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
- RomMig Events – Keeping the Conversation Going
RomMig held its first workshop at the University of Bielefeld on 6-7 March, under the title Transnational Migration in Romani History: Agency, Media, and Policing. In spite of the snowy weather, we were able to […] - Call for Papers
Crossings: Non-Privileged Migration and Mobility Control in the Age of Global Empires (c. 1850-1914). Conference to be held at the German Historical Institute London, April 25-26, 2024 The time period between 1850 and […] - Congratulations to Mario Franz!
On 24 March, the Hamburg Sinti-Verein zur Förderung von Kindern und Jugendlichen held its second annual Ehrentag für Bürgerrechtler aus der Sinti- und Roma-Community in the Maria-Magdalena-Kirche in Achtern Born (Hamburg). The purpose of the Ehrentag is to celebrate those […] - “…sang English songs and danced the cakewalk…”
Eve Rosenhaft discusses emerging research on performances staged by Romani visitors to Britain at the turn of the 20th Century “…sang English songs and danced the cakewalk…” This verbal snapshot of Romani girls and […] - German Press Reports on the Return of the 1904-5 and 1906 Groups to Germany
In this Post, Felix Brahm explores further the project’s case study historical migration by discussing the media coverage of the return journey and arrival in Germany from Britain In February 1905 and November 1906 […]
