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The European Roma Institute for Arts and Culture (ERIAC) is pleased to announce the 2026 WOMNET Gathering: Digital Presence, Pride, and Romani Women’s Identity in Online Spaces. The event will take place virtually via Zoom on 19 June 2026, from 16:00 to 17:30 CET.   This year’s gathering examines the profound impact of digital landscapes...

The European Roma Institute for Arts and Culture (ERIAC) is pleased to announce its collaboration with the upcoming edition of the Rolling Film Festival in Kosovo, one of the most important cultural platforms in the region dedicated to Roma storytelling, representation, and intercultural dialogue through cinema.   As part of the collaboration, ERIAC will present...

ERIAC is pleased to collaborate with BEAST International Film Festival for a special screening of AMARO KINO: Romani Short Films, taking place on 6 June at 17:17 at Batalha Centro de Cinema in Porto.   The programme brings together four short films from across Europe that explore themes of identity, belonging, resilience, and cultural survival...

The European Roma Institute for Arts and Culture (ERIAC) and Villa Romana continue their collaboration to support a contemporary artist of Roma origin, through an artistic residency programme in Florence. For the seventh consecutive year, this program provides a dedicated space for artistic research, production, and dialogue within an established international context. The residency builds on the shared commitment of ERIAC and Villa Romana...

  The European Roma Institute for Arts and Culture (ERIAC) announces the launch of the Romani Gili Contest, a social media-based initiative dedicated to celebrating, preserving, and promoting Roma musical heritage.   In Romani, “gili” means song — a form of expression that carries memory, emotion, and identity across generations. Roma songs have long served...

The European Roma Institute for Arts and Culture (ERIAC) is honored to announce that ERIAC Serbia received the 2026 “Remembering Hilda Dajč” Award for Outstanding Contribution to Remembrance Culture offered by Terraforming for the exhibition Combing Through Time: Disentangling the Hidden Histories of the Roma Genocide. The fifth annual Remembering Hilda Dajč Award ceremony was held...

Nadja Greku, Program Manager of the European Roma Institute for Arts and Culture (ERIAC) Serbia, has joined the Steering Committee of Terraforming, the foremost organization in Serbia for education about the Holocaust. It was founded as an independent NGO in 2008 by Miško Stanišić and Nevena Bajalica. Alongside Brankica Janković and Davor Salom, this appointment...

Dr. Anna Mirga-Kruszelnicka, Executive Director of the European Roma Institute for Arts and Culture (ERIAC), has been appointed to the International Advisory Board of the Bergen-Belsen Memorial. This marks the first time a Roma representative joins the board, a historic step toward inclusive remembrance and representation. With a four-year mandate, she will contribute to the...

On the occasion of the 55th anniversary of April 8, International Roma Day, Rašid Nikolić, Roma artist, paramísar (storyteller), puppeteer and activist, presented a marionette show for the opening of the group exhibition Yesterday is Tomorrow at ERIAC’s Spring Salon. The European Roma Institute for Arts and Culture is pleased to release the recording of...

The international project Shared Histories, Shared Futures launched its first activities from 26–28 April 2026, as the European Roma Institute for Arts and Culture (ERIAC) and its partners Jaw Dikh Foundation (Poland), Women for the Future Association / Independent Theater Hungary (Hungary), Media Voice (Slovakia), and ARA ART (Czech Republic) organized the Youth Lab Training...

On 8 April, marking International Roma Day, the European Roma Institute for Arts and Culture (ERIAC) joined the Youth Department of the Council of Europe and the Roma and Travellers Division in Strasbourg for the Roma Youth Together 2026 seminar. The three-day event convened Roma youth from across Europe to engage in dialogue, exchange practices,...

With the long-term goal of strengthening an open, rights-based, democratic, equal, and inclusive society in the EU through culture and cultural diplomacy, the European Roma Institute for Arts and Culture (ERIAC) invites applications from its EU-based member organisations.   The call supports initiatives that challenge negative narratives about Roma in Europe and boost self-esteem within...

Kai Dikhas Foundation is delighted to host a unique world music concert by the project Songs of Roma in Berlin. Audiences will experience the rich acoustic music of the Roma of Central Europe, with traditional songs and contemporary compositions performed in the Romani language, live and with heartfelt passion. The event is supported by the...

[anunțul în română, mai jos] [EN] The European Roma Institute for Arts and Culture (ERIAC) is seeking a Financial Manager to support the implementation of the Roma Voices project. The successful candidate will ensure sound financial management of the project in compliance with Romanian legislation, donor requirements, and ERIAC’s institutional standards. This position offers the...

The European Roma Institute for Arts and Culture (ERIAC) is releasing the masterclass Prince Ștefan Răzvan: The Construction and Deconstruction of a Roma Hero in the Context of Romanian History and National Memory, with historian Adrian-Nicolae Furtună, produced in the framework of the project Reclaiming Our Past, Rebuilding Our Future: New Approaches to Fighting Antigypsyism...

On 26 February 2026 at 13:15 CET, the exhibition The Unheard 12 Million will officially open at the Palais des Nations in Geneva, in the Hall close to the Salon des Délégués, during the 61st session of the United Nations Human Rights Council and on the occasion of the 25th anniversary year of the Durban...

ERIAC is pleased to host the book launch and German language presentation of The Roma: A Travelling History. The author, Madeline Potter, will be present and in conversation with Dr. Anna Mirga Kruszelnicka, Executive Director of ERIAC. This event is organized in partnership with Ullstein Publishing House and the Romanian Cultural Institute (RKI) in Berlin....

On 20 February 2026, the 170th anniversary of the Abolition of Roma Slavery in the Romanian Principalities (1385–1856) was commemorated in Bucharest through the official launch of the Roma Voices project. The initiative represents a collaborative effort of Roma Education Fund Romania (REF), European Roma Institute for Arts and Culture (ERIAC) and Amphitheatrrom Cultural Association, financially...