Tayla Myree

Tayla Myree in a black dress standing in front of a wooden wall in a grand hall, with a man in a black jacket and jeans in the background reading a paper.

Master of Arts in Comparative History - June 2022
Central European University, Vienna, Austria
Thesis Title: Fighting to Remember: The Struggle for Holocaust Remembrance through Romani Activism; The German and Czech Case (1989-Present)
* Advanced Certificate in Critical Romani Studies
* Advanced Certificate in Visual Theory and Practice
Bachelor of Arts in History and Political Science - May 2020
Syracuse University – Syracuse, New York, USA
Minor in Atrocity Studies and the Practices of Social Justice
* Representations of Blackness at Vienna’s Belvedere Museum
December 2025 – Journal Article – Museums Association
* Silenced Diversity
February 2025 – Essay – Improper Dose
* To Be Looted
February 2025 – Essay – Jenny
* Tayla Myree über Hold yr ache 2 my ache von Zeynab Kirikou Gueye & Lau Lukkarila
‍ ‍November 2024 – Review/Essay – TQW Magazin
* Fighting to Remember: The Struggle for Holocaust Remembrance through Romani Activism; The German and Czech Case (1989-Present)
July 2022 – Thesis – Central European University
* Forgotten or Ignored; The Legacy of German African Colonialism.
January 2019 – Article – Urban Labs
* Memorialization Through Romafuturism
December 2018 – Article – Urban Labs
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* Self-Published Works Can Be Found on Substack on My Blog The Thought Palette
* What We Keep Between Us – Poetry Workshop
December 2025 – Improper Walls
* Poetry Workshop with the Schwarze Frauen Community
October 2025 – SFC Center – Collaboration with Kunstraum Niederösterreich and Kulturtransfair
* Workshop: Wie machtkritisch ist die Kunstwissenschaft Intersektionale Befragung kunsthistorischer Methoden – Bericht aus der Praxis II
‍September 2025 – Die Angewandte
* Poetry slam (online dating edition – the good, the bad, the very demure) ‍
November 2024 - Kunstraum Niederösterreich
‍* Reclaiming Representations Workshop
May 2024 – Volkskundemuseum Wien
Poetry Workshop ‍
February 2024 – Queer Writers Circle
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* Poetry Performance at Fest für mehr Sprache
September 26th, 2025
* Hard Times Require Furious Dancing DJ and Spoken Word Performance
WienWoche Festival, September 11th, 2025
* Poetry Performance at Black Queer Poetry Showcase
Kultursommer Wien Festival 2025 – July 4th, 2025
‍* From Post To Practice: Storytelling Through eSeLschwarm Exhibition
Curator - Museums Quartier – June 2025 – August 2025
‍* Poetry Performance at Black TLC
Dschungel Wien – June 27th, 2025
* g.o.l.f literature reading and performance - Buecherzelle #3,
April 5th, 2025
* Fruit Seeds - Video Installation In Your Archives - Volkskunde Museum
April 18th, 2024
* Moving Spaces - Video Installation Perceptions of the Belvedere - Soho Ottokring
March 29th & 30th, 2024
* Black History Month Special Program
* Program Curation - Belvedere Museum - Multiple Events Through February 2024
‍* Representations of Blackness Project
* Program Curation and Conceptualization - Belvedere Museum
September 2023 – Present
“Black Afro-Futurism as a Practice of Liberation”
‍Imagining Better Worlds: Enacting Insurgent Feminist Futures Ringvorlesung, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
November 18th, 2025
‍“A Tribute to Selma Burke: Austria and Black Internationalism”
‍House of Austrian History, Vienna, Austria.
February 20th, 2025
* “Politics of Representation & Decolonial Methods, Turning the Page: Representations of Blackness in the Belvedere Collection”
‍EUCOR Colloquium Decoloniality in Movement –Tensions, Controversies, and Practices, Strasbourg, France.
January 30th, 2025
* “Remembrance to Reparations: A Study of the Strategies towards the Recognition of Atrocities by Roma and African Americans”
‍The Politicization of Xenophobia in Transatlantic Contexts Conference, CEFRES, Prague, Czech Republic.
May 19th, 2023
‍* Black Feminism in Austria and Germany" Queer Feminist Action Week at the Belvedere 21. Vienna, Austria.
March 17th, 2023 ‍
* "Afro-German Social and Political History" Black History Month at the United States Embassy. Vienna, Austria.
February 16th, 2023
‍* "Fighting to Remember: The Struggle for Holocaust Remembrance through Romani Activism; The German and Czech Case (1989-Present)" Workshop of the students of Advanced Certificate in Romani Studies at Central European University. Budapest, Hungary.
June 2022
‍* Presenter, “Roma and the Holocaust: The Politics of Memorialization,” Syracuse University McNair Summer Research Conference.
July 2020
‍Presenter, “Roma and the Holocaust: The Politics of Memorialization,” Syracuse University McNair Summer Symposium.
August 2019
* Presenter, “Global Diversity and Diversity Practice,” Szkoła Podstawowa im. Orła Białego, Wrocław, Poland. November 2018
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* Kültüř Gemma Funded Fellowship at Belvedere 21
* The Ketcham Prize (2020); Awarded by The Syracuse University History Department
* SOURCE Undergraduate Research Grant (2020)
* Ronald E. McNair Scholar (2019-Present)
* Nelson Mandela Leadership Award (2019); Awarded by the African Student Union at Syracuse University
* Toussaint L’Ouverture Leadership Award (2019); Awarded by the Office of Multicultural Affairs at Syracuse University and the Caribbean Student Association at Syracuse University
* Certificate of Participation in Diversity and Tolerance Workshop (2018); Awarded by Szkoła Podstawowa im. Orła Białego w Sokołowicach and the Wrocław Police Department (Wrocław, Poland)
* Discovery Student, $5000 Grant to Study in Spain (Fall 2016)