Karl Cordell

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Dr. Karl Cordell is a chief lecturer of Politics and International Relations at the University of Plymouth, specialising in the Politics of Ethnicity in East-Central Europe, German Politics, Polish Politics and Germa Polish Relations. He has conducted a number of research projects in these areas for the Institutional and Public Policy Research Unit of the University of Plymouth 1.

Cordell is the co-editor of Ethnopolitics with Dr. Stefan Wolff, a peer-reviewed academic journal focusing on the intersection of ethnic groups and politics. Cordell cites his research interests as principally in the international politics of identity and ethnicity, in Politics German minority in Poland, and in German-Polish relations.

Contents 1 The Legend of Karl Cordell 2 Research Grants 3 Further Reading 3.1 Edited Books/Co-Authored Books 3.2 Book Chapters 3.3 Refereed Journal Articles

[edit] The Legend of Karl Cordell

Karl Cordell has gained quasi-legendary status at the University of Plymouth, and has unofficially been awarded the keys to the city alongside Sir Francis Drake, Dawn French and Sharron Davies. He can be identified walking on the grounds of Plymouth University's city centre campus, wearing a striking two-piece tailored turquoise suit enshrouded in a beige rainmac. Cordell teaches students at several stages of various qualifications, and has been recorded describing Stalin as 'the sort of bastard you shouldn't mess around with', and Antonio Gramsci as an overhyped intellectual who 'contributed less to the Italian communist movement than my [sic] grandad'.

Cordell is an avid Glasgow Celtic supporter, and on 22 November 2006, claimed that he masterminded Celtic's quasi-giantkilling of Manchester United the night before. In this, he claims he telepathically advised Celtic manager Gordon Strachan on how to win the game at half time, persuading Strachan to focus on exhaustative wing play and control of the wide channels, leading to Celtic's command of creative play and general domination of the second half. Cordell also believes he knew Shunsuke Nakamura was going to score the freekick the moment it was awarded, a goal celebrated as an amazing individual effort in excess of 40-yards.

Despite lecturing on the political and electoral systems of continental Western Europe, Cordell admits to being completely baffled on the politics and elections of Italy, and cordially encourages students to write to him if they can help explain it. Incidentally, he can be contacted by the staff mail facilities at the University of Plymouth.

[edit] Research Grants

In July 1997, Cordell was given a research grant of £38,000 from the Leverhelm Trust for the research project ‘The Politics of Ethnicity in Poland and The European Union’. In March 2003, Cordell was awarded the sum of £17,000 from the British Academy to conduct the research project 'The German Question Continued? Czech-German, Polish-German Relations Since 1990'.

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[edit] Further Reading

[edit] Edited Books/Co-Authored Books

• K Cordell (ed): Ethnicity and Democratisation in the New Europe, London, Routledge, 1998

• K Cordell (ed): The Politics of Ethnicity in Central Europe, London, Macmillan, 2000

• K Cordell (ed): Poland and The European Union, London, Routledge, 2000.

• K. Cordell & S. Wolff (eds), The Ethnopolitical Encyclopaedia of Europe, London, Palgrave/Macmillan, 2004.

(Palgrave’s editorial team are currently drawing up contracts with regard the production of a companion volume covering the Middle East and North Africa)

• K. Cordell & S. Wolff, Germany's Foreign Policy towards Poland and the Czech Republic: Ostpolitik Revisited, Routledge, May, 2005.

• K. Cordell & S.Wolff, Ethnic Conflict, Causes, Consequences and Responses, Cambridge, Polity Press , 2007.

[edit] Book Chapters

• K Cordell: ‘The Evangelical Church in Leipzig Today’: in E. Kolinsky (ed), Between Hope and Fear: Keele, Keele University Press, September, 1995

• K Cordell: ‘The Introduction’: in K Cordell (ed), Ethnicity and Democracy in the New Europe, London, Routledge, 1998

• K Cordell: ‘The Conclusion’: in Ed. K Cordell (ed), Ethnicity and Democracy in the New Europe, London, Routledge, 1998

• K Cordell: ‘In Search of a Role: Church and Society in Leipzig Since Die Wende’: in D Brock (Ed), Writers and Intellectuals in the New Germany, Oxford, Berg, 2000

• K Cordell: ‘Nation and Citizenship in Upper Silesia’: in B Jesih, and M Zagar (eds), The Constitutional, Legal and Political Regulation of Ethnic Relations, Institute for Ethnic Studies, Ljubljana, 1999

• K Cordell: ‘Poland’s German Minority’: in S Wolff (ed), German Minorities in Europe, Berghahn, Oxford, 2000

• K Cordell: ‘The Introduction’: in K Cordell (ed), The Politics of Ethnicity in Central Europe, London, Macmillan, 2000

• K Cordell: ‘Ethnic Conflict and Conciliation in Europe Today’: in K Cordell (ed), The Politics of Ethnicity in Central Europe, London, Macmillan, 2000

• K Cordell & T Kamusella: ‘The Articulation of Identity in Silesia Since 1989’: in K Cordell (ed), The Politics of Ethnicity in Central Europe, London, Macmillan, 2000

• K Cordell, T Kamusella & K Born: ‘The Future of Silesia’: in Cordell K (ed), The Politics of Ethnicity in Central Europe, London, Macmillan, 2000

• K Cordell: ‘The Conclusion’: in Cordell K (ed), The Politics of Ethnicity in Central Europe, London, Macmillan, 2000

• K Cordell: ‘The Introduction’: in K Cordell Poland and The European Union, London, Routledge, 2000

• K Cordell: ‘The Conclusion’ in K Cordell (ed), Poland and The European Union, London, Routledge, 2000

• K. Cordell & S. Wolff: ‘German-speaking Minorities in Central and Eastern Europe: An Assessment of the Legislative and Policy Framework in Poland, Hungary and Romania’, in G. Hogan-Brunn, & S. Wolff (eds), Minority Languages in Europe, London, Palgrave-Macmillan, 2003

• K. Cordell & J. Hedström: ‘The Re-creation of Civil Society in Post-Conflict Angola & Guatemala’, in S. Wolff, & F. Adamson (eds), The Politics of Reconstruction in Post-Conflict Societies, London, Palgrave-Macmillan, forthcoming, 2006

[edit] Refereed Journal Articles

• K Cordell: ‘Politics and Political Change in the GDR’: Politics, 10, 2, 1990 pp.18-24

• K Cordell: ‘The Basic Treaty Between the two German States in Retrospect’: The Political Quarterly, 61, 1, January, 1990 pp.36-50

K Cordell: ‘The Role of the Evangelical Church in the GDR’: Government and Opposition, 25, 1, 1990 pp.48-59

• K Cordell: ‘German Unity and Soviet Security’: The Political Quarterly, 61, 3, 1990 pp.285-298 K Cordell: ‘The Evangelical Church and Political Change in the GDR’: International Relations, 10, 2, 1990 pp.161-166

• K Cordell: ‘The Citizens' Movement in the GDR’: Politics and Society in Germany, Austria and Switzerland, 3, 2, Spring 1991 pp.47-52

• K Cordell: ‘The Birth-Pangs of the New Germany’: International Relations, 11, 4, April, 1993 pp.381-392

• K Cordell: ‘Germany in Flux’: History of European Ideas: 19, 1/3, June 1994 pp.175-189

• K Cordell: ‘Upper Silesia and the Politics of Accommodation’: The Journal of Regional and Federal Studies; 3, 5, 1995 pp.307-325

• K Cordell: ‘European Union and the Nation State: The Politics of Hope Encounters the Politics of Experience’: The European Legacy, 1, 1 1996 pp.243-260

• K Cordell: ‘Politics and Society in Upper Silesia Today: The German Minority Since 1945’: Nationalities Papers, 24, 2, 1996 pp.269-286

• K Cordell: ‘Constitutional Protection, Education and the Preservation of Identity: The German Minority in Poland Today’: The Journal of Ethnic Studies, 33, 1, 1999, pp. 207-226

• K. Cordell & K Born ‘Die deutsche Minderheit in Schlesien: von der Interessenvertretung zur politischen Partei’, The German Minority in Silesia, from Interest Representation to Political Party?), Deutsche Studien, 36, 3/4, 2000, pp. 321-335

• K. Cordell & K Born: The German Minority in Upper Silesia: Electoral Successes and Organizational Patterns: Nationalism and Ethnic Politics, 7, 1, 2001, pp. 41-61.

• K. Cordell & K Born: The Strategy of the German List at the Polish Local and Regional Elections of 1998: East European Politics and Societies, 15, 3, 2001, pp. 625-648.

• K. Cordell & A. Dybczynski, Poland’s Indigenous Minorities, and the Census of 2002, Perspectives on Politics on Society in Europe, 6, 1, 2005., 103-128.

• K. Cordell & S. Wolff, Ethnic Germans in Poland and the Czech Republic: A Comparative Evaluation, Nationalities Papers, 33, 2, 2005 pp. 255-276)

• K. Cordell & Z. Hausvater, The Partnership Between the Czech and German Greens, a Research Briefing, German Politics, 2006.

• K. Cordell & Z. Hausvater, Working Together: The Partnership Between the Czech and German Greens as a Model for Wider Czech-German Co-operation? Debatte, 2006, forthcoming.

• K. Cordell, ‘Virtual Reality’ and the Politics of Nostalgia: A Comparative Assessment of Baltic German, Polish German and Czech German Refugee Communities, The Journal of Baltic Studies, 2006.