ACADEMIC ARTICLES

• Henrard K. & P. Vermeersch. 2019. Nationalism with a 'human' face? European human rights judgments and the reinvention of nationalist politics. Nationalities Papers. (Accepted for publication).
• Vermeersch P. 2019. Victimhood as victory: the role of memory politics in the process of de-Europeanization in East Central Europe. Global Discourse: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Current Affairs. 9 (1), 113-130.
• Van Baar H. & P. Vermeersch. 2017. The limits of operational representations. Intersections: East European Journal of Society and Politics. 3 (4), 120-139.
• Dejaeghere Y. & P. Vermeersch. 2017. Incident-driven democray at Europe's edge: The case of Bosnia-Herzegovina. European Review. 25 (4), 608-622
• Vermeersch P. 2017. How does the EU matter for the Roma? Transnational Roma activism and EU social policy. Problems of Post-Communism. 64 (5), 219-227.
• Touquet H. & P. Vermeersch. 2016. Changing frames of reconciliation: The politics of peace-building in the former Yugoslavia. East European Politics and Societies. 30 (1), 55-73
• Vermeersch P. 2014. Een kansloze minderheid in de marge? De sociaaleconomische en politieke positie van de Roma in Europa. Justitiële Verkenningen, 57-71
• Vermeersch P. 2013. The European Union and the Roma: an analysis of recent institutional and policy developments. European Yearbook of Minority Issues, 341-358
• Vermeersch P. 2013. Nationalism and political competition in Central Europe: the case of Poland. Nationalities Papers. 41 (1), 128-145
• Vermeersch P. 2013. Innovating democracy in times of crisis: solution or utopia? Open Citizenship. 4 (1)
• Vermeersch P. & E. Sobotka. 2012. Governing human rights and Roma inclusion: Can the EU be a catalyst for local social change? Human Rights Quarterly. 34 (3), 800-822
• Vermeersch P. 2012. Reframing the Roma: EU Initiatives and the Politics of Reinterpretation. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies. vol.38 (8), 1195-1212
• Sigona, N. & P. Vermeersch. 2012. The Roma in the new EU: policies, frames and everyday experiences. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies. 38 (8), 1189-1193
• Vermeersch P. 2011. Europeanisering en de Roma: op zoek naar maatschappelijke inclusie in een nieuwe politieke en institutionele context. Tijdschrift voor Sociologie. 32 (3-4), 414-436
• Vermeersch P. 2010. Contesting Europe: Strategies and Legacies in Polish Political Competition. Europe-Asia Studies. 62 (3), 503-522
• Fox J. & P. Vermeersch. 2010. Backdoor nationalism. Archives Européennes de Sociologie. 51 (2), 325-357
• Vermeersch P. 2010. Roma inclusion: can international institutions play a role?. Development & Transition, 7-10
• Vermeersch P. 2009. National Minorities and International Change: Being Ukrainian in Contemporary Poland. Europe-Asia Studies. 61 (3), 435-465
• Vermeersch P. 2009. In Search of a Movement: The Opportunities and Limits of Romani Political Solidarity. Südosteuropa - Mitteilungen. 49 (2), 88-94
• Vermeersch P. 2008. Exhibiting Multiculturalism: Politicised Representations of the Roma in Poland. Third Text. 22 (3), 359-371
• Touquet H. & P. Vermeersch. 2008. Bosnia and Herzegovina: thinking beyond institution-building. Nationalism & ethnic politics. 14 (2), 266-288
• Vermeersch P. 2007. Ethnic Minority Protection and Anti-discrimination in Central Europe before and after EU Accession: The Case of Poland. Journal on Ethnopolitics and Minority Issues in Europe. 6 (1), 1-21
• Vermeersch P. 2007. A Minority at the Border: EU Enlargement and the Ukrainian Minority in Poland. Eastern European Politics and Societies. 21 (3), 475-502
• Vermeersch P. 2005. EU Enlargement and Immigration Policy in Poland and Slovakia. Communist and post-communist studies. 38 (2), 71-88
• Vermeersch P. 2005. National Minorities in Poland: Domestic Ethnic Relations in a Changing European Context. Norwegian Journal of Migration Research - Norsk Tidsskrift for Migrasjonsforskning. 6 (2), 45-56
• Vermeersch P. 2005. Marginality, Advocacy, and the Ambiguities of Multiculturalism: Notes on Romani Activism in Central Europe. Identities: global studies in culture and power. 12 (4), 451-478
• Vermeersch P. 2004. Minority Policy in Central Europe: Exploring the Impact of the EU's Enlargement Strategy. The Global Review of Ethnopolitics. 3 (2), 3-19
• Vermeersch P. 2004. Archaeology and Identity Politics: A Cross-Disciplinary Perspective. Archaeological Dialogues. 11 (1), 22-27
• Vermeersch P. 2003. Ethnic minority identity and movement politics: The case of the Roma in the Czech Republic and Slovakia. Ethnic and Racial Studies. 26 (5), 879-901
• Vermeersch P. 2003. EU Enlargement and Minority Rights Policies in Central Europe: Explaining Policy Shifts in the Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland. Journal on Ethnopolitics and Minority Issues in Europe, 1-31
• Vermeersch P. 2002. Ethnic Mobilisation and the Political Conditionality of European Union Accession: The Case of the Roma in Slovakia. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies. 28 (1), 83-101
• Vermeersch P. 2002. Romani Political Mobilization in Central and Eastern Europe. European Yearbook of Minority Issues. 1 (1), 373-394
• Vermeersch P. 2001. Advocacy Networks and Romani Politics in Central and Eastern Europe. Journal on Ethnopolitics and Minority Issues in Europe, 1-22
• Cahn C. & P. Vermeersch. 2000. The Group Expulsion of Slovak Roma by the Belgian Government: A Case Study of the Treatment of Romani Refugees in Western Countries. Cambridge Review of International Affairs. 13 (2), 71-82
• Vermeersch P. & V. Philips. 1998. Belgia: Geneza i organizacja panstwa federalnego. Studia Europejskie, 67-85

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CHAPTERS IN ACADEMIC BOOKS

• Vermeersch P. 2017. The Plight of Eastern Europe's Roma. In: The Routledge Handbook of East European Politics. Fagan, A., Kopecky, P. (eds.) Routledge.
• Vermeersch P. 2016. Romani Mobilization and Participation: Obstacles and Opportunities. In: Realizing Roma Rights. Bhabha J., Mirga A., Matache M. (eds.) University of Pennsylvania Press.
• Vermeersch P., O'Dwyer C. 2016. From Pride to Politics: Niche-Party Politics and LGBT Rights in Poland. In: The EU Enlargement and Gay Politics: The Impact of Eastern Enlargement on Rights, Activism and Prejudice. Slootmaeckers K., Touquet H., Vermeersch P. (eds.) Palgrave.
• Slootmaeckers K., Touquet H., Vermeersch P. 2016. Introduction: EU Enlargement and LGBT Rights: Beyond Symbolism?. In: The EU Enlargement and Gay Politics: The Impact of Eastern Enlargement on Rights, Activism and Prejudice. Slootmaeckers K., Touquet H., Vermeersch P. (eds.) Palgrave.
• Vermeersch P. 2015. Citizenship beyond the state: time for a new utopia?. In: The United Dead Nations. Grubanov I. (eds.), 103-112
• Vermeersch P. 2014. The Romani perspective: experiences and acts of citizenship across Europe. In: The Routledge Handbook of Global Citizenship Studies. Isin E., Nyers P. (eds.) Routledge, 477-486
• Vermeersch P. 2014. The European Union and the Roma: An Analysis of Recent Institutional and Policy Developments. In: Minority Governance in and beyond Europe. Malloy T., Marko J. (eds.) Brill Nijhoff, 199-216
• Vermeersch P. 2013. Between pessimism and hope: Europe as seen from the Balkans. In: The Dwarfing of Europe? Perspectives from the Balkans, Belarus, the Middle East and Asia. May A. (eds.), 29-37
• Vermeersch P. 2012. Theories of ethnic mobilization: Overview and recent trends. In: The Elgar Handbook to Civil War and Fragile States. Brown G., Langer A. (eds.) Edgar Elgar Publishing, pp. 223-239
• Vermeersch P., Dierckx D. 2011. The social affairs agenda of the Belgian presidency: high ambitions, mixed achievements. In: Readjusting the Council Presidency: Belgian Leadership in the EU. Bursens P., Van Hecke S. (eds.) Academic and Scientific Publishers, 153-168
• Vermeersch P. 2010. Minority associations: Issues of representation, internal democracy and legitimacy. In: Political Participation of Minorities: A Commentary on International Standards and Practice. Weller M., Nobbs K. (eds.) Oxford University Press, 682-701
• Vermeersch P. 2010. Political Mobilization. In: The International Encyclopedia of Political Science. Kurian G. (eds.) CQ Press, 1047-1052
• Vermeersch P. 2008. Poland: Minority Policies in a Homogenized State. In: Minority rights in Central and Eastern Europe. Rechel B. (eds.) Routledge, 166-179
• Ram M., Vermeersch P. 2008. The Roma. In: Minority Rights in Central and Eastern Europe. Rechel B. (eds.) Routledge Series on Russian and East European Studies, 61-73
• Vermeersch P. 2006. Minorities in Democracy: Notes from a Belgian Perspective. In: Minorities in Democracy. Kleppman U. (eds.) Konrad Adenauer Foundation, 123-137
• Vermeersch P. 2004. Het principe van het deugdzame midden: Duitse, Hongaarse en Tsjechische versies van Centraal-Europa. In: De Europese periferie / Onder red. van Idesbald Goddeeris. - Leuven University Press, 139-156
• Vermeersch P. 2002. Romani Political Participation and Racism: Reflections on Recent Developments in Hungary and Slovakia. In: Roma rights: race, justice, and strategies for equality. Cahn C. (ed.) IDEA, 160-174
• Vermeersch P. 2001. Preventie van etnisch conflict in Centraal-Europa en het toetredingsbeleid van de Europese Unie. In: Nooit meer oorlog? Europa en conflictpreventie. Kerremans, B. (ed.), Davidsfonds, 113-148
• Vermeersch P. 1999. Het Oost en West van de Hanze. Cultuuroverdracht en internationale handel in het Baltisch Zeegebied. In: De Balten. Op de tweesprong tussen Oost en West. Carrafiello L., Spaepen L., Vertongen N. (eds.) Garant, 39-52
• Malfliet K., Vermeersch P. 1998. Labour Market and Social Policy in Poland: Introduction. In: Labour Market and Social Policy in Poland. Garant, III-VIII

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ESSAYS, SHORT PIECES AND REPORTAGE

• Vermeersch P. 2018. Zonsondergang. DW B, 2018 (2).
• Vermeersch P. 2017. Wit geluid. DW B, 2017 (1).
• Vermeersch P. 2016. Wat ik leerde van mijn grootvader. De Correspondent.
• Vermeersch P. 2016. Nachtreizigers. De Correspondent.
• Vermeersch P. 2015. Surreële plaatjes uit Kiev. De Morgen.
• Vermeersch P. 2014. In Bosnië wordt de stem van het volk eindelijk gehoord. De Correspondent.
• Vermeersch P. 2013. Wordt vervolgd? Twintig jaar Joegoslaviëtribunaal. Karakter. vol.11 (43), 5-8
• Vermeersch P. 2013. Gone. Spolia Magazine. vol.1 (1)
• Vermeersch P. 2013. Passion pieces. McSweeney's 44, 61-70
• Vermeersch P. 2012. Hongaarse pizza of de Langallódemocratie : waarom regeringspartij Fidesz kan wegkomen met autoritaire politiek. De Morgen.
• Vermeersch P., Van Reybrouck D. 2009. Mag Europa leesbaar zijn?. De Standaard.
• Vermeersch P. 2010. A policy in search of a defence. European Voice. Economist Group
• Vermeersch P. 2010. Is Belgium an Eastern European Country?. Nationalities Blog.
• Vermeersch P. 2009. Europeanisation: a mixed blessing for the Roma?. Idee. vol.30 (6)
• Vermeersch P. 2005. Etniciteit en groepsdenken. Karakter: Tijdschrift van Wetenschap, 15-17
• Vermeersch P. 2005. Het huis op de grens: over de oostelijke periferie van de Europese Unie. Streven: cultureel maatschappelijk maandblad. vol.72 (6), 540-550
• Vermeersch P. 2003. Brüsszel és a kisebbségi politikai alakulása Szlovákiában: a romák helyzete. Pro Minoritate, 21-40
• Vermeersch P. 2001. Ethnic Politics and Roma in Central Europe: Comparing Hungary and Slovakia. Cultuur en Migratie. vol.19 (1), 55-70
• Vermeersch P. 2001. The Roma in Domestic and International Politics: An Emerging Voice? Roma Rights Quarterly.
• Vermeersch P. 2000. België werkt stigmatisering in de hand. De Morgen.
• Vermeersch P. 2000. Vying for Position. Central Europe Review. vol.2 (41)
• Vermeersch P. 2000. Romani Political Participation and Racism: Reflections on Recent Developments in Hungary and Slovakia. Roma Rights Quarterly.
• Vermeersch P. 2000. Centraal- en Oost-Europese Roma: ongewenste asielzoekers. Streven: Cultureel Maatschappelijk Maandblad. vol.67 (6), 539-550
• Vermeersch P. 1999. Navo moet zigeuners ernstig nemen. De Standaard.
• Vermeersch P. 1999. Een nieuwe Europese natie? De moeizame politieke ontvoogding van de Roma in postcommunistisch Centraal-Europa. Oost-Europa Verkenningen, 76-90
• Keygaert W., Vermeersch P. 1998. Het minderhedenbeleid van Letland wordt gewikt en gewogen. De Morgen.
• Vermeersch P. 1997. Czeslaw Milosz en de brutale vrouwelijkheid van Anna Swirszczynska. Tijdschrift voor Slavische Literatuur, 45-52

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CONFERENCE TALKS

• Vermeersch P. 2018. Telling stories of trial and restoration: a participant's perspective on the fluidity of offender and victim categorizations. 10th international conference of the European Forum of Restorative Justice, Expanding the Restorative Imagination, Tirana (Albania), 14-16 June 2018.
  
• Vermeersch P. 2018. From national minorities to Europeanized others: Frames of Ethnocultural Diversity in East Central Europe at a time of rising anti-EU politics. Presentation at 25th International Conference of Europaanists (CES), Chicago, Illinois, 29-30 March 2018. 
  
• Vermeersch P. 2015. Creative democracy in Europe. Berlin Conference, A Soul for Europe, Berlin, 8-9 November 2015.
• Vermeersch P., Dejaeghere Y. 2015. From Social Protests to Citizens’ Assemblies in Democratizing States: Incident-driven democracy in Bosnia. International Conference of Europeanists, Paris, 7-11 July 2015.
• Vermeersch P., Van Baar H. 2015. Hypervisibility and the Limits of Operational Representations: “Ways of Seeing Roma” beyond the Recognition-Redistribution Paradigm. International Conference of Europeanists, Paris, 7-11 July 2015.
• Vermeersch P. 2014. Outside politics: Everyday life and the private dimension of citizenship in South Eastern Europe. Varieties of Citizenship in South East Europe, Edinburgh, 19 September 2014.
• O'Dwyer C., Vermeersch P. 2014. From Pride to Politics: Niche-Party Politics and Gay Rights in Poland. ASN World Convention, Columbia University, New York, 24-26 April 2014.
• Vermeersch P., Touquet H. 2014. Conflicting Frames of Reconciliation: The Politics of Peace-Building in the former Yugoslavia. Council for European Studies at Columbia University
• Vermeersch P. 2013. The national question in contemporary Europe. Subversive Forum, Zagreb, 9-18 May 2013.
• Vermeersch P. 2013. On Marci Shore's The Taste of Ashes. Annual Convention of the Association for the Study of Nationalities, Harriman Institute, Columbia University, 19 April 2013.
• Vermeersch P. 2013. Roma youth engagement: new opportunities. Realizing Roma Rights: Addressing Violence, Discrimination and Segregation in Europe, Harvard University, 8 April 2013.
• Vermeersch P. 2012. Apps voor democratie. Apps voor democratie: de Tweede Kamer opent de parlementaire database, Den Haag, 8 September 2012.
• Vermeersch P. 2012. Deliberative democracy in Belgium. Beyond the Ballot: forms of citizen engagement between democratic elections, , University College Dublin, National University of Ireland, NUI, 15 March 2012.
• Vermeersch P., Sobotka E. 2011. Governing Roma Inclusion: Can the EU be a Catalyst for Local Social Change?. Annual ASN World Convention, Columbia University, New York, 14-16 April 2011.
• Vermeersch P., Korkut U. 2010. The Roma as the Focus of a New Law and Order Rhetoric in Hungary and Poland: A Comparative Exploration. Annual Convention of the Association for the Study of Nationalities, Harriman Institute, Columbia University, 15-17 April 2010.
• Vermeersch P. 2009. Along Ethnic Lines: Minority organizations in Europe and the limits and opportunities of institutional representation. Annual Convention of the Association for the Study of Nationalities, Columbia University, New York, 23 April 2009.
• Vermeersch P., Fox J. 2009. Backdoor Nationalism: EU Accession and the Reinvention of Nationalism in Hungary and Poland. Assocation for the Study of Ethnicity and Nationalism, London School of Economics (London), 1-3 April 2009.
• Vermeersch P. 2008. Invoking the Nation: Nationalist Mobilization and Political Competition in Contemporary Poland. Annual Convention of the Association for the Study of Nationalities, Columbia University, New York, 10-12 April 2008.
• Vermeersch P. 2008. Competing Nationalisms and the Populist Moment in Contemporary Polish Politics. The Postcommunist Politics and Economics Workshop, Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies, Harvard University, Cambridge USA, 4 February 2008.
• Touquet H., Vermeersch P. 2007. Bosnia: Challenges beyond Institution-building. Annual World Convention of the Association for the Study of Nationalities, Columbia University NY, 12-14 april 2007.
• Vermeersch P., Harper K. 2006. Great Expectations? The Changing Role of ‘Europe’ in Romani Activism in Hungary. Annual Convention of the Association for the Study of Nationalities, Columbia University, New York, 23-25 March 2006.
• Vermeersch P. 2006. Perspectives from the Periphery: Diverging Views on Europe in Contemporary Poland. Annual Convention of the Association for the Study of Nationalities, Columbia University, New York, 23-25 March 2006.
• Vermeersch P. 2005. The Internationalization of Ethnic Mobilization: The Romani Movement in Central Europe. “The Roma in Europe: Issues in Representation and Politics”, organized by the University of St-Andrews (The British Academy) and the CNRS (Laboratoire d’anthropologie des institutions et des organisations sociales), l’Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, Paris, 24-25 October 2005.
• Vermeersch P. 2005. A Minority at the Border: EU Enlargement and the Ukrainian Minority in Poland. POLIS epsNet 2005 Plenary Conference, Sciences Po, Paris, 17-18 June 2005.
• Vermeersch P. 2005. Does European Integreation Expand Political Opportunities for Ethnic Mobilization?. ISA online proceedings. Annual Convention of the International Studies Association (ISA), Honolulu, Hawaii, 1-5 March 2005.
• Swenden W., Vermeersch P. 2002. The Dynamics of Ethnic Minority Policy: The Hungarian Roma and Australian Aborigines Compared. European consortium for political research. Joint sessions of workshops, Turin, March 22-27, 2002.
• Vermeersch P. 2001. Roma Identity and Ethnic Mobilisation in Central European Politics. European consortium for political research. Joint sessions of workshops, Grenoble, April 6-11, 2001.
• Vermeersch P. 2000. Minority Rights for the Roma and the Political Conditionality of EU Accession. Romani Studies in the New Millennium: Where do we go from here?, University of Greenwich and University of Birmingham, 28 June-1 July 2000.

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BOOK REVIEWS

• Vermeersch P. 2010. The Protection of Minorities in the Wider Europe (book review). European Review. 18 (1)
• Vermeersch P. 2010. Institutions for the management of ethnopolitical conflict in Central and Eastern Europe (book review). Nationalities Papers. 38 (5)
• Vermeersch P. 2007. Explaining the Radicalization of Ethnic Claims (book review). International Studies Review. 9 (3)
• Vermeersch P. 2007. The global dynamics of racial and ethnic mobilization. Ethnic and racial studies. 30 (5)
• Vermeersch P. 2006. Constructing the path to Eastern enlargement: The uneven impact of EU identity. West european politics. 29 (4)
• Vermeersch P. 2006. Being Góral: Identity Politics and Globalization in Postsocialist Poland (book review). The Anthropology of East Europe Review. 24 (2)
• Vermeersch P. 2006. The Politics of European Union Enlargement: Theoretical Approaches; Constructing the Path to Eastern Enlargement: The Uneven Impact of EU Identity (review article). West European Politics. 29 (4)
• Vermeersch P. 2005. Liberal nationalism in Central Europe. Europe-asia studies. 57 (3)
• Vermeersch P. 2004. Poland's Post-war Dynamic of Migration (book review). Population, Space and Place.
• Vermeersch P. 2004. Europese verkenningen: Jorn De Cock, De drang van het oosten; Geert Mak, In Europa. Reizen door de twintigste eeuw. Oost-Europa Tijdingen: Bijdragen tot de Studie van Centraal- en Oost-europa. 26 (47)
• Vermeersch P. 2003. Ethnic minorities and inter-ethnic relations in context: A Dutch-Hungarian comparison. Journal of ethnic and migration studies. 29 (5)
• Vermeersch P. 2002. Post-communist Romania: Coming to terms with transition. Europe-asia studies. 54 (5)