CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2018
| Author | Jutelyte, Aureja |
|---|---|
| Title | Transnational Patterns of Roma Genocide Commemoration in the EU |
| Summary | The research seeks to analyse the EU practices of the Roma genocide commemoration with special focus on its role in the establishment of the Roma Holocaust Memorial Day. It asks how and why the EU promotes the development of Roma genocide discourse on the transnational level. To better understand the nature of and motivation behind the EU’s involvement in creation of the Roma genocide narrative, the concept of memory entrepreneurs is incorporated into this research. The EU initiates certain memorial activities and provides a specific justification for the need to commemorate the Roma genocide. The analysis of the documents and official statements of the main EU institutions participating in the commemorative practices related to the Roma genocide has revealed that the EU performs symbolic work connected to a broader political agenda of minority integration. In the context of memory entrepreneurship, memory functions as a tool for the EU to solve its Roma minority-related issues. Therefore, by promoting the commemoration of the Roma genocide on the transnational level, the European Union employs it to promote the Roma integration into the European societies. |
| Supervisor | Fetzer, Thomas |
| Department | International Relations MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2018/jutelyte_aureja.pdf |
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