The competition is open to scholars (maximum 5 years after Ph.D.) as well as practicioners and journalists with relevant backgrounds. Essays may address empirical research and/or theoretical issues related to the topic.


Deadline for essay submission: January 15, 2010

more information: Irmgard Coninx Foundation