Widening Circles of disidentification - Reflections on Rwanda
Theory, Culture & Society, 1999

Why is this in English
(and not in German, nor in Dutch)
Schuman Lecture, Maastricht, 2000

Dyscivilization, Mass Extermination and the State
Theory, Culture & Society, 2001


Celebrating many tongues - in English

International Herald Tribune, September 2003

Endangered languages, sociolinguistics, and linguistic sentimentalism
European Review, October 2004

Misunderstanding the Netherlands
De Gids, May/June 2004

The language predicament of the EU since the enlargements
Sociolinguistica 2007 (in press)
Recent books