Eszter György

Eszter György is a researcher in the Department of Interdisciplinary History at the Atelier, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest. After completing a master's degree at EHESS in Paris, she obtained her doctorate at Eötvös Loránd University, where she wrote her thesis on the construction of Roma identity in Budapest after the change of regime. Since 2012, she has been involved in European Union projects (TEMA Erasmus Mundus, REACH and UNCHARTED Horizon 2020) as a staff member of the Atelier department, conducting research on the conservation and participatory practices of Roma heritage in Hungary, and teaching as part of the department's doctoral program, the TEMA and TEMA+ international master's programs, and the master's program in cultural heritage. Her research focuses on recent Roma cultural heritage and the history of Roma cultural self-organization and institutionalization.

The project

Title: Contributions to courses already offered by Université de Paris 8 (Institut d'Études Européennes) on the issues of Roma heritage and culture in Hungary, and the cultural institutions and environments of a minority heritage.

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Hosting institution: Institut d’études européennes, Université Paris 8

Selective Bibliography

• Authenticity and Hybridity in Roma Folk Music of Hungary in Ádám Ignácz (ed): Translations, adaptations and intertextuality in Hungarian popular music, Bern, Switzerland, Peter Lang, 2023
• “Not just to go to the beach” - The history of the Gipsy camps in Balatonszemes (1987-2002), The Large Glass. Journal of contemporary art, culture and theory Special Issue: Romani (In)visibility: No.33/34m 2022 pp. 37-43., 2022
• RE‐designing Access to Cultural Heritage for a wider participation in preservation, re‐use and management of European Culture: The best examples of V4 heritage management projects (co-authored by Gábor Oláh) in Michał, Wiśniewski; Marek, Świdrak (eds): Cultural Heritage Management and Protection in V4 Countries, Report Krakow, Poland, International Cultural Centre, pp. 72-73., 2021
• From the dining hall to the Budapest History Museum: Contemporary Roma Art and Cultural Heritage, trapped in community space?, ERIAC, RomaMoma Blog, 2021,     https://eriac.org/from-the-dining-hall-to-the-budapest-history-museum-contemporary-roma-art-and-cultural-heritage-trapped-in-community-space/
• An attempt to create minority heritage: The history of the Rom Som club (Rom Som cigányklub) (1972–1980), Romani Studies 5, Vol. 29, No. 2, pp. 205-232., 2019
• The creation of resilient Roma cultural heritage. The case study of a bottom-up initiative from North-Eastern Hungary, (co-authored by Gábor Oláh), socio.hu, Special issue in English No.6., Cultural heritage and social cohesion, pp.37-50., 2018