CREES

The main aim of the conference is to bring together scholars and students from across a variety of disciplines to discuss the multiple dimensions and impacts of Romani mobilities in Europe. We invite proposals for papers which investigate the variety and directions of contemporary Romani mobilities into, out of and within the EU and locate them in the broader political, social, historical and cultural context. 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 anti-Gypsyism;
- Analyse the impacts of migration on identity and cultural production.

The conference will take place on 14-15 January 2010 and will feature a range of plenary and panel sessions and a keynote lecture by Baroness Nicholson of Winterbourne MEP.

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 organisers by Friday 25th September 2009. For full details see the Call for Papers (attached).

A limited number of bursaries are available for presenters of papers.
The bursaries will cover the registration fee and accommodation in Oxford. To apply for bursaries, applicants must accompany their abstract and CV with a one-page cover letter stating why support would be beneficial to them, and name and contact address of a referee.

For full details see the Call for Papers: http://www.rsc.ox.ac.uk/

EMAIL: nando.sigona@qeh.ox.ac.uk
WEB: www.rsc.ox.ac.uk/conf_conferences_140110.html
BLOG: http://romanimobilities.wordpress.com/

Nando Sigona
Research Officer
Refugee Studies Centre
Oxford Department of International Development (ODID)
University of Oxford
3 Mansfield Road
OX1 3TB Oxford
United Kingdom
Tel: +44(0)1865281703
Fax: +44(0)1865281730

Web: RSC www.rsc.ox.ac.uk/Sigona.html
Young Undocumented Migrants [YUM] website www.staff.city.ac.uk/yum