“Romani music” summer school is a one-week course organized in the framework of the Khamoro Romani Festival (May 27 – 31, 2024), at the Faculty of Humanities, Charles University, Prague, and intended for international university students. In the morning lectures, the students will become acquainted with the main areas in which Roma participated in the creation of distinctive music styles with a primary focus on the music of the Roma in Central Europe. Besides, we will discuss the most important topics of the previous years: representation of Roma through music, Romani music and emotions, Romani music and collective memory, etc. Students will study not only with local and international ethnomusicologists specializing in Romani music (prof. Zuzana Jurková from Charles University, Prague, prof. Svanibor Pettan, University of Ljublanja), but also with organizers of the festival, and the Romani musicians themselves. Students will also take part in workshops with Khamoro festival participants, and attend evening festival concerts in the evenings. The course will be conducted in English.

Date: May 27 to 31, 2024; One-week course organized in the framework of the Khamoro Romani Festival, intended for university students. In the morning lectures, the students become acquainted with the main areas in which Roma participated in the creation of distinctive music styles and primarily with music of the Roma in Central Europe. The guest of this year´s course will be Prof. Svanibor Pettan, University of Ljulblanja, one of the founders of Romani music research. Moreover, the topics of music representation, and music in connections to social memory will be discussed within the context of music(s) of the Roma. Two workshops on music criticism will be held in the afternoons. In the evenings, students will attend festival concerts. Study materials are available on-line for students.