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Dr Adrian R. Marsh
Email: romanistudies@mac.com
Dr Marsh is based in Istanbul, Turkey where he has been working with the Romani and Gypsy communities of the region since 2002. He gained his PhD in Romani Studies from Greenwich University (London), his MA (South East European Studies) from SOAS/SSEES and completed his BA Hons (1st) in East European History at SSEES, London. He has also been a Gypsy/Traveller Education Support Teacher in London. He teaches courses on Romani history and culture, trans-national forced migration, refugee studies and human rights and children’s rights in Turkey, Sweden, the UK, Albania, Kosovo, Rumania, Cyprus and Egypt. He is a frequent and accredited expert for the European Commission, Council of Europe and the European Parliament and has published widely on the issues of Roma rights and Romani children’s rights, Romani history, language and cultures. He has also been a consultant for a number of major NGO’s (European Roma Rights Centre, Save the Children, Helsinki Citizens’ Assembly) and has produced many research reports in both capacities. He has also acted as an expert witness in a number of refugee cases involving Romani and Gypsy people from Turkey, the Balkans and Egypt seeking asylum in the UK. He is of English Romany-Traveller origins himself.
Dr Peter Sutton Allen
Email: pallen@ric.edu
Dr. Peter Sutton Allen lives and works in the Unites States and teaches Anthropology as at Rhode Island College. He has been a visiting professor at several Universities as well as a professional consultant for the production of films, novels, and documentaries, and Board member of several archeological anthropological association and research institutions. Between 1974 and 1989 he conducted extensive fieldwork in Cyprus. He is a member of the editorial board of The Cyprus Review a Journal of Social, Economic and Political Issues, published by the University of Nicosia.
Dr Adrian Florea
Email: Adrian.Florea@glasgow.ac.uk