Past

Organized by Municipal Department of Prague 6 together with Prague Forum for Romani Histories (Faculty of Arts, Charles University) and with the Museum of Romani Culture in Brno

In 1812, the Russian Empire expanded its territory through the annexation of the eastern part of the Principality of Moldova, encompassing the area known as Bessarabia, situated between the Prut and Dniester rivers. This annexation not only ...

This text presents a case study focused on the development of workhouses (known as "zemské donucovací pracovny" in Czech and "Zwangsarbeitsanstalten" in German) in the Bohemian lands during the first half of the 20th century.

The scholarly study of race, racism, racialization, and racial capitalism on a global scale has significantly reshaped our understanding of the nineteenth century.

In this chapter, we will examine the shifting meanings of the terms 'chisto' (lit. pure/clean) and 'narodna' (lit. popular/folk), used today in both expert and popular discourses in Bulgaria to refer to what is supposed to be 'folklore', ...

Ethical-Epistemic Issues in German Migration and the Collection of Racial or Ethnic Data“ Tina Magazzini kindly accepted to be our main discussant.

This article explores nostalgia for jazz guitarist Django Reinhardt (1910-1953) as he lived and worked in Nazi-occupied France. From the 1930s, Reinhardt became Europe's most celebrated jazz musician. Nazi policy officially labelled jazz as ...

Today, many people have become resigned to the fact that xenophobia is a central feature of the transatlantic political landscape.

The text is a draft chapter of a forthcoming book on the social and political engagement of Roma in post-war Czechoslovakia during the first two decades of its existence as a communist state (1948-1969). Based on documents written by socially ...

The chapter is part of Vita Zalar's ongoing dissertation project, The Conceptual History of Gypsiness: Habsburg and Post-Habsburg Perspectives, 1860-1940, which presents a materialist reading of imperial and post-imperial modes of structural ...

Memorial work of the Sinti/ze and Rom/nja in the shadow of trauma, transgenerationality and memory using the example of Neumünster. Against the backdrop of a second persecution that Sinti/ze and Rom/nja faced after 1945, survivors of the genocide

The conference will center on the responsibilities of Romani and non-Romani historians concerning Romani narratives and the limitations of their capacity to engage with them. It will address the manner in which academic work can be conceptualized ...

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 recently published book Protected Children, Regulated Mothers...

In recent years, there has been a boom in scholarship on Romani memory of the Nazi genocide. Approaches range from collective amnesia to the impact of the Holocaust on contemporary European Roma identities and the role of Romani Holocaust memory ...

The article analyzes Polish police narratives about Roma in the interwar period, revealing attitudes and possible practices. According to police journals and manuals, Roma were mobile and prone to theft and fraud. Their traditional crafts were ...

The right of asylum coincides with the birth of the first churches. It guaranteed that refugees in sacred places could not be forcibly expelled, sentenced to death, or subjected to other corporal punishment. The use of churches as places of refuge