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Workshop: Romani History – Methods, Sources, Ethics
8–9 June 2022, Villa Lanna, Prague
Organizers: Ari Joskowicz, Kateřina Čapková, Martin Fotta, Helena Sadílková Application deadline: April 15, 2022 On the sixth anniversary of the founding of the Prague Forum for Romani Histories, this workshop...
Workshop Romani History – PROGRAM
Workshop Romani History - Methods, Sources, Ethics is organised by Prague Forum for Romani Histories at the Institute of Contemporary History, Czech Academy of Sciences in cooperation with Vanderbilt University, Institute...
‘The minor would hinder the mother in finding employment’: Child protection regulating women’s labor force participation
Tuesday, 26 April at 3:00 pm (CET). We will discuss Eszter Varsa’s chapter “‘The minor would hinder the mother in finding employment’: Child protection regulating women’s labor force participation” from her...
The Romani Family before and during the Holocaust: How Much Do We Know?
The next meeting of the Romani History Workshop will take place on Wednesday, 6 April 2022 at 5:00 pm (CET). We will discuss a published article by Volha Bartash (University of Regensburg) « The Romani Family before...
“Towards the state of exception: Roma in Polish police journals in 1920–1939”
Romani History Workshop Wednesday, 19 January 2022, 5:30 PM (CET) Author: Piotr Wawrzeniuk (Swedish Defence University): Discussant: Jennifer Illuzzi (Providence College, USA) The article analyses Polish police...
Inside the Churches: The Gitanos and the Right of Asylum in the Seventeenth-Century Habsburg Spain
Romani History Workshop 15 December 2021 at 5 PM (CET) Author: Maria Gloria Tumminelli, University of Pavia, mariagloria.tumminelli@hotmail.it Discussant: Massimo Aresu, University of Leeds, m.aresu@leeds.ac.uk...
„Persecution of the Tulcean Roma, 1927–1947: An Ethnography of Violence“
Romani History Workshop 25 November 2021 at 6 PM (CET) Grégoire Cousin (University of Verona, Italy) with the draft article "Persecution of the Tulcean Roma, 1927–1947: An Ethnography of Violence" Discussant: Petre...
‘We weren’t nomadic gypsies but old settlers!’ Belonging and mobility of the Roma in eastern Slovakia
Romani History Workshop 30 June 2021 at 5 PM Author: Jan Ort (Faculty of Arts, Charles University): Discussant: Pavel Baloun (Faculty of Humanities, Charles University) Taking a microhistorical approach, the article...
Workshop: Romani Studies in the Age of Covid-19 – Ethics, Methods, Engagement and the Future
22 June 2021
The Institute of Ethnology of Czech Academy of Sciences organizes in co-operation with the Prague Forum for Romani Histories at the Institute of Contemporary History a workshop about Romani Studies in the Age of Covid-19.
Research Workshop: Memory and Recognition of the Nazi Genocide of Roma in the Baltic Context
16 June 2021
Research Workshop Memory and Recognition of the Nazi Genocide of Roma in the Baltic Context 16 June 2021 (Online via Zoom) 10:00-10:15 am Welcome by Volha Bartash (IOS Regensburg) and Neringa Latvyte (Vilnius...
Book Launch – Protected Children, Regulated Mothers
25 May 2021
Protected Children, Regulated Mothers - Gender and the “Gypsy Question” in State Care in Postwar Hungary, 1949–1956 (CEU Press, 2021) examines child protection in Stalinist Hungary as a part of twentieth-century East...
Reckoning with the Romani and Jewish Holocaust in Europe, 1979 to today
Author: Ari Joskowicz (Vanderbilt University) Discussant: Ljiljana Radonić (Austrian Academy of Sciences) In the first session of the Romani History Workshop, the participants will read and discuss a pre-circulated paper...
Projection of documentary film LETY and discussion
13 May 2021
On-line projection of the documentary film. The discussion will be after the projection and will be in Czech. Hosted by Anna Štičková, guests Renata Berkyová and Viola Tokárová.
Romani History Workshop
Call for contributions
Romani History Workshop hosts monthly online discussions of unpublished texts, such as dissertation chapters, draft papers, and book chapters. Our goal is to bring together specialists in Romani history and scholars from...
Prague Forum for Romani Histories on the debate around reading the names of Romani victims
3 April 2021
Both the genocide of the Roma and Romani history in general continue to be marginalized topics in school curricula and textbooks, as well as in academia, art and the public space. This was one of the reasons why the Prague...
Discussion: Šukares romanes – Contemporary Romani literature in Czech Republic
15 April 2021, 19pm
Discussion about contemporary Romani literature in Czech Republic. The discussion will be focused on publishing, writing and promoting this literature. Speakers: publisher and editor Karolína Ryvolová and author Stanislava...
Conversation with Elena Marushiakova & Vesselin Popov about their new sourcebook – Roma Voices in History
19 April 2021, 10am CST | 4pm GMT | 5pm CET
Conversation with Elena Marushiakova & Vesselin Popov of St. Andrews University about their new sourcebook – Roma Voices in History. Hosted by Ari Joskowicz (Vanderbilt University) & Helena Sadílková (Charles...
2020 ASEEES Virtual Convention: Book Discussion – Jewish and Romani Families in the Holocaust and its Aftermath
6 November 2020
Book discussion of Jewish and Romani Families in the Holocaust and its Aftermath, edited by Kateřina Čapková a Eliyana Adler. Chair: Ari Joskowicz, Vanderbilt U Participants: Eliyana R. Adler, Pennsylvania State...
The Romani Holocaust and its Aftermath: Gendered Perspectives
15 December 2020
Applications are invited for an Open-Oxford-Cambridge AHRC DTP-funded Collaborative Doctoral Award at the University of Cambridge, in partnership with The Wiener Holocaust Library, London. For further details on how...
The annual traditional commemorative ceremony at Lety u Písku
2 August 2020
The annual traditional commemorative ceremony at Lety u Písku, which is always held on 13 May, will be postponed this year to 2 August 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The event is organized by Čeněk Růžička,...
