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Neglected Voices: The Global Roma Diaspora (Day 1)

Harvard University, Barker Center, Thompson Room 12 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA, United States

On April 5 (9AM-6:30PM) and April 6 (9AM-1PM), 2019, the Harvard FXB Center for Health and Human Rights and the Romani Studies Program of the Central European University will host Neglected Voices: The Global Roma Diaspora, the seventh Annual Roma Conference at Harvard to mark International Roma Day. The conference will convene scholars and activists to explore the global span of the Romani diaspora and the disparate manifestations of inclusion…

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Neglected Voices: The Global Roma Diaspora (Day 2)

Harvard Kennedy School, Taubman Building, 5th Floor T-520 NYE 15 Eliot Street, Cambridge, MA, United States

On April 5 (9AM-6:30PM) and April 6 (9AM-1PM), 2019, the Harvard FXB Center for Health and Human Rights and the Romani Studies Program of the Central European University will host Neglected Voices: The Global Roma Diaspora, the seventh Annual Roma Conference at Harvard to mark International Roma Day. The conference will convene scholars and activists to explore the global span of the Romani diaspora and the disparate manifestations of inclusion…

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Shorenstein Ctr Event: Racecraft. Castecraft. A Transnational Weapon to Criminalize and Dehumanize African American, Dalit, and Romani People

Starr Auditorium 79 John F. Kennedy St, Cambridge, MA, United States

For centuries, racist or casteist ideologies have overlapped in the oppression of African Americans, Dalits, Romani people, and others. The racecraft of inferiority continues to be a powerful ideological weapon that ruling elites and dominant majorities have been using—intentionally and unintentionally, overtly or covertly—against historically oppressed groups. Join us for a panel discussion featuring: Cornel West – Professor of the Practice of Public Philosophy at Harvard University Suraj Yengde –…

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Responses to State Sponsored Collective Injustice (past event poster with a photo of the memorial for the Roma holocaust

International Roma Day Watch Party on Facebook

  Because of the coronavirus, we had to reschedule our planned event for International Roma Day, Intersectional Discrimination: the Roma Case. It would have been the eighth annual International Roma Day event at Harvard. But we cannot let the day pass without marking it.   To honor the day the Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Center for Health and Human Rights at Harvard University will host a Facebook "Watch Party" at 10 AM…

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Webinar: Resurgence of Scapegoating Romani People in Times of Pandemics

Facebook Live

On August 5, 2020, leading scholars and activists will discuss the additional challenges and risks Romani people are facing during the COVID-19 pandemic during a webinar, "Resurgence of Scapegoating Romani People in Times of Pandemics." The event will be held from 10 to 11:30 a.m. EDT (4 to 5:30 p.m. CEST). To register, click here. Speakers With more than 30 years of experience in public health, Dr. Mary T. Bassett…

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Webinar: Anti-Romani Racism During COVID-19 Pandemic

Facebook Live

On September 2, 2020, leading scholars and activists will discuss the additional challenges and risks Romani people are facing during the COVID-19 pandemic during a webinar, "Anti-Romani Racism During COVID-19 Pandemic." The event will be held from 10 to 11:30 a.m. EDT (4 to 5:30 p.m. CEST). The event will be streamed live on the FXB Center's Facebook page. Speakers Dr. Suraj Yengde is an award-winning scholar and activist from…

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Webinar: Structural Inequalities as Risk Factors During Pandemic

Facebook Live

On September 14, 2020, leading scholars and activists will discuss the additional challenges and risks Romani people are facing during the COVID-19 pandemic during a webinar, "Structural Inequalities as Risk Factors During Pandemic." The event will be held from 10 to 11:30 a.m. EDT (4 to 5:30 p.m. CEST). The event will be streamed live on the Facebook page of the Central European University Romani Studies Program. Speakers László Fosztó…

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Final 10/8 Event poster, with speaker photos and titles. Part of webinar series: Romani people during pandemics.

Webinar: Responses to COVID-19 at Local, National, and International Levels

Zoom Webinar

On October 8, 2020, leading scholars and activists will discuss the additional challenges and risks Romani people are facing during the COVID-19 pandemic during a webinar, "Responses to COVID-19 at Local, National, and International Levels." The event will be held from 9 to 10:30 a.m. EDT (3 to 4:30 p.m. CEST). The event will be streamed live on the Facebook page of the Central European University Romani Studies Program. Speakers…

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Legacies of Genocide: Romani Communities in the Aftermath of the Holocaust

Zoom - Registration Required

German police accompany a racial scientist interviewing a Romani woman (Germany, late 1930s). Bundesarchiv, R 165 Bild-244-71, via Wikimedia Commons. Moderator: Angéla Kóczé, Assistant Professor and Chair, Romani Studies Program, Central European University Speakers: Margareta Matache, Director, Roma Program, FXB Center for Health and Human Rights, Harvard University Practices of Denial and Distortion of the Samudaripen/Porrajmos in Southeastern Europe Ioanida Costache, Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow in the Humanities, University…

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