RomMig is a three year AHRC-DFG funded project investigating and making visible a series of historical Romani migrations between the UK and Germany (1880s-1910)
Latest posts from our blog
- Memories and hallucinations: the perils of AI in [family] history research
In this post, RomMig PI Eve Rosenhaft discusses the use of AI, the filling of data gaps, and the real-world implications of hallucinations One thing we’ve hoped for in the course of our research… Read more: Memories and hallucinations: the perils of AI in [family] history research - RomMig Media Mapping Article Published in European History Quarterly
A paper from RomMig Co-Investigator Tamara West has been published in the Journal European History Quarterly. Available online and open access here the paper is titled ‘Disruptive Journeys: Multi-Sited Archives of ‘Invasion’ and the… Read more: RomMig Media Mapping Article Published in European History Quarterly - Showing Our Workings 2: Community Workshops in Germany and the UK
The Liverpool mapping workshop was held at the University of Liverpool on 7 October. The participants included representatives of local government, Friends, Families and Travellers (the national organisation of British Gypsies, Roma and Travellers),… Read more: Showing Our Workings 2: Community Workshops in Germany and the UK - Showing our Workings 1: Community Workshops in Germany and the UK
Under the title Old Routes – New Insights the first of two RomMig workshops took place in Germany on 7 September. Members of the Münster and Liverpool teams were hosted by our partners, the Lower… Read more: Showing our Workings 1: Community Workshops in Germany and the UK - Reflections on working with Polish archives
In November 2024, Josephine Lena Winterwerb, a Master’s student from the University of Münster, joined the RomMig Project as a student assistant, working with archival materials from the Polish State Archives. In this invited… Read more: Reflections on working with Polish archives
