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The European Roma Institute for Arts and Culture (ERIAC) will take part in Cafe Kyiv 2026, one of Germany’s largest event dedicated to Ukraine, with the panel Roma Identity in Wartime, on February 23. The session, which brings forward first-hand perspectives of Ukrainian Roma affected by Russia’s war against Ukraine, is organized in collaboration with...

The award-winning movie Gipsy Queen starring Alina Șerban will be presented at a Gala event on February 20, at the National Theater I.L Caragiale of Bucharest, on the occasion of the 170th anniversary of the Abolition of Roma Slavery in Romanian Principalities.  To honor this occasion, Roma Education Fund Romania (REF), together with European Roma Institute for Arts and Culture (ERIAC)...

The 20th of February 2026 marks the 170th anniversary of the Abolition of Roma Slavery in the Romanian Principalities, one of the most silenced chapters of European history: the enslavement of Roma between 1385 and 1856. Despite its magnitude, this history remains largely absent from school curricula, museums, and public memory in Romania and across...

    An exhibition by Eugen Raportoru on the 170th anniversary of the Abolition of Roma Slavery in the Romanian Principalities In his latest exhibition, Eugen Raportoru revisits the past, grounded in the conviction that materiality itself carries history. His installations, often incorporating recycled elements, do not aim to reconstruct the past, but rework its...

ONLAJN INFO-SESIJA: POZIV ZA ČLANSTVO U ERIAC-U Datum: 27. januar 2026.Vreme: 16:00–17:30 (CET) Platforma: Zoom https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87281997197 Jezik: BHS                                                                 Evropski romski institut za umetnost i...

“I shall tell a legend of the bird that becomes a blade for the sake of truth.”*   The European Roma Institute for Arts and Culture (ERIAC) invites visitors to linger in the space between being and non-being, between places and non-places – a terrain where forms shift, identities gather force, and truth reveals itself...

The Romani Studies Program at Central European University (CEU), the European Romani Institute for Arts and Culture (ERIAC), and the Intercultural Institute of Timișoara announce the online launch of the new thematic issue of Critical Romani Studies, dedicated to examining racism and structural antigypsyism within the field of Romani Studies. Bringing together scholars, editors, and...

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 is pleased to share the invitation to the International Conference “Visibilities of Memory”, organized by the Critical Film & Image Hub at the Research Centre on Antigypsyism (RCA), Heidelberg University.   The conference focuses on the representation of Sinti and Roma in Holocaust-related visual culture, addressing a long-overdue perspective in European memory studies. Historically,...

An early evening with representatives of Roma Women and Youth organisations from Germany in conversation with the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights and the Deputy Director of the German Institute for Human Rights.   Join us on October 16, starting with 17.30 CET, at ERIAC’s Gallery Space in Berlin, for an inspiring and...

ERIAC Serbia (European Roma Institute for Arts and Culture Serbia), with the support of Mokrin House, invites young people (ages 16–35) to apply for the Digital Literacy Bootcamp, taking place October 16–18, 2025. This initiative reflects our commitment to social responsibility, solidarity, and allyship with the Roma community in building a more inclusive society. The...

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...

The 20th meeting of the Council of Europe Dialogue with Roma and Traveller civil society (Concept note) is scheduled to take place on 23-24 September 2025 in hybrid format, in Strasbourg and online, and it will focus on the social rights of Roma and Travellers, as highlighted by the European Committee on Social Rights (ECSR)...

Despite efforts by scholars and educators in the last two decades, the genocide of the Roma remains underrepresented in commemorative practices, scholarship, and education on the Second World War in Europe. Several EU member states display strong feelings against their Roma populations, while others have made significant steps in the introduction of Roma History and...

The 13th Berlin Biennale for Contemporary Art Opens June 13, 2025 — Featuring ERIAC as Sister Organization     The 13th Berlin Biennale for Contemporary Art launches on June 13, 2025, under the evocative title “passing the fugitive on”, curated by Zasha Colah. This edition centers on art’s power to resist systemic injustice and militarization,...

The visual artist Eugen Raportoru challenges the conventions of the art gallery with the immersive exhibition #jesuismahala where visual imagery, music, scent, and community interweave. The upcoming exhibition – on display at the Romanian Peasant Museum in Bucharest between February, 20 and May, 20, 2025 – is a profound exploration of memory, identity, and art, rooted...

As part of the annual OPRE! Roma Month: Standing Up for Dignity and Rights, the Council of Europe will host the Roma Youth Together 2025 seminar at the European Youth Centre in Strasbourg, co-organized with leading Roma networks: the International Roma Youth Network – TernYpe, the European Roma Grassroots Organisations (ERGO) Network, and Phiren Amenca....

ERIAC is partnering with Ex Oriente Film Documentary Laboratory 2025 to support storytellers in taking their projects to the next level.   Are you a Roma filmmaker or producer based in Central and Eastern Europe, working on a feature-length documentary or an innovative docu-series in the development or early production stage? ERIAC is pleased to...