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FYI Andrew Jameson Chair, Russian Committee, ALL Languages and Professional Development 1 Brook Street, Lancaster LA1 1SL UK Tel: 01524 32371 (+44 1524 32371) ---------- > From: Duncan Large <[log in to unmask]> > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: CFP: The Role of the Romanies > Date: 02 March 1999 11:14 > > The Role of the Romanies: > Images and Self-Images of Romanies/"Gypsies" in European Cultures > > An Interdisciplinary Conference > > University of Liverpool > 15-18 September 2000 > > Since their arrival in Europe at the beginning of the eleventh > century, the "Gypsies" have stimulated and fascinated the European > imagination, but have also always been perceived as "other" and > marginalised. At the end of the millennium, after centuries of > discrimination and persecution, Romanies/"Gypsies" remain the least > understood and least popular ethnic minority group in most European > countries. Yet very few people have first-hand knowledge of them. > > This conference seeks to address the questions raised by the > ambivalent encounter of the "Gypsies" with European cultures. It > aims both to re-examine Gadjo constructions of Romanies/"Gypsies" in > the Orientalist style over the centuries and to appraise and compare > the contributions made by Romanies themselves to European cultures. > > We invite contributions in the fields of linguistics, cultural and > media studies (particularly film and music), literary studies, social > history, and anthropology. The language of the conference will be > English. The organisers plan to publish a selection of the papers. > Offers of papers by Romanies and papers relating to Eastern Europe are > particularly welcome. > > Those interested in contributing a paper should please contact with a > brief expose either > > Prof Nicholas Saul > Department of German > University of Liverpool > Modern Languages Building > Liverpool L69 3BX > > Tel.: 00 44-151 794 2351/2 > Telefax: 00 44-151 794 2307 > e-mail: [log in to unmask] > > or > > Dr Susan Tebbutt > Dept of Modern Languages > University of Bradford > Bradford > West Yorkshire BD7 1DP > > Tel.: 00 44-1274 234588 > Telefax: 00 44-1274 385590 > e-mail: [log in to unmask] %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%