MEMOROBIA conference - Slavery in Moldova and Wallachia: Silences, Memory, and Resistance

Описание: https://www.hlsenteret.no/arrangement...
The agenda will include scientific presentations on the history, legacies, and memory of institutionalized slavery in the Romanian principalities. Additionally, it will explore the role of the arts in memorialization and resistance.

The event will be held in a hybrid format to facilitate dialogue between in-person and remote participants. In-person location: MF Norwegian School of Theology, Religion, and Society; The Norwegian Center for Holocaust and Minority Studies (HL-senteret), Norway. Online on Zoom.

Detailed conference program can be found further down on the page. Changes to the program may occur.

The program of the conference will include:

Panel discussions that explore the history of Roma slavery, reflect on its legacy, memorialization, and past and present forms of resistance.
The launch of the Critical Romani Studies special issue “Racialized Slavery in Moldova and Wallachia: Legacies and Silences”
Panels and performances about the role of the arts in remembering the history of Roma slavery.
An exhibition about Roma slavery, curated by the MEMOROBIA research team and The Norwegian Center for Holocaust and Minority Studies.
The conference program will feature leading voices of the fields of history, education, memory, and arts, including the confirmed: Emanuel Barica, Ian Hancock, Luiza Medeleanu, Petre Petcut, Oana Rusu, and Alexandru Zamfir.

This event is jointly organized by MF Norwegian School of Theology, Religion, and Society, Amare Rromentza, the Roma Program for Health and Human Rights at the FXB Center for Health and Human Rights at Harvard University, and the Norwegian Center for Holocaust and Minority Studies. The conference is organized under the framework of the MEMOROBIA project, funded by the Research Council of Norway.