Network of Academic Institutions on Romani Studies (NAIRS) at the Institute of Ethnology, SAS
The Institute of Ethnology of SAS, through its director Dr. Tatiana Podolinská, is one of the founding members of the Network of Academic Institutions on Romani Studies (NAIRS).
The network was established on 29 February 2016 in Stockholm, with representatives of the founding institutions present: the Department of Finnish, Finno-Ugrian and Scandinavian Studies at the University of Helsinki, Södertörn University, the Centre for Baltic and East European Studies (CBEES), Stockholm, the Minorities Studies Society Studii Romani in Sofia, Bulgaria, the Institute of Ethnology at the Czech Academy of Sciences, and the Institute of Ethnology, SAS, Bratislava.
The aim of this network is to strengthen cooperation between academic institutions focused on various aspects of Romani studies and to promote multidisciplinary research on Roma history, culture, religiosity, social position, languages, folklore, and other fields. Currently, the NAIRS network includes 27 academic workplaces across Europe devoted to Romani studies.
On Wednesday, 29 June 2016, a meeting of the founding members of this academic network took place in Bratislava, where joint activities were discussed (organizing lectures and seminars for doctoral students and students interested in Romani studies, exchange stays for teachers, researchers, and students, regular publishing of newsletters) along with opportunities to expand the network and collaborate with other institutions in Europe focused on Romani studies.
The Institute of Ethnology SAS in Bratislava, as one of the five founding NAIRS institutions, organized the first summer school for doctoral students in Romani studies in August 2016. The summer school was attended by 16 PhD students from Finland, Romania, Estonia, Ukraine, Serbia, the United Kingdom, Norway, Iceland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, and China, who focus their research on Romani topics and studies.
More about the summer school here:
https://uesa.sav.sk/podujatia/1-letna-skola-pre-phd-studentov-nairs/
