Romani studies (occasionally Gypsiology) is an interdisciplinary ethnic studies field concerned with the culture, history and political experiences of the Romani people. The discipline also focuses on the interactions between other peoples and Romas, and their mindset towards the Romas.[1]

Other terms for the academic field include Ziganology,[2] Ciganology,[3] Romology,[4] Romalogy,[5] and Romistics.[6]

Some of the notable scholars of Romani studies includes Ian Hancock,[7] Colin Clark[8] and Lev Cherenkov[9] among others.

Publications

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Some of the dedicated publications on Romani studies are:

General Academic

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Universities with Romani Studies Departments

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  • "Critical Romani Studies". Södertörn University. Stockholm, Sweden.
  • "Romani Studies Program". Central European University (CEU). Austria and Hungary.
  • "Romology (Roma Studies)". University of Pécs: International Centre. Hungary.
  • "The Roma Program". Harvard University:FXB Center for Health & Human Rights. Boston, MA, USA. 21 February 2018.

Conferences

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Romani Studies". Södertörn University. Stockholm, Sweden. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
  2. ^ "European Roma Cultural Foundation - ERCF - ERCF - European Roma Cultural Foundation". www.romacult.org.
  3. ^ "Information package & Course catalogue". portal.zcu.cz.
  4. ^ Knejp, Jan (2010). "Postavení a vývoj romologie v České republice a její vliv na vytváření multikulturního prostředí" [The position and evolution of Romology in the Czech Republic and its influence on the creation of a multicultural environment]. In Nosková, Helena (ed.). Národnostní menšiny, multikulturalita, vzdělávání (in Czech). Ústav pro soudobé dějiny AV ČR. pp. 184–194. ISBN 978-80-7285-129-4.
  5. ^ http://www.wereurope.eu/download/MTG/Abstract_MTG_SI.pdf Main issues for the abstracts on Marginalised Target Group
  6. ^ Bibliography of the staff of the Seminar of Indian Studies
  7. ^ "Dr. Ian Hancock One of the Country's Foremost Experts on the Roma People to Retire". University of Texas.
  8. ^ Miller, David; Davidson, Neil; McCafferty, Patricia, eds. (2010). Neoliberal Scotland: Class and Society in a Stateless Nation. Newcastle, UK: Cambridge Scholars. ISBN 978-1443816755. LCCN 2009512670. OCLC 498931494. p. 445: His specialist work in Romani Studies is well known and respected, and he is co-author of Here to Stay: the Gypsies and Travellers of Britain (University of Hertfordshire Press, 2006).
  9. ^ Kalinin, Vladimir (2000). "Oh, This Russian Spirit Abides Everywhere: A Dialogue of the Imagination with Dr Donald Kenrick". In Kenrick, Donald; Acton, Thomas Alan (eds.). Scholarship and the Gypsy Struggle: Commitment in Romani Studies (A Collection of Papers and Poems to Celebrate Donald Kenrick's Seventieth Year) (illustrated ed.). Hertfordshire, UK: University of Hertfordshire Press. pp. 140–149. ISBN 978-1902806013. LCCN 2001320282. OCLC 1114793004. p. 148: Roma played every role in Soviet society, from general to prisoner of conscience. As I wrote this paper, a telephone conversation with the notable Moscow Romani studies scholar, Lev Cherenkov (b. 1936), told me about a now retired Soviet Colonel, a Rom by the name of Alexei Danchenko (b. 1934).
  10. ^ "Critical Romani Studies". Directory of Open Access Journals. UK. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
  11. ^ "Romani Studies". Project MUSE. Retrieved 22 June 2021 – via Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, USA.
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