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Dr. Julieta Rotaru is a scholar specializing in Vedic and Romani studies. Her areas of expertise include textual criticism, philology, ethnology, and history. She has published two critical editions and translations of old Romani čhib and Vedic, a monograph on the Rudari ethnic group from South-Eastern Europe, and a dataset of the Romani population pre-Emancipation (available on the EU information portal). In total, she has contributed to 18 articles in Vedic studies and 11 in Romani studies.

With 17 years of teaching experience, Dr. Rotaru was instrumental in developing the BA syllabus for the Department of Romani at the University of Bucharest in 2005. This was the second of its kind in Europe and has played a significant role in shaping the Roma elites. Since 2019, she has been the managing editor of the Romani Studies journal, published by the Gypsy Lore Society. In 2022, she took on the role of Secretary General of the Society. 

Currently, she teaches Romani čhib, Sanskrit, and Vedic at the Institut National des Langues et Civilisations Orientales and the Institut des Langues Rares, École Pratique des Hautes Études-PSL, in Paris.