Romani studies

"You could also do a lot worse than buying the entire back catalogue of the University of Hertfordshire Press, a tiny but valiant publishing house which is the main source of Romani Studies in this country. They publish works by many of the acknowledged world experts: Ian Hancock, Thomas Acton and Donald Kenrick among them and a fascinating array of books by Roma people themselves"

Louise Doughty, Independent on Sunday

Books to explore

  • All Change!

    Editor: Damian Le Bas , Thomas Acton

    Format: Ebook

    With its broad survey of international Gypsy politics and culture, this collection brings together the leading Romani scholars of the day in wide-ranging and engaging scholarship.

  • Big Louie and Me

    Author: George Locke

    Format: Ebook

    George Locke's warm-hearted memoir of life in a very close-knit Gypsy community in the Black Country.

  • Danger! Educated Gypsy

    Author: Ian Hancock

    Format: Ebook

    This timely collection of Ian Hancock's selected writings is an attempt to introduce this dangerously educated and educating man through the medium of his work. Within its covers you will find some personal stories and much persuasive scholarship, heartfelt criticisms and sincere advice.

  • Gypsies and Flamenco

    Author: Bernard Leblon

    Format: Paperback

    This expanded and updated edition, heavily illustrated, traces the development of Gypsy music during the long migration of professional Gypsy musicians from India to Spain and their role in the development of flamenco music.

    Price:
    £9.99 (free postage)

  • In the Shadow of the Swastika

    Editor: Donald Kenrick

    Format: Paperback

    Volume 2 of The Gypsies during the Second World War

    Price:
    £12.45 (free postage)

  • Insiders, Outsiders and Others

    Author: Kalwant Bhopal , Martin Myers

    Format: Ebook

    Kalwant Bhopal and Martin Myers look at the often harsh realities faced by Gypsy communities in Britain and shed light on the continuing failure to allow Gypsies to be truthfully represented.

  • Learn Romani

    Author: Ronald Lee

    Format: Paperback

    This course of Romani language lessons is aimed at non-Romanis who want to learn Romani, and also at Romani people who wish to re-learn their ancestral language in its modern form.

  • Our Forgotten Years

    Author: Maggie Smith-Bendell

    Format: Paperback

    As well as telling the story of her family's ups and downs in the course of their yearly journeys to the pea-fields of Somerset and the hop-gardens of Herefordshire, Maggie recounts her own journey to become a prominent campaigner for Gypsy rights.

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  • Shared Sorrows

    Author: Toby Sonneman

    Format: Ebook

    A Gypsy family remembers the Holocaust

  • Smoke in the Lanes

    Author: Dominic Reeve

    Format: Paperback

    “The real deal ... a fascinating, unflinching portrait of the rich diversity of characters and traditions of the Romani life at a time when it was threatened as never before” Choice Magazine

    Price:
    £9.99 (free postage)

  • Stopping Places

    Author: Simon Evans

    Format: Paperback

    Including many photographs from the period, this book gives vivid first-hand accounts of the traditional life of Gypsies from the South-East of England.

    Price:
    £14.99 (free postage)

  • The Final Chapter

    Editor: Donald Kenrick

    Format: Paperback

    Volume 3 of The Gypsies during the Second World War

    Price:
    £14.99 (free postage)

  • The Roads of the Roma

    Editor: Ian Hancock , Siobhan Dowd , Rajko Djuric

    Format: Paperback

    A PEN anthology of Gypsy writers

    Price:
    £12.99 (free postage)

  • The Roma Struggle for Compensation in Post-War Germany

    Author: Julia von dem Knesebeck

    Format: Ebook

    Drawing on a substantial body of previously unseen sources, this book examines the history of the struggle of Roma for recognition as racially persecuted victims of National Socialism in post-war Germany.

  • We are the Romani People

    Author: Ian Hancock

    Format: Paperback

    This highly readable introduction to Roma life, written by a Gypsy, considers culture, language, politics, society, health, and food to provide an insightful portrait of this fascinating minority.

    Price:
    £9.99 (free postage)