Racism, antiracism, Africans and African diasporas in Europe, the histories, communities and cultures of Black Europeans …. discussions on these topics and knowledge produced by academics with different disciplinary backgrounds,activists, and artists. The 6th Afroeuropeans: Black Cultures and Identities in Europe conference, for the first time in Finland,
Keynote speeches by Professor Paul Gilroy (King’s College, London), Professor Elisa Joy White (University of California at Davis; ASWAD), Dr Henry Mainsah (The Oslo School of Architecture and Design), Domenica Ghidei Biidu (ECRI) and Johny Pitts (Afropean.com). Almost 200 presentations by people from 20 different countries in over 30 sessions (panels/workshops).
Please share this information with researchers, activists, journalists (information on accreditations available on the conference website), and other professionals. The conference fee (50e for three days) includes access to the Black Poetry Night (6 July at Klubi) organized in cooperation with the Fest Afrika Festival and London-based Speaking Volumes Live Literature Productions, with black poets and spoken word artists Zena Edwards, Vanessa Kisuule, Solomon OB and Yomi Sode. The poetry night is hosted by Roger Robinson who also performs at Klubi the following evening (7 July) as part of the Fest Afrika Festival programme.
The registration for presenters has already closed, but anyone is welcome to join in! Registration is open until 8 June 2017 via the link at the conference website (http://www.uta.fi/yky/en/6thafroeuropeans/registration.html). The conference website continues to be updated and the final program with information on all presentations will be published in the end of June. The event is in English.
