Dr. Dezso Mate

Position

Romani Rose Research Fellow 2024

Contact

Forschungsstelle Antiziganismus/Research Centre on Antigypsyism
Hauptstr. 216
69117 Heidelberg

E-Mail: dezso.mate@uni-heidelberg.de

Current research project

The History of Gypsy Lore Society – from Gypsyloreism to Criminal Biology

The primary objective of this research is to provide a comprehensive examination of Gypsylorism and its significant influence on the field of social sciences, specifically through examining the development of the Gypsy Lore Society (GLS) from its beginnings in the early Romany Rye period of knowledge production until the end of World War II. This project examines historical records and scholarly works of Gypsylorists, emphasizing key figures such as Heinrich Moritz Gottlieb Grellmann, Robert Knox, or George Borrow. Beyond the analysis of individual scholarly contributions, this study also places significant emphasis on an in-depth analysis of the Journal of the Gypsy Lore Society from its debut in July 1888 (vol. 1, no. 1, under President Charles Godfrey Leland) to the issue of January – April 1946 (vol. 25, no. 1, under President Augustus John).

Areas of study

• Science of racism: Academic and historical antigypsyism.
• Memory studies and epistemic knowledge production: Recognition of Sinti and Roma Holocaust.
• Social resilience and resistance: Romani movements and post-colonialism.

Education

• 2015 – 2020: Ph.D., Sociology, Interdisciplinary Social Research, Eötvös Loránd University, Sociology Ph.D. Program at the Faculty of Social Sciences, Budapest Hungary, Dissertation: “Generational Changes of Roma Graduates: The Impact of Social Resilience” Final grade: Summa Cum Laude.
• 2010 – 2014: M.A., Media Studies – Film Theory and Romani Studies – Teacher University of Pécs, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences.
• 2011: M.A., Applied Social Sciences Studies – Erasmus Fontys University of Applied Sciences- Eindhoven, Netherlands.
• 2006 – 2009: B.A., Romani Studies – Communication and Media Studies University of Pécs, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences.

Additional (selected) trainings

• 2020: Human Rights Defender – Sinti and Roma Rights Monitoring Training, Contact Point for Roma and Sinti Issues OSCE.
• 2019 – 2020: Creative Writing and Critical Thinking Training – Central European University.
• 2018: Quantitative Research Data, SPSS Analysis Training – Hungarian Academy of Sciences.
• 2017: Research Methodologies, Training for Equality, Diversity and Internationalization – University of Sussex, Centre for Higher Education and Equity Research.
• 2015: Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Program – Hungarian National Police.
• 2014: Qualitative Research Data – ATLAS.ti, Analysis Training, University of Vienna, ECPR.
• 2014: Political Anthropology Methods – University of Vienna, ECPR.

Work Experiences

• 2021 – 2023: AiE Social Sciences Research Fellow in the Humanities, Kulturwissenschaftliches Institut Essen (KWI).
• 2020 – 2021: Social Sciences Researcher on Sinti and Roma Issues, Contact Point for Roma and Sinti Issues OSCE - Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights.
• 2020: Academic Course Developer / Summer School Coordinator, Central European University - Romani Studies Program.
• 2019 – 2020: Romani Studies Research Fellow, Central European University - Romani Studies Program.
• 2017 – 2020: Researcher, Program Advisor - Open Society Foundations.
• 2013 – 2018: Junior Research Fellow, Hungarian Academy of Sciences - Institute for Minority Studies.
• 2015 – 2017: Visiting Research Associate, University of Sussex - Centre for Higher Education and Equity Research.
• 2012 – 2016: Researcher - Project Coordinator, T- Tudok Centre for Knowledge Management and Educational Research.

Teaching, and Courses (selected)

• 2022: “Romani Movement and Rights” – Summer School
  European Roma Rights Centre – Brussels, Belgium
  Summer School, Council of Europe Youth Centre
• 2020: “From the “Gypsy” issues to Roma Emancipation” – University Seminar
  Central European University – Romani Studies Program
  Istvan Bibo Free University, 2020 (autumn semester)
• 2016 – 2017: “Social Psychology, Identities and Resilience” – University Seminar
  Eötvös Loránd University – ELTE, Budapest, Hungary
  Faculty of Social Sciences

Scholarships

• 2017: Hungarian National Excellence Scholarship
• 2005 – 2017: Roma Education Found Scholarship
• 2005 – 2014: Romaversitas Hungary Scholarship

Memberships

• European Roma Institute for Arts and Culture (ERIAC) – Berlin, Germany: Knowledge Production, Research and Publication Thematic Section Coordinator – Science 2022.

Publications (selected)

• Paradigms of History – Academic Antigypsyism, and Resistance, Kulturwissenschaftliche Institut – Institute for Advanced Study in the Humanities (KWI), blog, pp. 1–11, 2024.
• The Roma in Social Sciences – Lack of Recognition, Pro Minoritate Journal 26, no 2: New Themes and Approaches in the Research of Roma Communities, pp. 16–32, 2022.
• Roma Access to Adequate Housing, Kulturwissenschaftliche Institut – Institute for Advanced Study in the Humanities (KWI), blog, pp. 1–6, 2022.
• Roma LGBTI, Feminist Movement and Scholarship (editor, special issue), Critical Romani Studies 4, no. 1, pp. 1–133, 2022.
• Eleven Signature Pedagogies Related to the Fostering of Creativity and Critical Thinking, OECD, Fostering Students’ Creativity and Critical Thinking – What It Means in School,” pp. 77–79 and 217–2022, 2019, Authors: Máté Dezső, Fülöpné Kádár Judit, Kaderják Anita, Lannert Judit, Németh Szilvia.
• Generational Changes of the Romani Intellectuals’ Life Paths: The Effects of Social  Resilience, Marginal Position III. – Peremhelyzetben, University of Debrecen, pp. 49–70, 2018.
• Romani Generation’s Values, Belvedere Meridionale 30, no. 3, pp. 55–70, 2018.
• Resilient Romani Identity Constructions, Transylvanian Society 13, no. 1, Presa Universitara Clujeana, pp. 43–55, 2015.
• Faced with Multiple “Values,” ERRC Roma Rights Journal of The European Roma Rights Centre, Roma Rights 19, no 2: Nothing About Us Without Us? Roma Participation in Policy Making and Knowledge Production, pp. 95–100, 2015.

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