Annual Meeting

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           The Gypsy Lore Society Annual Meeting and Conference on Gypsy Studies

Gypsy Lore Society meetings are held on an annual basis and are rotated among different US cities and other countries. Meetings typically include presentations of recent research, discussion sessions, exhibits and films. Gypsy Lore Society members receive discounts on meeting registration fees.

Recent conferences have been held at

• Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA (2003)

• Belgrade, Serbia (2022)

• Bratislava, Slovakia (2014)

• Bucharest, Romania (2018)

• Budapest, Hungary (2002)

• Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic (2021)

• Academy of Sciences of Moldova, Chișinău, Moldova (2015)

• Florence, Italy (1999)

• Glasgow, Scotland (2013)

• Universidad de Granada, Spain (2005)

• Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal (2010)

• Graz, Austria (2011)

• Istanbul, Turkey (2012)

• University of Helsinki, Finland (2009)

• University of Manchester, England (2007)

• Newcastle upon Tyne, England (2004)

• University of Cyprus, Nicosia (2017)

• University of Iceland, Reykjavik (2019)

• São Paulo, Brazil (2023)

• Södertörn University, Stockholm, Sweden (2016)

• Sofia, Bulgaria (2024)

• Tucson, Arizona, USA (2006)

• Washington, DC, USA (2000, 2008)

Complete list of Annual Meetings and Conferences

2026 Annual Meeting of the Gypsy Lore Society and Conference on Romani Studies

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Call for Papers GLS 2026

2026 Annual Meeting of the Gypsy Lore Society and Conference on Romani Studies, 2-5 September, 2026, Zagreb

Gypsy Lore Society conferences are among the most significant annual scholarly events devoted to Romani Studies worldwide. Each year the event takes place in a different country, and is organised by the Gypsy Lore Society in cooperation with local academic institutions.

General Information

The 2026 Annual Meeting of the Gypsy Lore Society and Conference on Romani Studies is scheduled for September 2nd -5th and will be held in Zagreb, Croatia. The conference is organized on behalf of the Gypsy Lore Society by the Institute of Social Sciences Ivo Pilar (Zagreb) with co-organizers: Faculty of Philosophy, University of Zagreb (Zagreb) and Institute for Migration (Zagreb). 

Conference Academic Committee

Tatiana Zachar Podolinská (Institute of Ethnology and Social Anthropology SAS, Slovakia)

PhD Željko Holjevac (Director; Institute of Social Science Ivo Pilar, Zagreb)

PhD Domagoj Tončinić (Dean; University of Zagreb, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences Zagreb) 

PhD Marina Perić Kaselj (Director; Institute for Migration, Zagreb)

Elena Marushiakova (Institute of Ethnology and Social Anthropology SAS, Slovakia)

Venue of the conference, fee and schedule

The conference will feature paper presentations and topic-focused panels. The panels can be pre-arranged or open panels. The organizers aim to limit scheduling parallel sessions to maximize participant attendance and engagement.

Conference fee:

€170 for GLS members 

€270 general 

The Registration Fee Includes:

1. access to all conference events and cultural programs organized in the premises of the conference venue.

2. tea/coffee breaks for the full three days

3. conference material (bag, stationary, printed program booklet, etc.)

4. one-year membership for new attendees (who have never attended GLS conferences before).

The conference will begin on the morning of Wednesday, September 2, 2026, and close on Saturday, September 5.

The working hours for the conference are from 9h30 to 12h30 and from 14h to 18h. The total time for presentation of a paper is expected to be 30 minutes: 20 minutes for the paper and 10 minutes for discussion. The presentation languages are English, Croatian and Romani.

The sessions and panels of the conference take place:

Institute of Social Sciences Ivo Pilar (Marulićev trg 19/1, 10000 Zagreb)

Faculty of Philosophy, University of Zagreb (Ulica Ivana Lučića 3, 10000 Zagreb) 

Institute for Migration (Trg Stjepana Radića 3, 10000 Zagreb).

Deadlines

Deadline for submission of open panel proposals: 15 March 2026

Deadline for submission of papers and pre-arranged panel proposals: 15 April 2026

Deadline for the confirmation of contributions accepted for 2026 GLS Conference: 15 May 2026

An assessment committee of international scholars from the Conference Academic Committee, headed by the President of the GLS, Tatiana Zachar Podolinská, will make the final selection of papers to be presented and possible panels.

Please send your abstracts and possible proposals for panels to glsconferencezagreb2026@gmail.com 

Conference Organizing Committee

PhD Danijel Vojak (Institute of Social Science Ivo Pilar, Zagreb)

PhD Ivan Andrijanić (University of Zagreb, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Zagreb)

PhD Petar Radosavljević (University of Zagreb, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Zagreb)

PhD Filip Škiljan (Institute for Migration, Zagreb)

Magdalena Slavkova (Institute of Ethnology and Folklore Studies with Ethnographic Museum, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences)

Julieta Rotaru (ILARA-EPHE-PSL, Paris and ICCR senior scholar, Pune, India).