* **EasyHotel Paris Nord Aubervilliers** is located near the campus.
(https://www.easyhotel.com/fr/hotels/france/paris/paris-nord-aubervilliers)

Address: 35 Rue des Gardinoux, 93300 Aubervilliers

* **Ibis Budget Paris Aubervilliers** is quite affordable.
(https://all.accor.com/ssr/app/ibis/rates/3491/index.fr.shtml)

Address: 53-61, rue de la Commune de Paris 93300 Aubervilliers

* The Campus lies just south of the **Stade de France**. **Ibis hotel Saint-Denis Stade Sud** is approximately 2.5 kilometers north of the conference venue.
(https://all.accor.com/hotel/2792/index.fr.shtml)

Address: Rue de la Cokerie, Av Francis de Pressencé 93210 La Plaine Saint Denis

* The budget **Hotel F1 Stade de France** is located immediately next to Ibis.
(https://all.accor.com/hotel/3072/index.fr.shtml)

Address: Rue de la Cokerie, Av Francis de Pressencé 93210 La Plaine Saint Denis

* To the east of Campus, also about 2.5 km away, you'll find **Ibis Styles Hotel Paris Saint Denis La Plaine**.
(https://all.accor.com/hotel/8538/index.fr.shtml)

Address: 212 avenue du President Wilson, 93210 La Plaine Saint Denis

* Some hotels in Paris, near Aubervilliers: **Remix Hotel** (https://www.remix-hotel.com/)

Address: 28 ter, avenue Corentin Cariou 75019 Paris

* **Ibis Paris la Villette Cité des Sciences**
(https://all.accor.com/hotel/1401/index.fr.shtml)

Address: 31-35, quai de l'Oise 75019 Paris

* **Hotel Mercure Paris La Villette**
(https://all.accor.com/hotel/8816/index.fr.shtml#origin=mercure)

Address: 216 Avenue Jean Jaures 75019 Paris

* **Campanile Prime - Paris La Villette** https://prime-paris-la-villette.campanile.com/fr-fr/

Address: 147/151 Avenue De Flandre 75019 Paris

* **Hotel Holiday Inn Express Paris Canal de la Villette**
(https://www.ihg.com/holidayinnexpress/hotels/fr/fr/paris/parlv/hoteldetail)

Address: 68 Quai De La Seine Paris, 75019 France

* Some hotels in Pantin, near Aubervilliers: **Hotel Mercure Paris Porte de Pantin**
(https://all.accor.com/hotel/2799/index.en.shtml)

Address: 22 Avenue Jean Lolive 93500 Pantin

* **Hotel Campanile Paris Est - Pantin** (https://paris-est-pantin.campanile.com/fr-fr/)

Address: 62-64, Avenue Jean-Lolive 93500 Pantin

* **Apartment Hotel: Aparthotel Adagio Access Paris la Villette** (https://www.adagio-city.com/fr/hotel-8368-aparthotel-adagio-access-paris-la-villette/index.shtml)

Address: 28 bis avenue Corentin Cariou 75019 Paris
* Youth hostels in Paris, near Aubervilliers: **Generator Paris 9-13**
  (https://staygenerator.com/hostels/paris)

Address: 9-11 Place du Colonel Fabien 75010 Paris

* **St Christopher's Inn Paris – Canal** (https://www.st-christophers.co.uk/paris/canal-hostel/)

Address: 159 rue de Crimée 75019 Paris

* **St Christopher's Inn Paris Gare du Nord** (https://www.st-christophers.co.uk/paris/gare-du-nord-hostel/)

Address: 5 rue de Dunkerque 75010 Paris

## Médiathèque Matéo Maximoff

A resource centre was created in 1949 by the **Association des Études Tsiganes** (Association for Gypsy Studies) with the aim of gathering and disseminating information on the world of Roma, Manouche, Gitans and Travelers. In 1990, the resource centre evolved into a **Médiathèque** (media library), that has been managed and run by the **Fédération Nationale des Associations Solidaires d'Action avec les Tsiganes et les gens du voyage** = FNASAT (National Federation of Solidarity Associations for Action with “Gypsies” and Travelers) since 2004. In 2014, it was named after Matéo Maximoff when his daughter Nouka Maximoff entrusted the writer's archives to it as part of an agreement with the **Association pour la Dissémination des Oeuvres de Matéo Maximoff** = ADOMM (Association for the Dissemination of Matéo Maximoff's Work). The media library is open to professionals and the public without any formalities. Since 2010, its programme of activities has been supported by the Ministry of Culture and the City of Paris.

FNASAT-Gens du voyage was founded in December 2004 as the merger between the Études Tsiganes association, the Union nationale des institutions sociales d'action pour les Tsiganes = UNISAT federation (National Union of Social Institutions for “Gypsies”), and the Union nationale pour l'action auprès des Gens du voyage = UNAGEV federation (National Union for Action on “Gens du voyage”). Involved in promoting access to rights and recognition of the French Travelers, FNASAT's national network has gradually built up solid expertise and in-depth knowledge of the people, situations, local characteristics and public mechanisms. It also draws on a network of partners and researchers. FNASAT structures its activity into areas of expertise: legal, training, housing and health. Today, most professional associations involved in promoting the rights of Gens du voyage and ensuring they are taken into account in public policy, are grouped together in FNASAT network. FNASAT aims to gather useful resources, disseminate them more effectively and also run the Matéo Maximoff media library. In addition to its role as a resource centre, the media library is also a venue for cultural programming and academic initiatives. In addition, the journal Études tsiganes promotes research work and a selection of recent publications. Particular attention is paid to the work of young researchers. Finally, the network's
knowledge and expertise are disseminated through training activities that aim to empower
local actors and help them break the isolation they often experience from institutions.

The Médiathèque resource centre is inseparable from the figure of **Matéo Maximoff**.
Considered one of the great Roma writers, he was a key figure in the **Association Etudes Tsiganes** (association for “Gypsy” studies) and the eponymous journal (*Etudes tsiganes*) founded in 1955, in which he published numerous articles. Matéo Maximoff is the author of a dozen books that have been translated worldwide. He was one of the first writers to bear witness to the genocide of the Roma during the Second World War, and he himself was interned with his family in French internment camps. As such, several of his works are autobiographical or draw on family history. His other novels are inspired by the fantastic stories and tales passed down by the Roma during evening gatherings. He was also a photographer and filmmaker, author of a collection of more than 8,000 photographs and several Super 8 films that constitute a valuable testimony to the life of the Roma, Manouche and Gitans over half a century in the many countries he travelled to. His whole archive has been housed in the media library since 2014. In 2017, on the centenary of his birth, the journal *Études tsiganes* dedicated a special issue to him (**Matéo Maximoff, un écrivain dans le siècle**).

An **online exhibition** about Matéo Maximoff's life and work was created by Evelyne POMMERAT and then adapted as large format panels. They are presented at the 2025 GLS conference on Wednesday 24 and Thursday 25 September.

On Thursday 25 September at 8.30 pm, the Médiathèque will be hosting a screening of Super 8 films by Matéo MAXIMOFF, presented by anthropologist and filmmaker Jonathan LARCHER.

On Thursday 25 September at 8.30 pm, the Médiathèque will be hosting a concert by a Jazz Manouche trio comprising guitarists Dawson REINHARDT and Simba BAUMGARTNER and double bassist Tom GUILLOIS. Admission is free, but we kindly ask you to register by email: documentation@fnasat.asso.fr

**Address: 59 Rue de l'Ourscq 75019 Paris**

The media library, recognisable by its sign, is located on the ground floor at the end of an inner courtyard. The nearest underground station is Ⓟ 7 **Crimée** (then walk for 4 minutes) or Ⓟ 5 **Ourscq** (then walk for 11 minutes). The nearest bus stations are Ⓟ60 **Flandre**, Ⓟ71 **Flandre**, Ⓟ54 **Flandre**, Ⓟ54 **Flandre**, Ⓟ54 **Crimée**.

Free Wifi is available in the media library.
## How to get there from Condorcet Campus

It takes around half an hour to get to the Media Library. There are different itineraries:

- taking the bus from the station Ⓟ 239 **Métallurgie** or Ⓟ 239 **Front Populaire** – **Proudhon** until the station Ⓟ 239 **Rosa Parks**. Then walk ca. 850m until 59 Rue de l'Oureq 75019 Paris.
... or taking the bus from the station Ⓟ 60 **Rosa Parks** until the station Ⓟ 60 **Flandre**.

- taking the metro from the station Ⓟ 12 **Front Populaire Nord** until Ⓟ 12 **Marcadet-Poissonniers**. Then taking the metro from the station Ⓟ 4 **Marcadet-Poissonniers** until Ⓟ 4 **Gare de l'Est**. Then taking the metro from the station Ⓟ 7 **Gare de l'Est** until Ⓟ 7 **Crimée**. The media library is then a 4-minute walk away.

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2025 GYPSY LORE SOCIETY ANNUAL MEETING AND
CONFERENCE ON ROMANI STUDIES – CONFERENCE BOOK

Publisher: © Institut National des Langues et Civilisations Orientales
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Co-publisher: © Institute of Ethnology and Social Anthropology, Slovak Academy of Sciences
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Editor: © Aurore TIRARD

Reviewing: © Elena MARUSHIAKOVA and Juraj MAJO

Abstracts peer-reviewing: Elena MARUSHIAKOVA, Tatiana ZACHAR PODOLINSKÁ, Julieta ROTARU, Aurore TIRARD and Adèle SUTRE

Cover illustration: © Leny MAUDUIT, Adèle SUTRE and Aurore TIRARD

Logo: © Vincent DEVILLARD

© October 2025, Paris

ISBN 978-80-69127-07-4 (online: pdf)

DOI: https://doi.org/10.31577/2025.9788069127074