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Gregoire cousin

Seminar

Nov 20, 2021

Grégoire Cousin: Persecution of the Tulcean Roma, 1927–1947: An Ethnography of Violence

Based on the study of a specific community between 1927 and 1947, the Čoroman Roma from Tulcea in eastern Romania, the chapter offers an anthropological reading of the relationship between written sources in state archives and oral information ...

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Jan ort

Seminar

Jun 30, 2021

Jan Ort: ‘We weren’t nomadic G*psies but old settlers!’

Using a microhistorical approach, the article focuses on the implementation of the central policies of socialist Czechoslovakia aimed at regulating the movement of Roma, namely the legal efforts to settle "nomadic" people and subsequently ...

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Ari joskowicz

Seminar

Feb 22, 2021

Ari Joskowicz: Reckoning with the Romani and Jewish Holocaust in Europe, 1979 to today

In the first session of the Romani History Seminar, participants will read and discuss a pre-circulated paper by Ari Joskowicz. The paper is the seventh and final chapter of the book manuscript "Jews and Roma in the Shadow of Genocide.

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Vareka prednaska08

Other

Nov 19, 2019

New Findings on the Genocide of the Roma and Sinti

Pavel Vařeka, the head of the Department of Archaeology of the University of West Bohemia in Pilsen, will present the results of the ongoing research at the site of the former concentration camp in Lety and the surrounding area.

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Konference 2019 vyber 05

Conference

Sep 16, 2019

Trajectories of Romani Migrations and Mobilities in Europe and Beyond

In recent years, an increasing number of research projects, publications, and media have directed their attention toward the subject of Romani migrations and mobilities. Nevertheless, the majority of these studies have seldom integrated ...

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Konference 2018 17

Conference

Jun 12, 2018

Forced Sterilization of Romani Women in the Czech(oslovak) and European Contexts

The conference focuses on analysing the reasoning behind the forced sterilization of Roma in the Czech(oslovak) Republic in the context of eugenics and the welfare state.

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Other

May 21, 2018

Holocaust of the Roma and Sinti: Current Research in the Czechoslovak Context

The aim of this public event is to discuss ongoing research on the Holocaust of Roma and Sinti in the Czech and Slovak Republics, including the topics of Holocaust remembrance and memorialization. The Romani and non-Romani discussants will also ...

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Other

May 9, 2018

Exhibition by Zdeněk Daniel: My Black-and-White Shadows – Memento Mori

“My Black-and-White Shadows: Memento Mori” is an exhibition of paintings by Zdeněk Daniel (born 1970), an architect and artist from Jablonec nad Nisou. His father, Zdeněk Daniel senior (born 1929), was saved from the transport of Roma from Moravia

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Konference 2017 Celia

Conference

Sep 20, 2017

Tracing the Legacies of the Roma Genocide. Families as Transmitters of Experience and Memory

Understanding the genocide of the Roma during World War II seems crucial for understanding the post-war history of Romani families and communities across Europe.

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Other

Sep 20, 2017

Discussion with Members of Czech and German Roma and Sinti Genocide Survivor’s Families

Public discussion among members of Czech and German Roma and Sinti genocide survivor families. It will be moderated by Jana Horváthová (Museum of Romani Culture, Brno) and Jana Müller (Alternatives Youth Center, Dessau).

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