Termine des Graduiertenzentrums

The Winter School aims to ethically engage in critical discussion of Sinti and Roma agency and reparation, including self-representa-tion, self-articulation, and emancipation, which often confront structural antigypsyism in academia and public perception. This transhistorical and transnational phenomenon manifests as structural racism, cultural appropriation, and scholarly denial of Sinti and Roma lived experiences, knowledge production, and collective memories.
At the Winter School, participants will learn from internationally recognized scholars from Europe and the United States about eugen-ics, racism, Orientalism, Gypsyloeism, and theories on Whiteness, intersectionality, and queer feminism. By bridging temporal and epistemic gaps, the Winter School adopts an interdisciplinary approach, including history, sociology, anthropology, pedagogy, and cultural studies.
The second focus examines representations of Sinti and Roma, challenging dominant cultural narratives that have perpetuated harmful stereotypes. Here, Critical Whiteness serves as a lens to scrutinize how Eurocentric perspectives and unacknowledged privileges shape historical knowledge, social hierarchies, and public perception.
By centering Sinti and Roma agency and lived experiences, the Winter School aims to recognize suppressed memories, neglected past events, and emancipatory actions that are integral to European cultural heritage, values, and collective memory.

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