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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...

  In the framework of a seminar entitled, “Bilder von Sinti und Roma gegen den Strich gebürstet” (´Images of Sinti and Roma against the grain´), a group from the organization Arbeit und Leben visited ERIAC on 9 October. During a four-day seminar, the twenty participants visited a variety of institutions and stakeholders that work within...

The 12th meeting of the European Platform for Roma inclusion took place on 08 and 09 October 2018 in Brussels, Belgium. In regards to the post-2020 EU Roma Framework, the platform this year focused on housing and health; last year, the platform focused on the topics of education and unemployment.   This year, the Platform...

Roma Exhibition at the 58th Venice Contemporary Art Biennale in 2019 Chairman of the ERIAC Board, Zeljko Jovanovic and Executive Director, Timea Junghaus, as the Commissioners of the collaborative event – publish the present call for the curator of the Roma Exhibition in 2019.   The European Roma Institute for Arts and Culture has a...

  Within the framework of an educational trip to Berlin, the association Cselekvö közösség (“Active Communities”) lead by Dr. Mária Arapovics and consisting of local politicians and experts from museums, libraries, and NGOs met with representatives of various cultural institutions in the German capital. On the 25 September, the group visited ERIAC.   After getting...

  On 24 September, ERIAC staff had the opportunity to engage with the Open Society Foundation (OSF) Youth Community Fellows from Slovakia, Romania, and Hungary. During their visit, OSF Fellows were guided through the exhibition “Forest” and introduced to ERIAC´s vision, mission, goals, and current projects. The fellows shared challenges and priorities from their local...

  A delegation of the Department of Sami and Minority Affairs of the Norwegian ministry for Local Government and Modernisation of the Kingdom of Norway (Kommunal- og moderniseringsdepartementet´same- og minoritetspolitisk avdeling) visited the European Roma Institute for Arts and Culture on 19 September. Their chief responsibility is the formulation and coordination of the Norwegian state’s...

  Ms. Katherine Watson, the Director of the European Cultural Foundation (ECF) visited the European Roma Institute for Arts and Culture on 10 September.   The ECF is a Netherlands-based independent cultural foundation. Their mission is to “make a tangible impact on civil society, citizen initiatives, public opinion and policy proposals to combat the fragmenting...

The Trust for Mutual Understanding (TMU) was established in 1984 as a private grantmaking organisation dedicated to improve communication and cooperation between the people of the United States and the countries of Central- and Eastern Europe. TMU supports international face-to-face contact and professional interaction and is shaped by the belief that creative international collaboration encourages...

    ERIAC continues its international activities with the “ERIAC Cultural Institutions Network Initiative,” financed by Federal Foreign Office of the German government. The aim of the initiative is to introduce ERIAC to diverse audiences in places outside of ERIAC’s headquarters in Berlin. For this program, ERIAC has chosen to focus on the Balkans, to...