Traditional music and poetry for International Roma Day celebrations
Thursday, 3 April, 2025
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We were delighted to welcome Marie Bowers, a Roma Physiologist from the University of Glasgow as our keynote speaker to celebrate International Roma Day. Marie presented on the outreach project 'Science Travels, ' which aims to raise Gypsy, Roma, and Traveller engagement with STEMM that she has developed and leads.
On the day, we got our first glance at UCD student Monika Paskowska’s Polish Roma Cookbook.
We also heard from Vanessa Paskowska from Pavee Point Traveller and Roma Centre, who highlighted Roma history and in particular the Romani Holocaust which was the genocide of European Roma and Sinti people during World War II and provided insight into the context in Ireland today for the Roma community.
Finally, we got to learn and enjoy parts of the Roma culture and heritage through, poetry by Alina Kostenko, art and music.
This event was supported by PATH 5 funding and is a collaborative project supported by UCD Access & Lifelong Learning Centre, Trinity Access Programmes, and RCSI