This paper critically examines the international development and positioning of Romani people in the social sciences, tracing the field’s evolution from the early Gypsiology schools of thought from the seventeenth century to the emergence of Critical Romani Studies in the twenty-first century. It conceptualizes academic antigypsyism as a transhistorical, transnational, and transgenerational form of racialized “othering” that has profoundly shaped both public perceptions and scholarly discourses on Roma. Across centuries, this structure of exclusion has operated through scientific racism, assimilationist state policies, and cultural stereotypes, systematically denying Romani people agency, intellectual authority, and epistemic legitimacy. The paper demonstrates how Romani scholars have been marginalized or tokenized within academic institutions, their contributions frequently constrained by systemic barriers that sustain Eurocentric hierarchies of knowledge production. It argues that the establishment and recognition of Romani-led academic institutions are essential for reparative justice, providing platforms for Romani self-representation, restoring suppressed historical and cultural memories, and reconfiguring the epistemic foundations of European knowledge. Employing a reflective feminist, postcolonial, and Critical Romani Studies framework, this study foregrounds reparative Romani agency as a transformative practice that challenges dominant epistemologies, revives silenced voices, and cultivates a collective consciousness in which Romani histories, knowledges, and cultural legacies are acknowledged as integral to European intellectual and cultural heritage.