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Representing Europe’s Roma and Travellers: Research, Art, and Activism

05 June 2019, 3:00 pm–5:00 pm

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Part of the UCL Festival of Culture

Event Information

Open to

All

Availability

Yes

Organiser

UCL European Institute

Location

The Wiener Library
29 Russell Square,
London
WC1B 5DP
United Kingdom

Description

For this year’s UCL Festival of Culture, we are exploring a  range of experiences of researching and representing Roma, Gypsies, and Travellers across Europe and the UK. 

Join us for a conversation with:

  • Dr Daniel Baker, a Romani Gypsy and artist, researcher, and curator, including of  FUTUROMA for the 2019 Venice Biennale 
  • Professor Michael Stewart (UCL Anthropology), a leading expert on the ethnography and historical ethnography of Roma and Gypsies in Europe, and on Roma under the Nazis
  • Dr Anna Hoare (UCL Anthropology), who will tell us about her research on post-nomadic architecture and settlement forms in Ireland and the UK and her work developing an an online interactive map of London from the perspectives of Romanies, Irish Travellers and Showpeople for the organisation 'London Gypsies and Travellers’ 
  • Dr Judit Durst (UCL Anthropology), who will share some of her findings around Hungarian Roma labour migration to the UK, as well as the hidden costs of changing social class for university educated Roma from disadvantaged family backgrounds

This event, co-hosted by the UCL European Institute and the Wiener Library, is Part of the UCL Festival of Culture; a packed, five-day programme of free talks, panel discussions, screenings, performances, and tours. Discover, discuss and be inspired by the exceptional breadth and quality of the arts, humanities and social sciences at UCL.


Image credit:  A palm reader’s caravan at Appleby fair, by Damian Le Bas

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