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.
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
We are pleased to inform you that the Prague Forum for Romani Histories will soon launch an ongoing online workshop organized by Renata Berkyová, Théophile Leroy and Vita Zalar. The Romani History Workshop is an open...
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...
Online lecture: Archeology of the Holocaust
7 December 2020, 6PM
The Lecture about archeology of the Holocaust will be in Czech. You can find more information here.
2020 ASEEES Virtual Convention: Book Discussion – Jewish and Romani Families in the Holocaust and its Aftermath
6 November 2020
Information about the discussion about book which was edited by Kateřina Čapková a Eliyana Adler. Book for sale.
The Lecture of Kateřina Čapková in Písek
30 September 2020
Lecture by historian Kateřina Čapková, Ph.D. on the Holocaust in the Czechoslovakia with a focus on Jews and Roma.
Film and Discussion: New Documentary Film LETY
27 January 2020
On Monday, 27 January at 18:00 the documentary film "LETY" will be screened at BIO OKO in Prague, followed by a discussion among invited guests on the broader context of the Holocaust of the Roma in Bohemia. 27 January was...
The Lecture about New knowledge about the Roma genocide
19 November 2019
The Lecture about archaeological research in Lety u Písku. You can find more information in Czech here.
International Conference: Trajectories of Romani Migrations and Mobilities in Europe and Beyond (1945 – present)
16-18 September 2019, Prague
The conference will bring together scholars from across a variety of disciplines to present empirically grounded accounts of the multiple dimensions of Romani mobilities since 1945 in order to analyse connections between...
Family History Workshop: Tracing the Fate of Individuals in the USHMM Archives
9 September, 2019
Consultation workshop for familes of Romani and Sinti survivors in the Czech Republic. Organized in cooperation with the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington Researchers from the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum’s...
Workshop: Stereotypical Representations of Roma and Jews in Photographs
15th October 2018
For an invitation in pdf, please download here. For a poster in pdf, please download here. The workshop will take place at the French Institute, Štěpánská 35, Prague 1 Program of the workshop 16:30-18:00 HISTORICAL...
Lecture: Jan Grill – Normalizing Uncertainty. Tracing Brexit-Effects in the Lives Slovak and Czech Roma Migrants in Britain (and Beyond)
13 June 2018, 5 PM
This is a joint event with CEFRES in Prague. Jan Grill is Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of Valle, Colombia. He is also Research Associate at the Department of Social Anthropology at the University...
Public discussion: Forced Sterilization of Romani Women in the Czech(oslovak) Contexts: Past and Present
12 June 2018, 6 PM
A public discussion with participants in the academic workshop focused on analysing the reasoning behind the forced sterilization of Roma in the Czech(oslovak) Republic in the context of eugenics and the welfare state. Invited...
Workshop: Forced Sterilization of Romani Women in the Czech(oslovak) and European Contexts: Past and Present
An international workshop for registered participants organized at NYU in Prague. The workshop will focus on analysing the reasoning behind the forced sterilization of Roma in the Czech(oslovak) Republic in the context of...
Exhibition by Zdeněk Daniel: My Black-and-White Shadows – Memento Mori
May 9-29 2018
“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...
Workshop: Holocaust of the Roma: Contemporary Research in Czechoslovak Context
21 May, 2018, 6:00 PM
This public discussion about future research into the Holocaust of Roma and the Lety site will feature Czech and Slovak speakers, Romani as well as non-Romani. The reflection of the topics central to this research and the...
Exhibition: “…don’t forget the photos, it’s very important…” The National Socialist Persecution of Central German Sinti and Roma
23 September to 3 November 2017 - PROLONGED! until 12 November 2017
Authors: Eve Rosenhaft, University of Liverpool Jana Müller, Alternatives Jugendzentrum Dessau The exhibition presents case studies of the persecution of German Sinti and Roma (‘Gypsy’) families under National Socialism...
International Conference: Tracing the Legacies of the Roma Genocide. Families as Transmitters of Experience and Memory
20-21 September 2017, Prague
The conference is a joint event bringing together two recent academic initiatives focusing on the research on the history of the Roma and supporting new approaches in the field: the Prague Forum for Romani Histories and the...
Discussion with Members of Czech and German Roma and Sinti Genocide Survivor’s Families
20 September 2017
Plus, an exhibition opening: "…don’t forget the photos, it’s very important…" The Nazi Persecution of Central German Sinti and Roma Expanding the programme of the conference beyond academia, the evening...
