At the end of the 2024/2025 academic year, ten committed master's students successfully completed the Advanced Certificate in Romani Studies and earned their MA diplomas, and all ten theses are now freely accessible online via the CEU library database! The theses cover a wide range of topics, including health, education, participation and representation, and offer insights into Romani lives.
2024/2025 Graduating Cohort's Theses:
- Candela Herreros Andradez (Public Administration) : Unlocking Potential: Tackling Employment Barriers for Roma Women
- Fatos Kaytan (Public Administration): Gender (In)Equality in Roma Non-governmental Organizations in Turkey: Representation, Roles, and Challenges
- Tyler Stephens (Comparative History): In League with Nations: Biopolitical Development Targeting Central European Romani (1923-1934)
- Maria Aguilera Martin (Gender Studies): Intersectionality in education: Policies targeting Romani people in Catalonia
- Lucia Cagalova (Political Science) : COVID-19 Does Not Recognize Ethnicity, but Crisis Measures Do: Government Legitimization of Discriminatory Measures Applied to Roma Settlements in Slovakia
- Nora Gulyas (Human Rights) : Exploring Romani Participation: Role of Civil Society in Human Rights Mechanisms for An Inclusive Education in Hungary
- Donald Myrteli (International Relations): Informal economies as a site of contradiction: The case of Albanian Roma community in Greece
- Gentian Doci (Nationalism Studies): Albanians in Socialist Yugoslavia: Oral histories of experience and temporality
- Cory Dudka (Nationalism Studies): Positioning Place: Exploring the Intersection of Social Constructivism and Humanistic Geography in Identity Formation
- Edina Zelenyanszky (Nationalism Studies): Implications of Hungary's semi-peripheral labour shortage to overseas Filippino migrants
Since its launch, the Advanced Certificate Program in Romani studies has 29 alumni. While pursuing their MA or PhD studies at various MA or PhD programs at CEU, they all had a strong interest in furthering their knowledge in critical Romani studies.
Are you a current MA or PhD CEU student at CEU? Join us at our upcoming Welcome Reception event on September 18, and learn more about our program and the vibrant RSP community!
Welcome Reception: https://events.ceu.edu/2025-09-18/welcome-reception-romani-studies-program-and-information-session-advanced-certificate
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