The Roma in Europe: From the Holocaust to the Decade of Roma Inclusion
March 7th 2013
Dr. Bernard Rorke, International Research and Advocacy Director, Open Society Roma Initiatives Office
Keynote Address and Reception, 5:30-7:30pm
March 8th 2013
Coffee and light refreshments, 9:00-9:30am
Panel 1: Roma and the Media: Perceptions and Misconceptions, 9:30-11:30am
Chair: Prof. Harald Bauder, Ryerson University
Discussant: Sandor Orban
Julianna Beaudoin (PhD candidate, University of Western Ontario), “Bogus” Refugees: Deconstructing How Roma are Represented in Canadian Media
Stefan Benedik, (PhD candidate, University of Graz), Criminalization and De-individualization of Romani Migrants in Examples from Austrian and Slovak Media
Olsi Jazexhi, (PhD 2011, European University Institute, Florence), Avdiu and Shaqira: The Depiction of the Roma Presence in the Albanian Media
Tatjana Peric, (PhD candidate, University of Novi Sad), “It’s Time for Us to Define How People Perceive Romani Women”: A Case Study in Digital Activism
Lunch 11:30-1pm
Panel 2: The Roma and the Holocaust, 1pm-3pm
Chair: Prof. Anna Shternshis, University of Toronto
Discussant: Prof. Gilad Margalit, University of Haifa
Harika Dauth, (MA 2012, Leipzig University), Contested Research or the Burdens of the Past: Romani Activists versus Scholars of Romani Studies in Germany
Martin Holler, (PhD candidate, Humboldt University), The Nazi Persecution of Soviet Roma in North-West Russia, 1941-1944
Sara Swerdlyk, (MA candidate, University College London), Gendering Genocide: A Feminist Analysis of the Holocaust of Czech Roma
Dr. Piotr Wawrzeniuk, (PhD 2005, Stockholm University), Romani Genocide in Distrikt Galizien in Testimonies, Press, and Archival Sources
Coffee break, 3-3:30pm
Panel 3: The Roma and the European Union’s Decade of Roma Inclusion, 2005-2015, 3:30-5:30pm
Chair: Dr. Nadine Blumer
Discussant: Dr. Laszlo Kulcsar, Kansas State University
Dr. Ramneek Grewal, (PhD 2011, University of Edinburgh), Transnational Advocacy: Roma Mobilization in Macedonia and Serbia
Daniel Manson, (MA candidate, University of British Colombia), What Happened to Freedom of Movement? The Politics of Roma Migrant Illegality and Deportation in France