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2019 Annual Meeting and Conference on Gypsy / Romani Studies
The 2019 Annual Meeting of the Gypsy Lore Society and Conference on Gypsy / Romani Studies will be held at the University of Iceland in Reykjavík, August 15 to 17, 2019. The conference is being organised on behalf of the Gypsy Lore Society by the School of Humanities and Faculty of Sociology, Anthropology and Folkloristics at the University of Iceland, and is hosted by the Vigdís International Centre for Multilingualism and Intercultural Understanding. The call for papers has now been posted, along with further meeting information. |
2019 Annual Meeting of the Gypsy Lore Society and Conference on Gypsy / Romani Studies
The 2019 annual conference is scheduled for 15-17 August 2019 and
will take place in Reykjavik, Iceland. It will be hosted by the
University of Iceland. The call for papers will be distributed in late
October 2018. |
Preliminary Program Posted
2018 Gypsy Lore Society Annual Meeting and Conference on Gypsy / Romani Studies, September 4 - 8, 2018, Bucharest, Romania The preliminary program for the 2018 Gypsy Lore Society Annual Meeting and Conference on Gypsy /
Romani Studies has been posted on the Gypsy Lore Society website,
www.gypsyloresociety.org. Links to the program in several formats are
also provided. From the home page, click on Annual Meeting to view the
program. |
Conference Registration Open
2018 Gypsy Lore Society Annual Meeting and Conference on Gypsy / Romani Studies, September 4 - 8, 2018, Bucharest, Romania Conference registration is now open. Register for the conference, banquet, and excursions, and even become a member of the Gypsy Lore Society, all at the same time. If you used the survey to indicate your interest in the conference banquet and/or excursion, you should now officially register your choices. As places on the excursions are limited, we suggest you register as soon as possible. Registration is a two-step process.
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2018 Conference Abstracts Posted
The abstracts of papers accepted for the 2018 Annual Meeting of the Gypsy Lore Society and Conference on Romani / Gypsy Studies have been posted on the Gypsy Lore Society website, www.gypsyloresociety.org. The abstracts are followed by a listing of papers comprising the organized panels. The abstracts are also available in pdf and Word formats. |
Conference News -- Abstracts of Organized Panels Posted
Eight organized panels have been accepted for the 2018 Gypsy Lore Society Annual Meeting and Conference to be held in Bucharest, Romania. Abstracts of the panels and contact information of the organizers are posted here. |
Vita Zalar wins Gypsy Lore Society Young Scholars’ Prize in Romani Studies for 2017
The
screening committee of the Marian Madison Gypsy Lore Society Young
Scholars’ Prize in Romani Studies has announced Vita Zalar as the winner
of the prize for 2017 for her paper "Administrative Aporias: The Case
of the heimatberechtigt Gypsy Population in the Late Habsburg Monarchy." Read More |
2018 Annual Meeting and Conference -- Call for Papers Posted
2018 Annual Meeting of the Gypsy Lore Society and Conference on Gypsy / Romani Studies The 2018 Annual Meeting of the Gypsy Lore Society and Conference on Gypsy / Romani Studies will be held in Bucharest, Romania, September 4 to 7, 2018. The meeting is being jointly organised on behalf of the Gypsy Lore Society by the Nicolae Iorga Institute of History of the Romanian Academy and the Faculty of History of the University of Bucharest. Call for Papers Contributions from various disciplines and perspectives on any aspect of Gypsy / Romani Studies are most welcome, but substantive scholarly papers will be given priority. Papers should be 20 minutes long with an additional 10 minutes allotted for discussion. Proposals for open panels, pre-arranged panels, and individual papers are welcome. Please note that each conference attendee may submit only one proposal (for an individual paper or paper within a panel). |
New Editor for Romani Studies
Kimmo Granqvist has been appointed editor of Romani Studies (continuing Journal of the Gypsy Lore Society), the scholarly journal of the Gypsy Lore Society. All manuscripts and reviews should now be submitted to romanistudies.journal@gmail.com. Outgoing editor Yaron Matras completes his term with the publication of the December 2017 issue of the journal. Matras has edited the journal since 1999. From 1990 through 1999 Sheila Salo was journal editor. |
2017 Conference Photos Posted
Photos from the 2017 Gypsy Lore Society Annual Meeting and Conference on Gypsy / Romani Studies have been posted on the Annual Meeting page of this website. |
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