ROMANI ATLANTIC

TRANSCONTINENTAL LOGIC OF ETHNO-RACIAL IDENTITIES

A project that adopts a novel comparative transnational and intercultural perspective in order to examine Romani diaspora and anti-Romani sentiments.

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Presentations 22. 10. 2024 Romani Penal Convicts within the 18th Century Lusophone World On 11 October 2024, Martin Fotta discussed how the convict transport system in early modern Portugal targeted Romani people through racialized legislation, leading to their forced labour, permanent exile, and displacement to colonies like Angola as part of a broader colonial strategy to marginalize and erase their community.

Events 23. 9. 2024 Call for Papers: Romani Racialization Beyond Majority-Minority Narratives: Transnationalism, Activism, and Solidarity The conference will take place from 21–23 May 2025 at Vila Lanna, Prague.

Presentations 10. 7. 2024 The 21st IMISCOE Annual Conference At the 21st IMISCOE Annual Conference "Migration as a Social Construction: A Reflexive Turn" that took place in Lisbon, on 2-5 July 2024, Tina Magazzini presented findings from the Romani Atlantic project.

Presentations 25. 6. 2024 Race, Nation and Lusophone Gypsylorism At the 2024 Prague Forum for Romani Histories conference, Martin argued that 19th-century scholarship's view of Romani people was influenced by colonial and race dynamics.

Publications 18. 6. 2024 Romanies within the interlocking matrix of racialization: How Ciganos in Brazil became accused of introducing an infectious disease In his recent article, Martin Fotta argues that the Romani racial project cannot be isolated from other projects and Romani racialization does not occur separately from other communities.

Publications 12. 4. 2024 Conference Report: Annual Meeting of the Gypsy Lore Society and Conference on Romani Studies, São Paulo, Brazil, October 3–6, 2023 Reflecting on the conference, Anna Clara Viana de Oliveira highlights the significance of the fact that it took place in Latin America and was accessible to a wider audience.

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