October 18, 2018Open Lecture (10/18): Roma and Travelers - The Impact of EU Integration on Ethnic and Linguistic Identity

Roma and Travelers: The Impact of EU Integration on Ethnic and Linguistic Identity

Guest Speaker: Ignacy-Marek Kaminski

Date: October 18, 2018, Time: 15:30 – 17:00 Venue: Room H-152

Dr. Ignacy-Marek Kaminski addresses several questions about the language and cultural life of Roma-Gypsies. Why have 12 million Roma-Gypsies survived as EU’s largest ethnic minority in 2018? Why have my relations with Roma clans continued for 45 years? How can Roma tribes communicate without sharing common language? How do Roma’s cultural identity, social control, conflict resolution, leadership networks operate?