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2017 Annual Meeting of the Gypsy Lore Society and Conference on Gypsy / Romani Studies
Wednesday, 30 August 2017 8:30
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Registration
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Minorities in Cyprus: The Case of Gurbeties. Chryso Pelekani
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Rights of Roma People (Gurbet/Gurbeties) in North Cyprus. Ali Dayıoğlu
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The Role of CypRom in Cypriot Roma/Gurbeties Empowerment. Irfan Davuncular
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The Roma in Zagreb in the 14 th – 15 th Centuries. Neven Kovačev
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The Gypsy Woman in the Ottoman Empire in the 16th Century . Emine Dingeç
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Opening Session Coffee Break
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Gurbeties in Cyprus
History A
A Short History of “Gypsy Warning Signs” in the Holy Roman Empire and the Habsburg Empire. Stephan Steiner
12:00
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Romani Health: A Nexus of Signification. Eirik Saethre
11:30
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Selected Findings and Challenges of Epidemiological and Public Health Research among Segregated Roma in Slovakia. Daniela Bobakova, Z. Dankulincova Veselska, and A. Madarasova Geckova
12:00
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(Un)Equal Patients in Different Rooms: Reflections on Room Segregation at a Czech Maternity Ward. Edit Szénássy
12:30
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Roma between Obstructing and Transformative Distances: Migration Process and Social Distance in Ethnically Mixed Localities in Romania. László Fosztó and Stefánia Toma
14:30
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Roma Transnationalism and Diasporic Tendency. Zdenek Uherek
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Ways to Die: Sinti and “Dritti” in the Complex World of Italian Funfair . Chiara Tribulato
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From Men to Fathers: Traveller Men and Fatherhood in Changing Times. Karin White
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Engaging with Romani Health across Disciplinary Boundaries A
Lunch A009
Migration and Economics
A112
Roma/Ciganos/Gypsies/ Gitanos and Education (Formal and Informal): Past and Present A: Segregation and Educational Discrimination. Chair: Manuela Mendes
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Why are So Many Romani Children Still in Segregated Special Education? William New and Hristo Kyuchukov
14:30
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Roma Education in Poland: Ethnographic Perspective. Ewa Nowicka and Maciej Witkowski
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Education Policies and Roma in Early and Contemporary Russia. Katya Dunajeva
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Gypsies at School: A Look at the Past and the Present. The Case of Portugal. Lurdes Nicolau
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The Development of Additive Numerals in Romani: Indo-Aryan Heritage and Language Contact. Viktor Elšík
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Language and Culture of Muslim Roma from North-East Bulgaria . Hristo Kyuchukov and Biser Alekov
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O Devleskro Lav: Romani Bible Translations in the Light of Textual Criticism. Viktor Shapoval
Coffee Break A009
Language, Linguistics, and Terminology A
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Roma and Travellers of Sweden during World War II: Experts, Networks and Racial Cleansing PolicyMaking in Transnational Context. Andrej Kotljarchuk
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"Complete assimilation will occur in the near future.” Science, Welfare State and Gypsies in Denmark (1934-1944). Steffen Werther
17:30
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Repressive-Assimilationist Policy towards the Roma Population in Croatia during World War II. Danijel Vojak
19:00
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Roma and Travellers in the Eastern and Northern Europe and World War II: Registration and Racial Cleansing Policy-Making A
16:30
Reception, Nicosia Municipality Hall
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2017 Annual Meeting of the Gypsy Lore Society and Conference on Gypsy / Romani Studies
Thursday, 31 August 2017
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Roma/Ciganos/Gypsies/ Gitanos and Education (Formal and Informal): Past and Present. Social Capital, Roma Mentors, and Key Factors for the Continuity of Education Paths. Chair: László Fosztó
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The Influence of Social Capital on the Educational Attainment of Roma Persons: Evidence from a Qualitative Research in Romania. Theofild-Andrei Lazar and Elena-Loreni Baciu
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Key Factors for the Educational Continuity and Success of the Portuguese Ciganos/Roma. Olga Magano and Manuela Mendes
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Migration, Remittances and their Effects on the Education of Roma Children in Romania. Stefánia Toma
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“Gypsy Villages.” Contribution to the Typology of the Deportation Sites in Transnistria, 1942-1944. Viorel Achim
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Roma Deportees to Transnistria – Strategies of Survival. Petre Matei
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The Ways of Helping and Rescuing the Roma in Ukraine during the Holocaust. Anna (Hanna) Abakunova
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Roma and Travellers in the Eastern and Northern Europe and World War II: Registration and Racial Cleansing Policy-Making B
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Religion
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The Power of the Word. Verbal Expression of God in a Pentecostal Romani Community in Sofia. Yana Moroz
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Religious Training of Gypsies in the Pentecostal Churches. Magdalena Slavkova
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Balkan Romani Musicians and the Evangelical Church: Occupation, Faith, and Identity. Margaret Beissinger
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Same Opportunities, Different Practices. The EU and Romani Women Activism in Romania and Bulgaria. Serena D’Agostino
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Poverty, Vulnerability, Marginalization: Defending Roma Social Rights. Thomais Douraki
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Strengths and Limitations of Community-Based Participatory Research Methodology in the Evaluation of Roma Political Empowerment in Slovakia. Tomáš Hrustič
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The Role of Folklore in Representations of the National Roma in Finland. Eija Stark
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The Gypsy Folktale: The Verbal Picture of Nomad Gypsies in Greece of Their World and of the Entire World. Areti Spanouli
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The History of a Roma Group in Iran: The Zargar. Mojgan Zargar.
Coffee Break A009
A112
Political Organization and EU Realities
Folklore
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Statistics of the Gypsy Slaves in the Romanian Principalities in the Period of Emancipation (ca. 1830-ca. 1860). Typology of Sources. Venera Achim
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The Formation of the ‘Țigănii’ and the Exclusively Romani Villages. Julieta Rotaru and Kimmo Granqvist
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Promised Land for the Gypsies: A Story of a Utopian Society. Archduke Joseph Karl of Austria's Sanctuary for the Roma People and the Activities of the Habsburg Gypsy Lore Society. Marija Dalbello
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Lunch
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Roma Singers and the Hungarian Copyright System . Barbara Rose Lange
14:30
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Flamenco Trails and Tales: Exploring the India–Spain Connection. Punita Singh
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Living with and against Work: Professional Musicianship as Affective Labour among Gypsy Traditional Musicians in Greece. Aspasia (Sissie) Theodosiou
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Discussing Authenticity: The Case of Latvian Romani Music. Ieva Tihovska
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History B
Music and Musicians
Identity Visible and Secure (?) – A New Form of Cultural Identity as the Source of a New Form of Security. Tatiana Podolinská
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Belonging, In-between: On the Limits of Categories and Subjective Understandings of Relationality. Raluca Bianca Roman
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“I like their clothes, which show that they are Roma with dignity” – Opinions of Bulgarian Roma in Finland Concerning Finnish Roma. Lidia Gripenberg
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Dynamics of Traveler Ethnogenesis and Ethnic Persistence. Matt T. Salo
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The School from the Point of View of Portuguese Ciganos (Roma): An Ethnographic Approach. Manuela Mendes and Olga Magano
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Evaluating the Silver Bullet: Early Childhood Education and Care in Spain. Tina Magazzini
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The Desecuritization of Roma Issue-learning Identity Construction Process in School Using Formal and Informal Tools. Claudia Iov
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All These Never Obsolete Images: An Investigation on “Gypsy” Images in the Digital Sphere. Kodo Miura
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Defining Self by Way of the Other in Roming (Jirí Vejdelek, Czech Republic, Romania, Slovakia, 2007). Sunnie Rucker-Chang
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Going Digital: Roma Authors Publishing on the Internet. Sofiya Zahova
Coffee Break
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Roma/Ciganos/Gypsies/ Gitanos and Education (Formal and Informal): Past and Present. Education Strategies: Success vs. Reproduction of Inequalities. Chair: Stefania Toma
Literature and the Arts
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Gypsy Lore Society Annual Meeting Banquet
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2017 Annual Meeting of the Gypsy Lore Society and Conference on Gypsy / Romani Studies
Friday, 1 September 2017 9:00
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Accessing Health Care: A Comparative Study of “Gypsy’ Narikuravars in India and a Romani Community in Romania. Cristina Ioana Dragomir
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Why Don’t Segregated Roma Do More for Their Health? A Case Study. Andrej Belak
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Cardiovascular Mortality among Roma and Non-Roma: Where Lie the Challenges? An 8-years’ FollowUp Study. Jitse P. van Dijk, Adriana Sudzinova, Jaroslav Rosenberger and S.A. (Menno) Reijneveld.
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Representing the Romany in Romanian and Bulgarian Media. Petre Breazu
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Gypsies in the Middle East: Otherness and Intolerance. Aleksandra Bujalska
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Dangerous Fictions: Gypsies in the American Imaginary. Mihaela Moscaliuc
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A112
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Engaging with Romani Health across Disciplinary Boundaries B
Stereotypes and Prejudice
Language, Linguistics, and Terminology B An Endangered Gypsy Language: Poshas. Nurettin Demir and Melike Üzüm
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What Can Medieval Middle Eastern “Gypsies” Teach Us about Modern Diasporas? Kristina Richardson
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The Origin of the Term «Atsigganos». Helen Kyratji
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“Playing the Books” – The Role of Child-Structured Pretend Play in Second Language Socialization. Pavel Kubaník
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Formal Education Procedures in Zanea Village, Romania. Case Study: The Caldarari Women. Victoria Baltag
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A New 1-9 Syllabus for Mother Tongue Tuition - Roma Language as a Minority Language in Sweden. Nermina Wikström
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Sedentarisation of the Bulgarian Nomad Gypsies in Socialist Bulgaria (1944- 1989). Plamena Stoyanova
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Memories That Do Not Fit: Romani Recollections of Life in Communist Czechoslovakia. Helena Sadílková
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The Roma Agenda: Roma Leaders on the Past and the Future of Roma Politics. Slawomir Kapralski
12:30
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Coffee Break
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Roma/Ciganos/Gypsies/ Gitanos and Education (Formal and Informal): Past and Present. School Models/Strategies -- Formal and Informal Aspects. Chair: Olga Magano
History D
Lunch
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Commencement of Organized Roma Civil Movement. Elena Marushiakova and Veselin Popov
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A Case of Intergroup Conflict, The Bronx, 1907-1908. Sheila Salo
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The 1923 Turkish-Greek Population Exchange and Socio-economic Profile of the Exchanged Muslim Roma Community. Nurşen Gürboğa
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“It’s the Gypsy in Me”: A Reassessment of Konrad Bercovici’s Contributions. James Deutsch
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Why Are We Non-Roma Interested in the Roma? – Some Issues of Personal Orientation and Research Ethics. Kai Viljami Åberg
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Periodisation and the Archive. Thomas Acton
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The Roma Archives of Finland – Finitiko kaalengo arkiivos – Collection in the Finnish Literature Society and the National Archives of Finland. Risto Blomster
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Roma Folklore and the Borders of Finnishness: Notes on the Folklore Collections in the Archives of the Finnish Literature Society. Kati Mikkola
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History C
Resources and Research Ethics
Coffee Break B108
Closing
