Current Events

Lecture as part of the Forums Junge Romanistik 2026 “Kontinua. Polaritäten, Grenzen, Übergänge, Verschmelzungen“ at the Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen.

Presentation as part of the international conference “Alteridades migrantes en la narrativa española contemporánea (siglos XIX-XX-XXI)”, held on 19 and 20 March 2026 at the Colegio de España – Cité Internationale Universitaire de Paris.

Contribution to a Round Table on “Virtualidad, redes y archivos comunitarios para la autorepresentación” at Cumbre Afro 2026, U Puerto Rico / Recinto Río Piedras

This scoping workshop, funded by the VolkswagenStiftung, explored the intersections of archival practices and the expanding field of Afroeuropean/African European Studies.

Award Ceremony: DAAD Prize for Helena Montalvo

On December 2, 2025, Francesca was invited to present our research project in the lecture series “What can Postcolonial Studies do? at the University of Potsdam.

Workshop on the use of structured SQLite databases in humanities research

At the III Congreso Internacional de Estudios Literarios y Culturales Afrodescendientes at the University of Alcalá de Henares, Julia moderated a round table discussion with Lucía Asué Mbomío Rubio and Helen Digala

At the III Congreso Internacional de Estudios Literarios y Culturales Afrodescendientes in Alcalá de Henares, Ximena gave a talk on antiracist feminist activism and digital narratives.

At the XX. Socare Congress “Women in the Caribbean Fragmentations – Crossroads – Interconnections” at the Ibero-American Institute in Berlin, Julia and Merveilles gave a talk on “La participation politique de Fania Noël : entre essais et plateformes numériques”.

Emergence of Afrocyberactivism in France and Spain, focusing on the production of knowledge, self-narratives, and decolonial strategies in the digital age.

At the workshop “Multiple Mobilities and Migration” at Goethe University Frankfurt, 17-18 July 2025, Julia gave an invited talk on “Travelling between Spaces and Media: Migration, Transmediality and Postdigitality in Afro-Spanish Poetry and Video Art”

“Black faces in white? space” is a documentary by …thabo thindi that explores the complexities of Black people living in Germany. The film screening will be followed by a discussion between …thabo thindo and Virginie Kamche.

WOC Research Center Digital Diaspora lecture series, 8 July 2025, U Bremen

On July 3, 2025, doctoral candidate Jenaba Samura (ZfL Berlin) gave a guest talk on “Adventures in Afropea: Black Travelogues as Counter Narratives to Colonial-Ethnograpic Travel Writing.