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Book Talk: The Permanence of Anti-Roma Racism. (Un)uttered Sentences

Apr 3, 2026   3:00 pm  
422 Levis
Seminar/Symposium
Sponsor
European Union Center; Unit for Criticism & Interpretive Theory; Holocaust, Genocide, and Memory Studies
Speaker
Margareta Matache, PhD
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Originating Calendar
European Union Center Events

This lecture will examine the underpinnings, legacies, and continuities of anti-Roma racism in Europe. It will trace its origins, including racialized slavery in Moldavia and Wallachia, and expulsions, entry bans, and killings across Europe. The lecture will also situate anti-Roma racism within global frameworks of caste, racism, and racialization, highlighting its links to other oppressions.

Margareta Matache, PhD, is a Harvard Lecturer, co-founder, and Director of the Roma Program at Harvard University.  Matache is the co-editor of Time for Reparations: A Global Perspective (2021) and Realizing Roma Rights (2017). Her book, The Permanence of Anti-Roma Racism: (Un)uttered Sentences (Routledge), which examines anti-Roma racism and links to other oppressions, will be released in December 2025.

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