Tagung von Iryna Klymenko (Forschungszentrum Urkaine\/Max Weber Stiftung), Olena Palko (Universit\u00e4t Basel), Olena Petrenko (Ruhr-Universit\u00e4t Bochum) und Katja Wezel (Georg-August-Universit\u00e4t G\u00f6ttingen)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Contemporary research suggests that economic marginalization of ethnic minorities remains a persistent trait in Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe. From a historical perspective, economic advantages and disadvantages were often determined along ethnic lines. This changed with the onset of nationalism and the formation of nation-states, where access to power and economic resources started to be reserved for ethnic majorities, crucially changing the status many ethnic economic elites had previously enjoyed. By integrating historical research, this conference aims to shed light on how identification and differentiation based on ethnicity have shaped economic experiences and outcomes in the region. The conference will address topics such as the unequal concentration of wealth across ethnic lines, the economic and social marginalization of certain ethnic groups, and the correlation between social and economic inequalities with ethnicity and majority-minority relations. Key themes discussed at the conference include the relationship between ethnicity and entrepreneurship, the economic advantages of common ethnicity, and the impact of ethnic (as well as racial) discrimination, as well as the overall role of ethnicity in economic development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Programm<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Thursday, 10 September 2026 10.00\u201312.00: Panel 1 \u2013 Minorities, Economy, Elections and the Empire<\/strong> 14.00\u201316.30 Panel 2: Industrial Development, Economic Empowerment and Imperial Legacies<\/strong>
9.00\u20139.30: Welcome & Introduction<\/strong>
Iryna Klymenko (Lviv), Olena Palko (Basel), Olena Petrentko (Bochum), Katja Wezel (G\u00f6ttingen)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Volodymyr Kulikov (London): Ethnic Entrepreneurship and Value Chains in Ukraine under Imperial Rule
Darius Stali\u016bnas (Vilius): The Influence of Social and Economic Factors on Coalition Formation During Elections to the Russian State Dumas in Lithuania
Andrea Gritti (Paris): The Destruction of Ottomanist Reason. Economic Critique and Sectarian Spirit in Late Ottoman Salonica<\/p>\n\n\n\n
S\u00e9gol\u00e8ne Plyer (Strasbourg): Shaping an innovative competition: The ethnic factor among textile manufacturers in north-eastern Bohemia
Olena Petrenko (Bochum): Ethnicity and Economic (Dis)Advantages in the Sugar Industry of 19th-Century Ukraine
Vladyslava Moskalets (Lviv): Jews and Others in the Galician Countryside
Samuel Foster (Norwich): A \u201cVast Armed Camp\u201d: Economic Militarism as State Minority Policy in Ango-French Balkan Discourses, 1880-1914<\/p>\n\n\n\n