H ofstr a C ul tur a l C en ter and the
D epa r tment of R oma n ce L a ng ua g es a n d L i ter a tur es present
present
DEPARTMENT OF RELIGION AND JEWISH STUDIES and the HOFSTRA CULTURAL CENTER
A GLOBAL ROMA PEOPLES
From Marginalized to Mainstream: A People's Struggle for Recognition and Representation
Speaker:
CRISTINA GRIGORE is a research scholar, a writer and the founder of the Roma Peoples Project at Columbia University. EUROPEAN
Monday, October 21, 2024
2:40-4:45 p.m.
Leo A. Guthart Cultural Center Theater Axinn Library, First Floor South Campus
The program's mission is to bring the field of Roma Studies to the forefront of academic and public consciousness and research topics such as identity, stigma and bias, mobility and displacement. Her writing has been published by The New York Times and Newsweek, and is featured in Vogue,NPR, CNN, Al Jazeera America, PRI, and Voice of America, among other outlets. Cristiana was part of the National Gallery of Art’s advisory group for the 2022-2023 “Sargent and Spain” exhibition. Her recent efforts to change how Roma are represented in the arts include an ongoing dialogue with Princeton University Art Museum regarding a Manet painting and with the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Speaker: Cristina P ato, renowned arti s Si l kroad project, 2019-20 20 K Culture and Civilization, Ki ng New York U ni versi ty
Th u rsd ay, Feb r u ar y 20, 2020
2:20- 3: 45 p .m. (pres ented in E ng lis h)
Admission is FREE and open to the public. To RSVP, visit events.hofstra.edu. For more information, call the Hofstra Cultural Center at 516-463-5669 or visit hofstra.edu/culture.
Room 213 Monroe Lecture C enter, South Campus