During the book event, Lucie will talk about some of the lived experiences of LGBTIQ Roma discussed in her book "Queer Roma” (Routledge, 2021). She will flesh out ways in which the lived experiences of queer Roma and their theorisation through the lens of queer intersectionalities challenge persisting one-dimensional, homogenising, often negative stereotypes and essentialising accounts of Roma and Romani identity.

Dr Lucie Fremlova is an independent researcher who has worked at the interface between academia, social movements and policy. Her close-up, transdisciplinary, innovative research focuses on ethnic, ‘racial’, sexual and gender identities, particularly in relation to the lived experiences of queer Roma. Her book “Queer Roma” has recently come out (Routledge 2021) and her article ‘LGBTIQ Roma and queer intersectionalities: the lived experiences of LGBTIQ Roma’, published by the European Journal of Politics and Gender in 2019, won the EJPG 2021 Best Article Award and the Council for European Studies Gender and Sexuality Research Network 2019 Best Article Award. Her article ‘Non-Romani researcher positionality and reflexivity: queer(y)ing one’s privilege’ was the most-read article published in 2019 in volume 1, number 2 of the Critical Romani Studies Journal.

This is an online event to be delivered via Microsoft Teams. The link to access the event can be found on your e-ticket.