Dr. Carol Silverman is slated to deliver invited lectures at the Library of Congress, Brooklyn College, and New York University.  Details of the lectures can be found below.

Carol Silverman is Professor of Cultural Anthropology and Folklore at the University of Oregon. She has done research with Roma for over 25 years in the Balkans, Western Europe and the US. Her work explores the intersection of politics, music, human rights, gender, and state policy with a focus on issues of representation. She is also a professional performer and teacher of Balkan music, and works with the NGO Voice of Roma. Her book Romani Routes: Cultural Politics and Balkan Music in Diaspora (Oxford University Press, 2012) won the Merriam Book Prize from the Society for Ethnomusicology.

Global “Gypsy”:  Balkan Romani Music, Appropriation and Representation

Pickford Theater, 3rd Floor, James Madison Building, Library of Congress