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Romani Music, Culture, and Human Rights in Central and Eastern Europe

6 credits
Open to all qualified undergraduates enrolled in a U.S. university.

 

Roma, Gypsy, Ukraine, Uganda, Eastern Europe, Balkan, Carpathian, Africa, Soviet Union, Russia, music, ethnomusicology, hip-hop, post-socialist, music industries, poverty, piracy, migration, race, blackness, whiteness, class, cultural policy, UNESCO, Gogol Bordello, development aid, George Soros, NGOs, advocacy, cultural rights, Romani rights, Transcarpathia, Kharkiv, Orange Revolution, Kyiv, Kiev, cyberpolitics, cybermusicality, Ivana KupalaDr. Adriana Helbig, Assistant Professor of Music, University of Pittsburgh, and Dr. Zuzana Jurkova, Assistant Professor and Head of the Ethnomusicology program at Faculty of Humanities at Charles University, Prague have organized a study abroad program focusing on Romani music in Central and Eastern Europe. It is the first study abroad program of its kind to focus solely on Romani music and culture and to offer students hands-on opportunities to interact with, document, and interview Romani musicians, activists, and community members. Students will experience Romani culture on stage, as part of the Khamoro World Roma Festival in Prague, as well as in everyday contexts through visits to Romani settlements in neighboring countries. Meetings with scholars, musicians, and public figures will offer insights to enhance student understanding of Roma-related issues in the European Union and its borders. This program is offered every other year through the University of Pittsburgh Study Abroad Office.
Application deadline is January 20, 2012. Click here for more information and application.

 

May/June 2016 – Stay tuned for details

 

May/June 2014 – Czech Republic, Hungary

 

May/June 2012 – Czech Republic, Poland, and Slovakia
 

 

 

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