CfP: Inaugural Conference in Romani Studies

[Sibelan Forrester]

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Inaugural Conference in Romani Studies
University of California-Berkeley
November 10th, 2011

In preparation for the inaugural Romani Studies Conference at the 
University of California, Berkeley this November, we seek papers within 
the burgeoning field of Romani Studies. By examining and exploring the 
various strategies by which Roma have represented themselves and others, 
both in dialogue with and apart from the larger societies in which they 
live, the Inaugural Conference in Romani Studies seeks to support the 
continued development of this rapidly-growing field. We seek new studies 
of the uses of Romani images in non-Roma cultures, contemporary social 
and political issues facing Romani communities across the globe, and 
Roma-related research in the fields of music, literature, film studies, 
religious studies, genocide studies, art history, anthropology, history, 
sociology, linguistics, women and gender studies, and political science, 
among many others.

This conference is supported by University of California, Berkeley's 
Institute for Slavic, Eastern European, and Eurasian Studies in 
partnership with the Institute for European Studies through an 
initiative of the Jewish Studies Program. The conference’s keynote 
speaker will be Dr. Ian Hancock, Director of the Program in Romani 
Studies and the Romani Archives and Documentation Center at the 
University of Texas, Austin.

Please submit abstracts and any questions to Anna Torres at
<anna.torres at berkeley.edu> by *April 25th, 2011*.

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