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Romani mobilities in Europe: Multidisciplinary perspectives International Conference

Refugee Studies Centre, University of Oxford 14-15 January 2010
The Refugee Studies Centre (RSC) at the University of Oxford is organising, with the financial support of the John Fell Oxford University Press Research Fund, an international conference on Romani migration and mobility in Europe. The conference aims to bring together scholars and students from across a variety of disciplines to discuss the multiple dimensions and impacts of Romani mobilities in Europe.
Background to the conference: a fast changing scenario
In the last two decades large groups of Roma have migrated from Central, Eastern and South East Europe towards the more affluent countries of the European Union. These groups often had no confirmed legal status, no access to formal employment, lived in precarious circumstances and had limited or no access to healthcare. Furthermore, they have often faced xenophobic and discriminatory treatment from the majority population and become the targets of racially-motivated attacks. However, with the EU enlargement more than two million Roma from Central, Eastern and South East Europe became both citizens of the EU and members of its largest minority making the social rights and security issues surrounding Roma an internal issue for the EU. With accession, the mobility of Roma from one EU country to another is now difficult to restrict despite recent attempts in France, Italy, the UK and Belgium to mention a few examples since that movement is protected by fundamental EU norms. Instead, Roma from other non-EU European countries face even greater obstacles to access EU space through legal routes, both because of the rigidity and selectivity of EU migration policies for non-EU citizens and because of the quasi exclusion of the right to asylum for citizens of countries in the process or aspiring to EU membership, where most of the remaining Roma population is located. There is also another group of non-EU Roma that should be included in this account: those who
entered the EU during the 1990s following the collapse of the Yugoslav Federation and were granted humanitarian protection on a temporary basis, and whose right to stay in the EU is now under scrutiny.
Conference themes
The main aim of this conference is to map the variety and directions of contemporary Romani mobilities into, out of and within the EU, including both economic and forced migration, as well as forced or voluntary repatriation, and to locate these mobilities in the broader political, social, historical and cultural context. We invite proposals for papers which investigate aspects related to these broader themes and we welcome in particular proposals that focus on one or more of the following areas: Provide historical perspectives on policy and practice aimed at governing Romani mobilities Interrogate, through the Roma case, the concept and practice of freedom of movement in the EU Investigate broader demographic trends or specific migratory movements of Roma in the EU Explore the relationship between different legal statuses and patterns and directions of Romani mobility Explore Romani politics in the enlarged EU and the process of Europeanisation of the Roma issue, looking in particular at international NGOs, Roma elite and grassroots activism Investigate the relationship between indigenous and long-established Romani communities and newly arrived Roma migrants Discuss continuities and discontinuities in public discourses and social policies for Roma, Gypsies and Travellers in the EU Explore settlement and resettlement issues in the context of widespread antiGypsyism Analyse the impacts of migration on identity and cultural production. Gender perspectives and methodological issues of research sensitivity and ethics are significant crosscutting themes throughout all these topics. Those wishing to present a paper are invited to submit an abstract (max 300 words) and a brief CV (max 150 words) to the conference organiser, Nando Sigona, by Friday 25th September 2009. We will inform applicants of the decision of the organising
committee by 2nd October 2009. Full written papers will then be submitted by 5th January 2010. Selected papers will be included in the most suitable session as defined by the organising committee. Panel sessions will consist of three to four papers of 20 minutes each. For further information regarding to the conference, please contact: Nando Sigona EMAIL: nando.sigona@qeh.ox.ac.uk TEL: +44(0)1865 281703 WEB: www.rsc.ox.ac.uk/conf_conferences_140110.html

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