THE GYPSY LORE SOCIETY
Annual Meeting Information
Gypsy Lore Society meetings are held on an annual basis and are rotated among different US cities and other countries. Meetings typically include presentations of recent research, discussion sessions, exhibits and films. Gypsy Lore Society members receive discounts on meeting registration fees.
The 2010 Annual Meeting and Conference on Gypsy Studies will be held in Lisbon, Portugal September 8 to 10, 2010. The meeting is being organized on behalf of the Gypsy Lore Society by the team of NEC (Núcleo de Estudos Ciganos / Nucleum of Gypsy Studies) under the sponsorship of CRIA - Center for Research in Anthropology - Portugal, a research center created to link in a web the research in anthropology of four universities. NEC, founded by CEMME in 2000, is now a specialized part of CRIA. More information about the conference will be published in coming issues of the Newsletter, and on this website.
Call for papers. Papers on any aspect of Gypsy Studies are welcome, but substantive scholarly papers will be given priority. Papers should be 20 minutes long with an additional 10 minutes allotted for discussion. Abstracts should be submitted no later than January 15, 2010. Notification of acceptance will be announced by March 15, 2010. Send your abstract of no more than 250 words in plain text format (no tables or charts) in the body of an e-mail message (not as an attachment) to the Program Chair José Bastos (jose.bastos@fcsh.unl.pt).For information on past conferences, click on one of the links below:
