Event – Past

      The 2011 EU Framework for National Roma Integration Strategies, commonly referred to as the EU Roma Framework, have set ambitious goals up to 2020 to close the gap between Roma and non-Roma in the key policy areas of education, employment, housing, and health, as well as to protect Roma against discrimination. While...

On June 26, 2019, the European Roma Institute for Arts and Culture (ERIAC) presented the critically-acclaimed “Roma Armee” produced by Maxim Gorki Theatre in Berlin at the National Theatre I.L. Caragiale in Bucharest (TNB). This was the first time that the “Roma Armee” was presented in Romania. Over 650 guests attended the performance, making it...

Two Paid Internship Positions open at ERIAC for CEU Romani Studies Program Alumni   In the framework of the Roma in European Societies (RES) initiative of the Central European University (CEU), the European Roma Institute for Arts and Culture is offering an internship opportunity to qualified alumni of the CEU Roma Access Programs.   RES...

Application open for two months Artist Residency Scholarship in Florence   To mark the upcoming installation of FUTUROMA at The Künstlerhaus Villa Romana in Florence in 2020, the European Roma Institute for Arts and Culture (ERIAC) has joined forces with the Villa Romana residency programme to offer two residencies to Roma contemporary artists. This exciting...

On June 11, 2019, Katarína Mathernová, Deputy Director General at DG Neighbourhood and Enlargement Negotiations (DG NEAR) and Enrica Chiozza, Policy Analyst at the DG Neighbourhood and Enlargement Negotiations (DG NEAR) visited ERIAC. ERIAC Chair of the Board, Zeljko Jovanovic, and Executive Director Timea Junghaus hosted the guests. ERIAC’s work, plan of activities and plans...

A Feminist Reading of Roma Political Movement: A conversation with Roma women activists, scholars and artists   On June 11, 2019 ERIAC and RKI will host a panel discussion “A Feminist Reading of Roma Political Movement”, featuring outstanding Roma women activists, scholars and artists: Carmen Gheorghe, president of Roma women organization E-Romnja (Romania); Dotschy Reinhardt,...

On June 5 2019, two members of the German Bundestag of the Greens – Ms Filiz Polat and Mr Erhard Grundl visited ERIAC.   Ms Polat is a member of the German Bundestag and spokeswoman for the Bündnis 90 / DIE GRÜNEN group for migration and integration since 2017. She is the Chairwoman of the...

ERIAC was delighted to host a group of high-school students from Lycée Jacques Amyot in Melun, France and give a guided tour at the exhibition titled “Roma Women Weaving Europe”.   Since the students were really curious about the work of ERIAC and the Roma contribution to arts and culture, it was our pleasure to...

  Venice, May 10th 2019   German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas opened this afternoon the Roma exhibition FUTUROMA, an official Collateral Event of the La 58 Biennale di Venezia, highlighting the importance of the Roma minority as an example for a united Europe.     FUTUROMA, commissioned by ERIAC (the European Roma Institute for Arts...

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...

  Timea Junghaus, art historian, executive director of ERIAC is lecturer/panelist in the C-Map Symposium of MOMA, New York. The event The Multiplication of Perspectives: The 10th Anniversary of MoMA (New York’s Global Research Initiative: C-MAP) will take place at MOMA on April 28, at 13.15 (NY Time).   The Multiplication of Perspectives offers a variety of...

ERIAC welcomes U.S. Ambassador Grenell   On 9 April 2019, ERIAC was visited by the U.S. Ambassador in Germany, Honourable Ambassador Richard A. Grenell, accompanied by Ms. Sandra Sebastian, a political specialist and Ms. Amanda Ahlers, second secretary of the Political Section. The meeting was organized in connection to the International Roma Day.   The...

  THE BEST CHILD IN THE WORLD” – A PERFORMANCE BY ALINA SERBAN TO CELEBRATE THE INTERNATIONAL ROMA DAY On the International Roma Day, 8th of April, a guided tour will take place at the two institutions, which will start at ERIAC and will continue at RKI followed by the artistic performance of Alina Serban:...

PRESS RELEASE Berlin, 8th April 2019   Join ERIAC and be part of the vibrant community of European Roma arts and culture scene by filling in the  online application form.   On the occasion of celebrating the International Roma Day (8th of April) we are announcing the opening of the second call for associate members! ERIAC is...

On April 5-6, 2019, the Harvard FXB Center for Health and Human Rights and the Romani Studies Program of the Central European University will host Neglected Voices: The Global Roma Diaspora, the seventh Annual Roma Conference at Harvard to mark International Roma Day, organized under the honorary patronage of the European Roma Institute for Arts and Culture.   The conference...

The European Roma Institute for Arts and Culture (ERIAC) hosted a reception for the Ad Hoc Committee of Experts on Roma and Traveller Issues (CAHROM), on 22 February 2019, at the ERIAC office space in Berlin, Germany. The CAHROM group of experts were participating in a three-day thematic visit to Germany, focusing on governmental support...

On February 13th, 2019, Federal Foreign Minister Heiko Maas (SPD) reported to the Bundestag on the human rights activities of the federal government. His remarks are based on the 13th Report of the Federal Government on its Human Rights Policy (19/7730), which describes the domestic and foreign policy activities and initiatives of the Federal Government...

ERIAC Cultural Institutions Network Initiative (CINI) Transgenerational Knowledge Transfer Public Symposium     In Belgrade, on 06 February 2019, the Cultural Institutions Network Initiative (CINI) of the European Roma Institute for Arts and Culture (ERIAC), the first transnational European-level organization for the recognition and promotion of Roma arts and culture, hosted a one-day public symposium,...