About the Journal

Critical Romani Studies is an international, interdisciplinary, double blind peer-reviewed journal providing a forum for activist-scholars to critically examine racial oppressions, different forms of exclusion, inequalities, and human rights abuses of Roma. Without compromising academic standards of evidence collection and analysis, the Journal seeks to create a platform to critically engage with academic knowledge production, and generate critical academic and policy knowledge targeting—amongst others—scholars, activists, and policymakers.
Scholarly expertise is a tool, rather than the end, for critical analysis of social phenomena affecting Roma, contributing to the fight for social justice. The Journal especially welcomes the cross-fertilization of Romani studies with the fields of critical race studies, gender and sexuality studies, critical policy studies, diaspora studies, colonial studies, postcolonial studies, and studies of decolonization.
The Journal actively solicits papers from critically-minded young Romani scholars who have historically experienced significant barriers in engaging with academic knowledge production. The Journal considers only previously unpublished manuscripts which present original, high-quality research. The Journal is committed to the principle of open access, so articles are available free of charge. All published articles undergo rigorous peer review, based on initial editorial screening and refereeing by at least two anonymous scholars. The Journal provides a modest but fair remuneration for authors, editors, and reviewers.
Current Issue
Full Issue
Articles
The Roma and the Question of Ethnic Origin in Romania during the Holocaust
Page 8-32
Do French ‘Nomads’ Have a War History? A Review of Seventy-five Years of Historiography
Page 34-54
Fatal Coincidence: On the Root Causes of the Roma Holocaust
Page 56-74
Representing/Roma/Holocaust: Exhibition Experiences in Europe and East Asia
Page 76-98
Between Antigypsyism and Human Rights Education: A Critical Discourse Analysis of the Representations of the Roma Holocaust in European Textbooks
Page 100-120
Romani Students’ Responses to Antigypsyist Schooling in a Segregated School in Romania
Page 122-140
Roma, Gypsies, and Travellers As a Community of Difference: Challenging Inclusivity As an Anti-racist Approach
Page 142-162
Book reviews
Eliyana R. Adler and Katerina Capková, eds. 2020. Jewish and Romani Families in the Holocaust and Its Aftermath. Newark: Rutgers University Press.
Page 164-171
Natalia Molina, Ramon Gutiérrez, and Daniel HoSang, eds. 2019. Relational Formations of Race: Theory, Method, and Practice. Berkeley: University of California Press.
Page 172-176
Arts and culture
Futures Past Means Tajsa: Review of an Artwork by Krzysztof Gil
Page 178-182