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…

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…

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 –…

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…