Romani studies (occasionallyGypsiology) is aninterdisciplinaryethnic studies field concerned with the culture, history and political experiences of theRomani people. The discipline also focuses on the interactions between other peoples and Romas, and their mindset towards the Romas.[1]
Other terms for the academic field includeZiganology,[2]Ciganology,[3]Romology,[4]Romalogy,[5] andRomistics.[6]
Some of the notable scholars of Romani studies includesIan Hancock,[7] Colin Clark[8] and Lev Cherenkov[9] among others.
^Knejp, Jan (2010). "Postavení a vývoj romologie v České republice a její vliv na vytváření multikulturního prostředí" [The position and evolution of Romology in the Czech Republic and its influence on the creation of a multicultural environment]. In Nosková, Helena (ed.).Národnostní menšiny, multikulturalita, vzdělávání (in Czech). Ústav pro soudobé dějiny AV ČR. pp. 184–194.ISBN978-80-7285-129-4.
^Kalinin, Vladimir (2000)."Oh, This Russian Spirit Abides Everywhere: A Dialogue of the Imagination with Dr Donald Kenrick". In Kenrick, Donald; Acton, Thomas Alan (eds.).Scholarship and the Gypsy Struggle: Commitment in Romani Studies (A Collection of Papers and Poems to Celebrate Donald Kenrick's Seventieth Year) (illustrated ed.). Hertfordshire, UK:University of Hertfordshire Press. pp. 140–149.ISBN978-1902806013.LCCN2001320282.OCLC1114793004. p. 148:Roma played every role in Soviet society, from general to prisoner of conscience. As I wrote this paper, a telephone conversation with the notable Moscow Romani studies scholar, Lev Cherenkov (b. 1936), told me about a now retired Soviet Colonel, a Rom by the name of Alexei Danchenko (b. 1934).
