Current Events

Bilingual Writing Workshop by author, poet, and Afrofeminist Kiyémis, 16 June 2026, 14-17h, Weserburg

Invited talk by Julia Borst, LNUC Concurrences Seminar Series in Colonial and Postcolonial Studies, Linnaeus University

Talk by Merveilles Mouloungui, CaNoFF-Forschungskolloquium, 29.-30.05.2026, U Bremen

Invited talk by Alison Posey, University of Wuppertal

Invited talk by Julia Borst and Liam Hurwitz, Bremen x Oldenburg | Digital Humanities Lunchtalks (online)

Call for Papers on Academic Cimarronages: a decolonial approach developed within the framework of SIRA.

Talk by Merveilles Mouloungui, Journée (post)doctorale “Entre Afrique, Europe et Amériques : circulations, histoires, mémoires et représentations”, UC Louvain

Guest lecture by Fiona Quast (JLU Giessen), WOC Research Center lecture series, April 14, 2026, online

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