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This text will serve as an introduction to a special issue that emerged from the Prague Forum for Romani Histories 2024 Conference on The Racializations of Romani People in the Long Nineteenth-Century. The five articles in this special...

This article studies anti-Roma racism as a transnational phenomenon from the perspective of locally entrenched social history. Based on the idea that local contexts provide nuances of more complex phenomena, this article studies the Roma of

Roma are frequently characterized as ‘Europe’s largest ethnic minority’ – an undoubtedly evocative and potentially politically efficacious description. It might be insightful, however, to reflect on how this phrase frames Romani people.

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 by annexing 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 altered ...

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...