16 May Thursday
12:00-12:30 Registration
12:30-12:45 Welcome
Welcome by Eva Fodor (Pro-Rector for Teaching and Learning, Former Academic Director, Roma Access Program, CEU) and Angela Kocze (Chair of Romani Studies and Academic Director, Roma Graduate Preparation Program, CEU)
12:45-13:30 Keynote Address
Judit Durst (Senior Researcher, Centre for Social Sciences, Hungarian Academy of Sciences and Research Fellow, University College London): False Promises and the Racial Glass Ceiling: Can educational support programs challenge the reproduction of inequality in Higher Education?
13:30-13:45 Coffee break
13:45-15:15 Roundtable Discussion 1: The Rationale, Significance, and Challenges of Access Programs
Participants: Angela Kocze (Chair of Romani Studies and Academic Director, Roma Graduate Preparation Program, CEU)
Prem Kumar Rajaram (Professor of Sociology and Social Anthropology and former Academic Director, Roma Graduate Preparation Program, CEU)
Michael Kozakowski (Director, Yehuda Elkana Center for Teaching, Learning, and Higher Education Research, CEU)
Margareta Matache (Director, Roma Program, FXB Center for Health and Human Rights, Harvard University)
Jan Selling (Head of Department, Critical Romani Studies, Sodertorn University)
David Ridout (Director, Center for Academic Writing; former English Director, Roma Access Program and Roma Graduate Preparation Program; and former Director, Roma English Language Program, CEU)
Moderator: Viktoria Vajnai (Academic Advisor, Roma Graduate Preparation Program, CEU)
15:15-15:45 Coffee break
15:45-17:15 Panel 1: The Opportunities and Limitations of Educational Support Programs
Chair: Marton Rovid (Visiting Professor, Romani Studies Program and Tutor, RGPP, CEU)
Papers: Ismael Cortés (Universitat Jaume I, Castello): Higher Education for Roma and Epistemic Activism. A pathway to contemporary political praxis
Julianna Boros (University of Pecs) - Judit Durst (Centre for Social Sciences, Hungarian Academy of Sciences; University College London) – Zsanna Nyiro (Centre for Social Sciences, Hungarian Academy of Sciences) – Abel Beremenyi (University of Barcelona): Accumulating Roma Cultural Capital: The role of educational support programs in facilitating social mobility among first-in-family Roma graduates in Hungary
Jethro Shirley-Smith (University of East Anglia): Reach Harder for Higher Educational Access Programs for Gypsy, Roma and Traveller People
Judit Veres (CEU): Claiming Knowledge as Part of the Scholarly Dialogue
Discussant: Violetta Zentai (Senior Research Fellow, Democracy Institute, CEU)
15:30-17:00 Parallel event of the Center for Teaching, Learning, and Higher Education (room D002)
Student and the University: Identity, agency and action
Keynote by Rille Raaper (Associate Professor in Sociology of Higher Education, Durham University)
Comments by Martin Unger (Head of Research Group, Institute of Advanced Studies Vienna)
17:15-17:30 Coffee break
17:30-18:30 Roundtable Discussion 2: The Professional and Personal Impacts of the Roma Graduate Preparation Program
Participants: Ismael Cortes (Associate Professor, Universitat Jaume I, Castello, Spain)
Anna Daroczi (Voluntary Service Coordinator, Phiren Amenca, Hungary)
Mikulas Lakatos (Chief State Counsellor, Office of the Plenipotentionary of the Government of the Slovak Republic for Roma Communities, Slovakia)
Fridon Lala (Member of Parliament, Kosovo)
Sunita Memetovic (Lawyer, Sweden)
Moderator: Pusa Nastase (Senior Program Manager, Yehuda Elkana Center for Higher Education and former Tutor, RGPP, CEU)
18:30-19.30 Hybrid Alumni Gathering of the Roma Access Program/Roma Graduate Preparation Program (only for alumni)
Organizers: Miljana Cabrilovski (Quality and Development Assistant, Boffetti Balcan), (Serbia)
Dimitar Dimitrov (MA, Global Tourism, University of Economics, Varna) (Bulgaria)
Maria Dumitru (PhD Candidate, MF Norwegian School of Theology, Religion, and Society), (Romania)
Djuli Ramadani (Trainee, European Union Fundamental Rights Agency), (Serbia)
Fernando Ruiz Molina (PhD Candidate, School of Society and Culture, University of Plymouth), (Spain)
Kenan Tair (Communication Officer, Institute for Research and Policy Analysis, Romalitico) (Macedonia)
Moderator: Katalin Nemeth (Alumni Outreach, RGPP, CEU)
19:30-21:00 Light dinner and opening of poster exhibition 20 Years of CEU’s Roma Access Programs
Opening Remarks: Angela Kocze (RGPP, CEU), Viktoria Vajnai (RGPP, CEU)
Location: QS51, Glass Hall
17 May Friday
9:30-11:00 Panel 2: Access to Higher Education and Anti-Roma Racism
Chair: Rufat Demirov (PhD Candidate, DSPS, CEU)
Papers: Justyna Matkowska (University at Albany, State University of New York) – Simona Torotcoi (CEU): Antigypsyism and Roma Participation in Higher Education in Poland and Macedonia
Martina Drobenova (Bulgarian Academy of Science) – Ognyan Isaev (Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridksi): Beyond Tuition: Addressing structural barriers for Roma students in Higher Education
Sylva Reznikova (Czech University of Life Sciences Ara Art): Marginalization of Roma University Students Through Discursive Practices in Czechia
Natascha Hofmann (University of Freiburg): Differentiating Markers in Educational Biographies of Sinti:zze and Rom:nja and the Power of Self-positioning of Sinti:zze and Rom:nja.
Discussant: Sanjay Kumar (Co-Director, University Access and Preparatory Programs, CEU)
11:00-11:30 Coffee break
11:30-13:00 Panel 3: Educational Empowerment and Legal Dilemmas
Chair: Simona Torotcoi (Research Fellow, German Marshall Fund and Tutor, RGPP, CEU)
Papers: Milena Parland (Abo Academy University, Finland): Countering Exclusion Inside Egalitarian Schools Creatively
Zsuzsa Plainer (Romanian Institute for Researching National Minorities): University Places for Roma and the Romani Language Teacher Program in Romania. Acquisition of credentials or sources of educational and social mobility?
Sina Van de Bogaert (European Commission): Ethnic Quota in Higher Education: Positive action tackling structural discrimination or unjustified differential treatment?
Nick van Faals (KU Leuven): From ‘Equality of Opportunity’ Towards ‘Equality of Results’: A progressive shift of European Court of Human Rights case law about Roma school segregation
Discussant: Agnes Kende (Research Fellow, Democracy Institute, CEU)
13:00-14:00 Lunch break
14:00-15:30 Roundtable Discussion 3: The Pedagogy of Access to Higher Education
Participants: Petra Bakos (Tutor, RGPP, CEU)
Andreea Nicutar (Tutor, RGPP, CEU)
Lucija Balikic (Tutor, RGPP, CEU)
Simona Torotcoi (Tutor, RGPP, CEU)
Judit Veres (Tutor, RGPP, CEU)
Moderator: Angela Kocze (CEU)
15:30-15:45 Closing Remarks
Margareta Matache (Director, Roma Program, FXB Center for Health and Human Rights, Harvard University)
All times are Central European Time