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  The European Roma Institute for Arts and Culture (ERIAC) is honored to announce the finalists for the Tajsa Roma Cultural Heritage Prize 2025. The prestigious prize celebrates a Roma individual whose work elevates Roma cultural expression and reimagines heritage for future generations.   The selected finalists for the Tajsa Roma Cultural Heritage Prize 2025...

The European Roma Institute for Arts and Culture (ERIAC), is pleased to announce the online training Roma(ni) Past – Europe’s Future: Why Embracing the EU’s Largest Ethnic Minority Matters, dedicated to strengthening understanding of Roma identity, history, culture, and the realities of antigypsyism, organized within the framework of the ERIACNET4EU initiative.   This training aims...

ERIAC and the DAAD Artists-in-Berlin Program are delighted to announce that the 2025 DAAD–ERIAC Roma Artist-in-Residence is Anita Horváth (Hungary). On 24 October 2025, an expert jury selected Horváth from a competitive field of applicants for a one-month residency in Berlin in November 2025.   Launched jointly by the DAAD Artists-in-Berlin Program and the European...

The Romani language stands at the heart of Roma identity, community belonging, and social participation. In the context of European and global migration, its role becomes even more significant: it is both a marker of heritage and a living tool of communication that unites Roma across borders and dialects.   The European Roma Institute for...

Eriac Serbia invites participants of the Digital Literacy Bootcamp (16–19 October 2025) to apply to deliver a joint online Digital Literacy training based on the knowledge and insights gained at the Bootcamp.   We plan to hire a maximum of 8 participants, each receiving a knowledge multiplier honorarium in the amount of 200 EUR (including...

Story Sovereignty: Building a Framework for Respectful Romani RepresentationDOK Industry Talk 2025   On Wednesday, 29 October (13:30–15:00, Propsteikirche St. Trinitatis), the DOK Industry section of DOK Leipzig 2025 will host an important conversation on the politics of Romani representation in film: Story Sovereignty: Building a Framework for Respectful Romani Representation.   Organized by the...

The European Roma Institute for Arts and Culture (ERIAC) commends George Soros on receiving the European Civil Rights Prize of the Sinti and Roma, in recognition of his decades-long commitment to advancing the rights and empowerment of Roma communities across Europe.The prize was established in memory of Holocaust survivors and pioneers of the Roma civil...

The European Roma Institute for Arts and Culture (ERIAC) invites applications for the position of Thematic Section Coordinators for 2026. This internal call is open exclusively to ERIAC members who wish to take an active role in supporting the work of the Institute and its membership community.   ERIAC is seeking five professionals – one...

In the frame of the ERIACNET4EU project, financed by the European Commission, the European Roma Institute for Arts and Culture (ERIAC) is excited to announce a new series of capacity-building trainings taking place during October 2025. These workshops and seminars are designed to provide valuable skills, encourage collaboration, and support the preservation and promotion of...

Building on the success of the previous year, Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies and the European Roma Institute for Arts and Culture (ERIAC) continue their collaboration through the Roma Holocaust Voices Fellowship. This program offers a platform to support Roma voices in relation to the history and memory of the Roma Holocaust and its...

The Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, Michael O’Flaherty, launches on October 1st, 2025, the book The Unheard 12 Million, accompanied by a photo exhibition curated by the European Roma Institute for Arts and Culture (ERIAC). With The Unheard 12 Million, ERIAC and the Council of Europe join forces to demand decisive action from...

In the sixth episode of the Echoes of Memory podcast, curator and moderator Timea Junghaus sits down with artists Lila Loisse, Riah Knight, and Petro Rusanienko to explore how Roma artists carry and transform the memory of the Roma Holocaust through creative practice. Together, they reflect on personal awakenings, silences and institutional erasure, and how...

The European Roma Institute for Arts and Culture (ERIAC), in partnership with the Foundation Remembrance, Responsibility and Future (EVZ), is proud to announce the release of six new episodes of the Echoes of Memory – Roma Youth for Holocaust Remembrance podcast.   Echoes of Memory podcast invites listeners into intimate, intergenerational conversations about the Roma...

Eighty years after the Roma Holocaust, the phrase “Never Again” still resonates — but for many young Roma, it carries both urgency and frustration. It is a reminder of broken promises, gaps in remembrance, and the persistence of antigypsyism across Europe.   The newest episode of the Echoes of Memory Podcast brings together Roma voices...

The Tajsa Prize reflects ERIAC’s founding values and celebrates the depth of Roma history and culture, while championing new, future-facing forms of Roma artistic expression. It recognizes exceptional Roma individuals who are among today’s leading cultural voices, and aims to foster Roma pride by highlighting the imagination, excellence, and talent of Roma creators. The prize...

September 18, 2025 15:00 – 16:30 CET via Zoom | Join link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84192586158    On the occasion of International Equal Pay Day, the 2025 edition of the WOMNET gathering—organized by the European Roma Institute for Arts and Culture (ERIAC)—invites reflection on the leadership and innovation of Roma women in arts, culture, and entrepreneurship.   On...

What does resistance look like when survival itself is at stake—and how have Roma communities defied erasure during and after the Holocaust? The third episode of the Echoes of Memory podcast examines a frequently neglected dimension of the Roma Holocaust: the theme of resistance. Scholarly and popular accounts have too often depicted Roma communities exclusively...

If art exists, most explicitly, in moments of crisis and catastrophe—as is attested by artists of the 13th Berlin Biennale and its Sister Organizations—what are its languages and preoccupations? What does it leave to us as viewers, spectators, audience, receivers, and is it what we expect, or can even understand fully in the present? In...