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This event will mark the conclusion of the research project MEMOROBIA: Memorialization of Romani Enslavement in the Territories of Contemporary Romania.The agenda will include scientific presentations on the history, legacies, and memory of institutionalized slavery in the Romanian principalities. Additionally, it will explore the role of the arts in memorialization and resistance.
The event will be held in a hybrid format to facilitate dialogue between in-person and remote participants. In-person location: MF Norwegian School of Theology, Religion, and Society; The Norwegian Center for Studies of Holocaust and Minority Studies in Oslo (HL-center), Norway. Online on Zoom.
Detailed conference program can be found further down on the page. Changes to the program may occur.
The program of the conference will include:
Panel discussions that explore the history of Roma slavery, reflect on its legacy, memorialization, and past and present forms of resistance.
The launch of the Critical Romani Studies special issue “Racialized Slavery in Moldova and Wallachia: Legacies and Silences”
Panels and performances about the role of the arts in remembering the history of Roma slavery.
An exhibition about Roma slavery, curated by the MEMOROBIA research team and the Center for Studies of the Holocaust and Religious Minorities.
The conference program will feature leading voices of the fields of history, education, memory, and arts, including the confirmed: Emanuel Barica, Adrian Nicu Furtuna, Ian Hancock, Luiza Medeleanu, Petre Petcut, Oana Rusu, and Alexandru Zamfir.
This event is jointly organized by MF Norwegian School of Theology, Religion, and Society, Amare Rromentza, the Roma Program for Health and Human Rights at the FXB Center for Health and Human Rights at Harvard University, and the Norwegian Center for Holocaust and Minority Studies. The conference is organized under the framework of the MEMOROBIA project, funded by the Research Council of Norway.
Program 24 November - Day 1
Location: MF Norwegian School of Theology, Religion and Society
9.00 Welcome
Solvor Mjøberg Lauritzen, Professor, MF Norwegian School of Theology, Religion and Society
Trine Anker, Professor and Prorector Research, MF Norwegian School of Theology, Religion and Society
Maria Dumitru, PhD Candidate, MF Norwegian School of Theology, Religion and Society
9.15 – 10.15 Keynote speech 1 – Slavery, Legacies, Traumas
Keynote speaker: Ian Hancock, Professor emeritus, University of Texas at Austin
Moderator: Maria Dumitru, PhD Candidate, MF Norwegian School of Theology, Religion and Society
10.15 – 10.30 Coffee Break
10.30 – 11.45 Panel 1 - The History of Roma Slavery and Forms of Resistance
Panelists:
Maria Dumitru, PhD Candidate, MF Norwegian School of Theology, Religion and Society
Adrian Furtuna, Researcher, National Center for Roma Culture, Romania - Romano Kher
Petre Petcut, PhD, Historian
Moderator: Alma Dzafic Ferhatovic, MSc student in Sociology of Law, Lund University
11.45 – 12.45 Lunch
12.45 – 13.45 Keynote speech 2 – Reparations
Keynote speaker: Mary Bassett, Director of the François-Xavier Bagnoud (FXB) Center for Health and Human Rights and FXB Professor of the Practice of Health and Human Rights in the department of Social and Behavioral Sciences at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
13.45 – 14.00 Break
14.00 – 15.00 Panel 2 – Reparations
Panelists:
Mihai Neacsu, Director of the National Centre for Roma Culture, Romania
Moderator: Margareta Matache, Lecturer on Social and Behavioral Sciences at the Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, and the co-founder and Director of the Roma program at the FXB Center for Health and Human Rights, Harvard University
Program 25 November - Day 2
Location: The Norwegian Center for Studies of Holocaust and Minority Studies (HL-center)
9.00 – 9.15 Welcome
Jan Heiret, Director at The Norwegian Center for Holocaust and Minority Studies
Solvor Lauritzen, Professor, MF Norwegian School of Theology, Religion and Society
9.15 – 10.00 Keynote 3 - Contemporary Activism & Arts of Resistance
Keynote speaker: Dr. Delia Grigore, Associate Professor, University of Bucharest
Moderator: Solvor Lauritzen
10.00 – 10.45 Panel 3 Roma history and Education
Panelists:
Alexandru Zamfir, PhD, University of Bucharest
Luiza Medeleanu, PhD candidate University of Bucharest
Elise Christensen, Educator, 22 July Centre
Moderator: Solvor Lauritzen
10.45 – 11.00 Coffee break
11.00 – 11.30 Launch of Critical Romani Studies Special Issue “Racialized Slavery in Moldova and Wallachia: Legacies and Silences”
Moderator: Maria Bogdan, PhD, Central European University
11.30 – 12.00 Launch of Exhibition curated by the MEMOROBIA research team and the Center for Studies of the Holocaust and Religious Minorities.
Speakers:
Solvor Lauritzen, Professor, MF Norwegian School of Theology, Religion and Society
Emanuel Barica, artist
12.00 – 13.00 Lunch
13.00 – 14.00 Panel 4- The Role of the Arts in Remembering the History of Roma Slavery
Panelists:
Emanuel Barica, artist
Oana Rusu, actor, PhD candidate, University of Buchares
Cecilia Salinas, PhD, Anthropologist and artist
Moderator: Alma Dzafic Ferhatovic, MSc student in Sociology of Law, Lund University
14.00 – 14.30 Documenting and remembering the Roma slavery – a conversation
Speakers:
Agnes Lakatos, Journalist, Radio Sweden
Ian Hancock, Professor emeritus, University of Texas at Austin
14.30 – 15.00 Screening: Letter of Forgiveness – A film by Alina Serban
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Gydas vei 4, 0302 Oslo, Norway, Gydas vei 4, 0363 Oslo, Norge, Oslo, Norway
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