Book Talk: The Permanence of Anti-Roma Racism. (Un)uttered Sentences
Date and Time
Speaker: Margareta Matache, PhD
Date: Friday, April 3, 2026
Time: 3:00 PM
Location: 422 Levis Hall, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Dr. Margareta Matache’s lecture examines the historical roots, legacies, and ongoing realities of anti-Roma racism in Europe. Tracing this history—from racialized slavery in Moldavia and Wallachia to expulsions, entry bans, and mass killings across the continent—the talk situates anti-Roma racism within global frameworks of caste, racism, and racialization, highlighting its connections to other forms of oppression. Drawing on her book The Permanence of Anti-Roma Racism: (Un)uttered Sentences (Routledge), Dr. Matache explores how these intertwined systems of oppression persist and shape the present.
Sponsor: European Union Center; Unit for Criticism & Interpretive Theory; Holocaust, Genocide, and Memory Studies.
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Book Talk: The Permanence of Anti-Roma Racism. (Un)uttered Sentences