Accompanying events
lectures and discussions organized at REX in the course of the exhibition

Accompanying events included the following seminars:
"Political position of the Romany in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia", "Romany Future - young people and society", "Romany women and fertility", and a discussion on discrimination and racism organized in association with the Committee for Romany Issues of the Serbian Academy of Arts and Sciences, the Society for Improvement of Romany Settlements, YU Rom Centre from Nis, and Federal Ministry of National and Ethnic Communities.

 

6 February, 10 am - 6 pm
Political position of the Romany in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia

Organized by:
Commission for Study of Life and Customs of the Romany
Association for Improvement of Romany Settlements
Federal Ministry of National and Ethnic Communities


Speakers at the opening of the seminar:
Ljubomir Tadic - President of the Commission for Study of Life and Customs of the Romany
Rasim Ljajic - Minister of National and Ethnic Communities in the Federal Government

Keynote speakers:
Aleksandra Mitrovic, SOCIAL POSITION OF THE ROMANY
Goran Basic, THE ROMANY BETWEEN THE STATUS OF AN ETHNIC GROUP AND STATUS OF A NATION
Dragoljub Ackovic, ATTITUDES OF ROMANY POLITICAL AND SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS TOWARDS THE STATUS OF THE ROMANY

 

17 and 18 February, 10 am - 6 pm
Romany Future - Young people and society
and a showing of the documentary "Dusan" directed by Bojan Bosiljcic (about the murder of Dusan Jovanovic in Belgrade in 1997)

Organized by:
Commission for Study of Life and Customs of the Romany
Association for Improvement of Romany Settlements
YU Romany Centre from Nis

Keynote speakers:
Petar Antic, DISCRIMINATION AGAINST THE ROMANY
Snezana Djordjevic, ETHNIC DISTANCE AND PRETENCE
Nenad Vladisavljev, EDUCATIONAL POLICY AND THE ROMANY

 

24 and 25 February, 10 am - 6 pm
Romany women and fertility

Organized by:
Commission for Study of Life and Customs of the Romany
Association for Improvement of Romany Settlements
YU Romany Centre from Nis

Keynote speakers:
Svenka Savic, Natalija Zunic, Vera Kurtic, Lepa Mladjenovic, Slavica Stojanovic, Spomenka Kurtic Leposava Mitovic and Eufrazija Marina