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History Speaks: Do We Listen? Porrajmos and the Resurgence of Anti-"Gypsy" Extremism
Date: Friday, December 7, 2012
Time: 11:00 am - 9:30 pm
Event type: Conferences & Lectures
Sponsored by: Kleinmann Family Foundation and Concordia University
In light of the many recent and disturbing events involving Romani ("Gypsy") communities worldwide, this public education symposium -open to the university community and general public at no charge- aims to encourage historical reflection on the Porrajmos (Romani Holocaust) and discussion on the extremist rhetoric and systematic misrepresentation and stereotyping which lead to violence and hate crimes. Speakers will also demonstrate the influence of arts and education in their capacity to bear testimony to the past while enlightening the present and providing hope for the future. The symposium will screen the film A People Uncounted, and encourage an open dialogue on intolerance, discrimination, prejudice, violence, persecution and genocide. Organized by the Kleinmann Family Foundation in Cooperation with Concordia University (Département d'études françaises, Department of Communication Studies, Vice-President Research & Graduate Studies). Contact: Naomi Kramer, advancingmemory@gmail.com / 514-825-1632
Program for the day:
THE KLEINMANN FAMILY FOUNDATION IN COOPERATION WITH CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY
DECEMBER 7, 2012
History Speaks: Do We Listen? Porrajmos, and the Resurgence of Anti-“Gypsy” Extremism
11:00 Symposium Launch
Goethe-Institut Montreal, 1626, Boulevard Saint Laurent, Suite 100, Montreal, Quebec, Canada H2X 2T1
Opening Remarks
Walter Leuchs, German Consul General, Montreal
Tyrone Benskin, MP Jeanne-Le Ber, New Democratic Party
Yehudi Lindeman, Professor Emeritus, McGill University
Philippe Caignon, Chair, Département d’études françaises, Concordia University
MARGINAL: Digital Exhibit, Photographs of Romanian Roma Communities, David Ward
Reception
1:30 Symposium Program
Concordia University, 1450 Guy St., Room, MB 2.130, Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3G 2W1
Opening Remarks
Debbie Folaron, Moderator
Romani Porrajmos: A Historical Context
In Memory of Gabrielle Tyrnauer−Interviewing Romani Survivors
The Rise of Anti-Roma Extremism Today
Ronald Lee and Gina Csanyi-Robah
3:45 - 4:00 Break
Arts and Activism: Combatting Prejudice
Lynn Hutchinson Lee, Hedina Tahirović Sijerčić, Sarah Barbieux
4:45 - 5:45 Discussion
7:00 Film Screening, A People Uncounted
Discussion led by director, Aaron Yeger
Concluding Remarks
Debbie Folaron
SPONSORS and SUPPORT
Kleinmann Family Foundation
Concordia University:
Département d’études françaises
Department of Communication Studies
Vice-President Research & Graduate Studies (VPRGS)
Goethe-Institut Montreal
