Annual Meeting

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    The Gypsy Lore Society Annual Meeting and Conference on Gypsy Studies


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.

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2023 Annual Meeting of the Gypsy Lore Society and Conference on Romani Studies

 

GENERAL INFORMATION

 

The 2023 Annual Meeting of the Gypsy Lore Society and Conference on Romani Studies will be organised in São Paulo, Brazil, from the 3rd to the 6th October 2023. The conference is organised on behalf of the Gypsy Lore Society by Sesc São Paulo and will take place at the Centro de Pesquisa e Formação (Research Center), Dr Plínio Barreto 285, 4th floor, São Paulo. The opening session and artistic presentations will take place at Sesc Consolação Theater (280 seats).

Sesc SP (Centro de Pesquisa e Formação São Paolo) is a Brazilian non-profit cultural institution created in 1946 as an initiative of the entrepreneurs in the commerce, services, and tourism industries, who support and manage it.  

             

https://portal.sescsp.org.br/en/sobre-o-sesc/

Centro de Pesquisa e Formação: Centro de Pesquisa e Formação (sescsp.org.br)

Sesc Consolação: Serviços | Sesc Consolação - Sesc São Paulo : Sesc São Paulo (sescsp.org.br)

 

Deadline for open panel proposals: 15 May 2023

Deadline for individual paper proposals and pre-arranged panel proposals: 30 June 2023

 

Gypsy Lore Society conferences are the largest annual scholarly events devoted to Romani Studies worldwide (see information about previous annual meetings at www.gypsyloresociety.org). We invite contributions on any aspect of Romani Studies and encourage participants from various disciplines, including history, ethnology, anthropology, sociology, political science, linguistics, international studies, security studies, area studies, economics, geography, literature, and other fields of humanities and social sciences. Panels and papers presenting interdisciplinary research, as well as synergies between academic research and practice are also welcome.

 

Languages of the conference are English, Portuguese and Romani. Proposals for pre-arranged panels in Spanish will be accepted.

 

The conference will be held in person; there will be limited opportunities to participate virtually.

 

We look forward to welcoming you in São Paulo in October 2023!

 

Academic Committee

Viorel Achim, Senior researcher, Nicolae Iorga Institute of History, Romanian Academy of Sciences

Elena Marushiakova, Professor of History, University of St Andrews

Tatiana Zachar Podolinská, President of the Gypsy Lore Society / Director the Institute of Ethnology and Social Anthropology at the Slovak Academy of Sciences

Marcos Toyansk, Senior researcher, SESC / University of São Paulo

Sofiya Zahova, Researcher at the Vigdís Finnbogadóttir Institute, University of Iceland

 

Organising Committee


Sabrina Brésio,  Sesc São Paulo

Rosana Catelli,   Sesc São Paulo

Sheila Salo, Treasurer, Gypsy Lore Society

Marcos Toyansk Senior researcher, SESC / University of São Paulo

 

CALL FOR PAPERS

 

Proposals for individual papers, open panels and pre-arranged panels are welcome. Panel organisers may submit only one panel proposal. A speaker may propose only one paper (for an individual paper or paper within a panel) as author or co-author. Papers should be 20 minutes long with an additional 10 minutes allotted for discussion. Panels and individual paper proposals undergo a peer-review process by the Academic Committee.

 

Open panel proposals

Open panel proposals should be submitted in doc, docx or rtf format by 15 May 2023 to gypsyloresociety.conference@gmail.com.

Your proposal should indicate:

Title of the panel;

Panel organiser(s): Name, institutional affiliation and contact information. Please provide both a primary and an alternate e-mail address;

Abstract of the panel content and purpose (max. 500 words);

Approved panel organisers will be notified by the end of May 2023.

 

Pre-arranged panel proposals

Pre-arranged panel proposals should be submitted by 30 June 2023 in doc, docx or rtf format to gypsyloresociety.conference@gmail.com.

Your proposal should indicate:

Title of the panel;

Panel organiser(s): Name, institutional affiliation and contact information. Please provide both a primary and an alternate e-mail address;

Abstract of the panel content and purpose (max. 500 words);

Format of the panel: One session or more sessions;

Speakers and titles of their papers. Note that all panel speakers should individually submit paper proposal abstracts indicating the name of the pre-arranged panel in which they participate.

 

Paper proposals

Paper proposals should be submitted by 30 June 2023 in doc, docx or rtf format to gypsyloresociety.conference@gmail.com.  Your proposal should indicate:

 

Whether your proposal is submitted as an individual paper or part of a panel, and in the latter case title of the panel;

Speaker(s): Name(s), institutional affiliation and contact information. Please provide both a primary and an alternate e-mail address;

Format of your presentation (in person or online);

Abstract of the paper (max. 250 words excluding references).

 

If you have not received an acceptance or rejection by e-mail by 15 July 2023, contact the Academic Committee at gypsyloresociety.conference@gmail.com.

 

Other information to be included in your submission email:

If you need a Letter of Invitation for the Visa for other purposes, please contact gypsyloresociety.conference@gmail.com

 

See list of countries that need a visa to travel to Brazil Visa Requirements by Country — Ministério das Relações Exteriores (www.gov.br)

 

Dates

15 May 2023: Deadline for sending open panel proposals

30 June 2023: Deadline for sending individual paper proposals and pre-arranged panel proposals

15 July 2023: Announcement of acceptance or rejection

15 August 2023: Announcement of preliminary programme and opening of registration

3-6 October 2023: Conference days

 

Venue

The conference will be held at Centro de Pesquisa e Formação (Research Center), Dr Plínio Barreto 285, 4th floor, São Paulo. The venue is in the very heart of São Paulo and within walking distance from many hotels and accommodation options.

 

WiFi

Internet access will be provided at the conference venue through a WiFi connection.

 

Travel, accommodation, and other useful information will be posted in the near future.

 

Registration

 

Conference registration will open 15 August 2023. Payment instructions will be posted at the same time.

Contacts

For enquiries in relation to the conference, please write to the conference email: gypsyloresociety.conference@gmail.com.

For questions concerning technicalities at the conference venue, contact the Conference Organising Committee marcos.toyansk@sescsp.org.br.

Financial Aid

Gypsy Lore Society

Through the generosity of its members, the Gypsy Lore Society will award two stipends of $500 each to eligible in-person participants or eight awards of the conference fee to remote participants.

Applicants should currently be enrolled in a PhD program or those up to three years past completion of their PhD  requirements.

Their conference papers should be accepted.

They should not have received aid for meeting attendance from another source.

Gypsy Lore Society members will receive priority.

 

Applicants should send a letter of application to the Gypsy Lore Society treasurer, treasurer.gypsyloresociety@gmail.com, by 30 July 2023. The letter should indicate your school and program and what other sources of aid are available to you.

Future Meetings

Watch this space for updates on coming meetings.

Conference Photos

Photos from past conferences.

Aid to Early-Career Scholars

A fund to aid early-career scholars to attend future meetings has been established. You may contribute to the fund here.