History and Commemoration

Big News: Barvalipe Academy Election 2024 Coming Up!

ERIAC is proud to announce the upcoming Barvalipe Academy Election 2024. This election offers a unique opportunity to shape the strategic vision of ERIAC by electing eight new members to the Barvalipe Academy, a distinguished body of thought leaders and advisors. The Barvalipe Academy plays a crucial role in guiding ERIAC’s mission to promote the...

ROMI I INKLUZIVNA KULTURA SEĆANJA

  ROMI I INKLUZIVNA KULTURA SEĆANJA PANEL DISKUSIJA POVODOM EVROPSKOG DANA SEĆANJA NA SAMUDARIPEN/GENOCID NAD ROMIMA 31. jul 2024. Putem Zoom-a (onlajn događaj) https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82824437410         Između 2. i 3. avgusta 1944. godine, u gasnim komorama logora Auschwitz-Birkenau ubijeno je oko 4.300 Roma, koji su preostali iz tzv. „Porodičnog logora“. Ova tragedija je...

OPEN CALL: Memory of the Holocaust of Roma and Sinti. International program for educators and museum professionals

Application deadline: June 5, 2024 Apply now    We have launched the recruitment process for the international program for educators and museum professionals dedicated to the memory of the Roma and Sinti Holocaust. The program is addressed to educators and museum professionals    The project will run from June to October 2024 and will include...

ERIAC Joins Wiener Holocaust Library’s Virtual Lecture with 2022 Ernst Fraenkel Prize Winner Ari Joskowicz

ERIAC is delighted to accept the invitation of the Wiener Holocaust Library and join an evening lecture by the winner of our 2022 Ernst Fraenkel Prize. The jury has awarded Ari Joskowicz’s book, Rain of Ash: Roma, Jews, and the Holocaust the prize. The judges found it to be “a compelling and important book which deserves to...

“ROMA(NI) PAST – EUROPE’S FUTURE. WHY EMBRACING EU’S LARGEST ETHNIC MINORITY MATTERS”

TRAINING ON ROMANI HISTORY AND CULTURE   SEPTEMBER 13 2023, 10.00-17.00 EEST / 09.00-16.00 CET   WEST UNIVERSITY TIMISOARA Faculty of Letters, History and Theology – Oituz Strada Oituz 4, Timișoara, Romania On-site /online https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87998275909   REGISTER HERE!   The Roma (commonly referred to as “Gypsies” which is an ethnic slur) have been part of...

Roma Remember – Holocaust Remembrance

Panel discussion    August 2nd, 2023 at 16h CET ERIAC Serbia Gallery, Majke Jevrosime 51, Belgrade   The European Roma Institute for Arts and Culture Serbia (ERIAC Serbia), together with Opre Roma Serbia, Roma Entrepreneurship Development Initiative (REDI) and the Roma Education Fund (REF), is commemorating the European Roma Holocaust Memorial Day. The main event...

Opening of “Barvalo” exhibition on May 9 at the Mucem

Barvalo  Roma, Sinti, Manoushes, Gitanos, Travellers… Opening on Tuesday, 9 May, 2023 at the Mucem (Museum of Civilizations of Europe and the Mediterranean) in Marseille Developed in partnership and co-curated by ERIAC   “Barvalo”, meaning “rich” and by extension “proud” in Romani, is dedicated to the history and diversity of the Romani peoples of Europe....

Collective Remembrance – Eugen Raportoru: Gelem, Gelem Samudaripen

In commemoration of the 78th anniversary of the tragic events of 2 August, 1944 ERIAC has partnered with the National Museum of the Romanian Peasant (MNTR) in Bucharest to remember and honor the memory of the victims of the Roma Holocaust, and the deportation of thousands of Roma children to Transnistria under Marshall Antonescu’s Romania...

Eugen Raportoru: Gelem, Gelem Samudaripen

Commemorative event in the frame of the Eugen Raportoru: Gelem, Gelem Samudaripen exhibition took place at the National Museum of the Romanian Peasant (MNTR) in Bucharest. Curated by Cătălina Olteanu and coordinated by Ilina Schileru, Eugen Raportoru’s latest exhibition Gelem, Gelem Samudaripen opened in commemoration of the 78th anniversary of the tragic events of 2 August, 1944 and in memory of the artist’s mother, one of the thousands children deported to Transnistria under Marshall Antonescu’s Romania in 1942.

2022 CALL FOR ASSOCIATE MEMBERS FOR ERIAC

Join ERIAC and be part of the vibrant community of the European Roma arts and culture scene by filling in the online application form. The European Roma Institute for Arts and Culture – ERIAC is a membership-based organization, bringing together Roma and non-Roma individuals and organizations, with relevant and demonstrated competencies and experience in the...