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  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...

FutuRoma – Collateral Event of the 58th International Art Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia   Curated by: Daniel Baker Commissioned by: European Roma Institute for Arts and Culture e.V. (ERIAC) Exhibition Site: Zattere, Dorsoduro 417, 30123 Venezia Preview Days: 8 -10 May 2019 Opening Event: 10 May 2019, 16:00 – 19:00 Palazzo Franchetti, S. Marco, 2847, 30124...

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...

  On the occasion of the celebration of the International Roma Day (8 April), the European Roma Institute for Arts and Culture (ERIAC) and the Rumänisches Kulturinstitut Berlin (RKI) join forces to honor Romani women – as leaders and survivors, guardians and re-inventors of culture, revolutionaries and change-makers. In a joint exhibition titled, “Roma Women...

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,...

    ERIAC Barvalipe Academy Holds its First Meeting in Belgrade   Belgrade, 05 February 2019 – The Barvalipe Academy held its first meeting on 5 February 2019 in Belgrade, Serbia. The Academy held a major discussion on the strategy of ERIAC, as well as made several key decisions, fulfilling the obligations defined in the...

ERIAC GENERAL ASSEMBLY APPOINTS 8 NEW MEMBERS TO THE BARVALIPE ACADEMY PRESS RELEASE Berlin, December 18th 2018   The first General Assembly of the European Roma Institute for Arts and Culture (ERIAC) took place on 17 December, bringing together associate members, representatives of the ERIAC Board, and the ERIAC management.   The General Assembly appointed eight...

On 28 November the Non-Kin-State Working Group of the Flensburg-based Federal Union of European Nationalities (FUEN) visited ERIAC in the context of their yearly assembly.   (C) FUEN, Kornél Szilágyi The group was composed of West Frisians (NL), Romansh People (CH) and Ladins (IT). The Roma community was represented by a delegation from Bosnia &...

ALBANIA’S ROMA CULTURAL HERITAGE ERIAC CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS NETWORK INITIATIVE PROGRAM 26-27 November 2018 Tirana, Albania       In the framework of the ERIAC Cultural Institution Network Initiative (CINI) an event was held on 26 and 27 November 2018, at the National Museum of History in Tirana.       The two-day event, entitled “Albania’s...

In the framework of a study visit on remembrance, culture, and “coming to terms with the past,” orgsanised by the Goethe Institute, a delegation of academics, decision-makers, and media representatives from Croatia visited ERIAC on 24 November 2018.   The participants represented the University of Zagreb, the University of Zadar, the Catholic University of Croatia, and...

In its programme, “Latscho Diwes,” Stiftung EVZ (“Foundation for Remembrance, Responsibility, Future”) funds civil society organisations from Central, South, and Eastern Europe that are locally supporting survivors of the Roma genocide. On 20 November 2018, 25 representatives of such organisations from Belarus, Ukraine, and Moldova were invited by Stiftung EVZ for a seminar in Berlin...

THE SHUTKA LESSONS   ERIAC CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS NETWORK INITIATIVE PROGRAM 13 November 2018 Skopje, Macedonia   On 13 November 2018, in the Museum of Macedonian Struggle in Skopje, the European Roma Institute for Arts and Culture (ERIAC), in partnership with Romalitico – Institute for Research and Policy Analysis – organized a public event entitled “The Shutka...

 Nicolae Gheorghe Memorial Event at ERIAC     Nicolae Gheorghe († 2013), the founder of the Roma Movement in Romania and one of the most influential Roma public intellectuals, was born on 12 November 1946. To honour his contribution and to memorize his ideas the Pakiv European Roma Fund endorsed by the European Roma Institute...

Sead Kazanxhiu, Selma Selman: GYPSYISM BALKANISM Uniting Peripheries   Opening: 08 November 2018, 18:30   ERIAC´s new exhibition “Gypsyism Balkanism- Uniting Peripheries,” presenting the inspiring works of Sead Kazanxhiu and Selma Selman, was opened by the Berlin-based performance artist Tanja Ostojić (“Integration Project” – Kunstverein Düsseldorf 2003). (c) Benjamin Renter   The opening was attended...

THE ROMA PEDAGOGY FOR RECONCILIATION ERIAC CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS NETWORK INITIATIVE PROGRAM 30th of October, 2018 Zagreb, Croatia     On 30 October 2018, ERIAC, in partnership with the Croatian Romani Union “KALI SARA,” hosted an event on “Roma Pedagogy for Reconciliation” at the Croatian Institute of History in Zagreb. This event kicked off the ERIAC...

ERIAC Executive Director Timea Junghaus and Deputy Director Dr. Anna Mirga-Kruszelnicka visited Musée Tomi Ungerer/Centre International de l’illustration in Strasbourg and met with its director Thérèse Willer. The meeting was attended and facilitated by Dr. Aurora Ailincai and Mrs. Camille Gangloff of the Council of Europe.   After a curatorial visit of the exhibition, possibilities...