Event – Past

Bernd Fabritius, the newly appointed Federal Commissioner for Ethnic German Resettlers and National Minorities visited ERIAC on 01 June 2018.   Dr. Fabritius, who was born in the region of Sibiu, Romania, has been holding this post since March 2018, succeeding Dr. Günter Krings as the Federal Government Commissioner for Ethnic German Resettlers and National...

THE ROMA SPRING: ART AS RESISTANCE May 16th 2018 – August 2nd 2018   EXHIBITION OPENING On the occasion of the celebration of Roma Resistance Day (May 16th), ERIAC invites you to the opening of its new exhibition. 22nd of May 2018 at 6pm ERIAC – Art Space, 10117 Berlin, Reinhardtstr. 41-43     The...

ERIAC was honored to participate in the REACH 2018 opening conference. The REACH is a major EU Horizon2020 project which aims to contribute to unlocking the potential of people to engage in culture and cultural heritage (CH) in order to foster creativity and innovation and, thereby, to empower citizens to face the immense and rapid changes...

The Association for the Study of Nationalities (ASN) World Convention is the largest international and interdisciplinary scholarly gathering of its kind, welcoming proposals on a wide range of topics related to nationalism, ethnicity, ethnic conflict, and national identity. Annually held in the spring in New York City at the premises of Columbia University, the ASN World...

On 17 April 2018, newly appointed Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, Ms. Dunja Mijatović, visited the ERIAC Office and Art Space in Berlin.   Mijatović, a national of Bosnia and Herzegovina, was elected last January by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, and took up office on 01 April 2018. The meeting...

April 8 2018 International Roma Day at ERIAC A ROMA POEM THAT SHOULD BE READ THIS MONTH International Literature Campaign   On International Roma Day, ERIAC celebrates the contributions Roma poets have made, and continue to make, to the richness of European literature. Contrary to the common perception of Roma culture as illiterate and insensitive...

On 06 April 2018, in connection to the International Roma Day, ERIAC was visited by the delegation of the U.S. Embassy in Germany. The meeting, hosted by ERIAC executive management, was attended by U.S. Embassy Chargé d’Affaires, Mr. Kent Logsdon, Ms. Sandra Sebastian, a political specialist, and Mr. Jake Nelson, the Secretary of the Political...

“Hidden Roma Masterpieces” On March 13th, the European Roma Institute for Arts and Culture (ERIAC) presented the exhibition “Hidden Roma Masterpieces” at the Palais of the Council of Europe. The exhibition, curated by ERIAC, was co-organized in collaboration with the Council of Europe and the European Parliament.   In the second part of the twentieth...

EVENING GALA AT THE MAXIM GORKI THEATRE The Grand Finale of ERIAC’s International Cultural Outreach Program   ERIAC INTERNATIONAL OUTREACH PROGRAM 26th of February, 2018 Berlin, Germany     ERIAC’s International Cultural Outreach Program came to its grand finale on the 26th of February 2018 during the Evening Gala and Celebration at the Maxim Gorki...

VISIONS FOR A NEW HUMANITY.  GAYATRI CHAKRAVORTY SPIVAK AND ROMA FEMINIST SCHOLARS CONTEMPLATE THE FUTURE   ERIAC INTERNATIONAL OUTREACH PROGRAM 26th of February, 2018 Berlin, Germany       After six successful events in Seville, Cracow, Budapest, Prague, Rome, and Bucharest, the European Roma Institute for Arts and Culture’s (ERIAC) final International Cultural Outreach Program took place...

Roma: contributions to the development of the Romanian state   ERIAC INTERNATIONAL OUTREACH PROGRAM 21-22 February 2018 Bucharest, Romania       On the 21 February 2018, the first event of European Roma Institute for Arts and Culture (ERIAC) in Romania took place in Bucharest. The date of the event coincided not only with the centenary celebration...

EUROPEAN ROOTS OF ROMA ARTS AND CULTURE – PERSPECTIVE OF ROMA AND SINTI MINORITY IN ITALY   ERIAC INTERNATIONAL OUTREACH PROGRAM 14 February 2018 Roma, Italy   Within the framework of the ERIAC International Cultural Outreach Program, ERIAC co-hosted the event “European Roots of Roma Arts and Culture – Perspective of Roma and Sinti Minority in...

RECEPTION HOSTED BY THE ROMA INTEGRATION 2020 AND ERIAC Berlin, 13 February 2018   On 13 February 2018, participants of the Regional Conference “Addressing Discrimination and Anti-Gypsyism in the Enlargement Region” were invited to attend a reception at ERIAC’s Office and Art Space.   The Regional Conference was a two-day workshop addressing discrimination and anti-Gypsyism...

“SAR DIČHOLA ROMAŇI KULTURA DUREDER – The Future of Romani Culture”   ERIAC International Cultural Outreach Program 13 February 2018 Prague, Czech Republic       Within the framework of the ERIAC International Cultural Outreach Program, ERIAC, in partnership with Slovo 21 co-hosted the event “SAR DIČHOLA ROMAŇI KULTURA DUREDER – The Future of Romani Culture”,...

THE FUTURE OF ROMA CULTURAL HERITAGE ERIAC INTERNATIONAL OUTREACH PROGRAM 09 February 2018 Budapest, Hungary The European Roma Institute for Arts and Culture (ERIAC), CEU Romani Studies Program (CEU RSP) and the Re-designing Access to European Cultural Heritage Project (REACH) hosted “The Future of Roma Cultural Heritage,” an event in a series of ERIAC international...

“The Future of Roma History: Remembrance, Historical Justice and the Role of Roma Youth” ERIAC International Cultural Outreach Program 01-02 February 2018 Cracow, Poland     Within the framework of the ERIAC International Cultural Outreach Program, ERIAC hosted the international event “The Future of Roma History: Remembrance, Historical Justice and the Role of Roma Youth”...

  On 24-25 January 2018, under the title of “Déjame que te cuente / Allow me to explain. New perspectives of an old art” the European Roma Institute for Arts and Culture (ERIAC) organized a discussion forum on the topics of Flamenco and Gitanos in Sevilla, one of the capitals of flamenco. The event inaugurated...

Delegation from the Federal Foreign Office visits ERIAC’s premises Berlin, 10 January 2018   Today, the Minister of State for Europe Michael Roth, along with a delegation from the Federal Foreign Office, visited the brand-new ERIAC office in Berlin. The guests were given a short guided tour of the office, including a guided tour to...