Talk · Afroeurope & Cyberspace

Introduction to ERC Starting Grant project Afroeurope & Cyberspace

2 December 2025·1 min

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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.

Narrativas de sororidad entre mujeres racializadas en España: una conversación con Helen Digala y Lucía Asué Mbomío Rubio sobre literatura y activismo digital antirracista

23 October 2025·1 min

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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

La cuerpa negra en blogs: una exploración del activismo feminista antirracista en las narrativas digitales

21 October 2025·1 min

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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.

Participation politique et réseaux de savoirs à l’air du numérique : introduction à une analyse des discours d’activistes et artivistes caribéennes en ligne

17 October 2025·1 min

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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”.

Travelling between Spaces and Media: Migration, Transmediality and Postdigitality in Afro-Spanish Poetry and Video Art

17 July 2025·1 min

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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”

Oralidad, humor y activismo digital antirracista en el podcast "No Hay Negros en el Tibet"

26 June 2025·1 min

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Ximena Cervantes Englerth gave a talk on “Oralidad, humor y activismo digital antirracista en el podcast “No nay negros en el Tibet” in a panel hosted by the Luso/Hispanophone Caucus at the 2025 Conference of the African Literature Association in Nairobi, Kenya.

Afro-Futurist Visual Ecologies in France and Italy: A Journey Between Words, Sounds, and Images

26 June 2025·1 min

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Francesca Aiuti gave a talk on “Afro-Futurist Visual Ecologies in France and Italy: A Journey Between Words, Sounds, and Images” at the 2025 Conference of the African Literature Association in Nairobi, Kenya.

Descolonizar o discurso acadêmico sobre as comunidades afrodiaspóricas na Europa

13 June 2025·1 min

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On June 13, 2025, Julia was invited to give a talk at the 1° Colóquio Hanseático-Internacional de Literatura e Cultura em Língua Portuguesa at the University of Hamburg

Conversation with Tola Ositelu (The Afropean)

16 May 2025·1 min

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As part of a Master’s seminar on “African diaspora studies and Afroeuropean literatures” at the University of Bremen, we had the opportunity to speak with Tola Ositelu, editor of the online magazine “The Afropean” (https://afropean.com/).

Cecile Emeke's Strolling a Digital Space of Afroeuropean Community

22 April 2025·2 mins

Talk WOC Research Center Digital Diaspora Afroeuropean Community

Polo Moji (HU Berlin / University of Cape Town), WOC Research Center lecture series #2 on Cecile Emeke’s work in creating a digital space for Afroeuropean community

Símbolos y discursos en la comunidad digital afrofeminista – un homeplace digital para la resistencia antirracista

26 March 2025·2 mins

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In this talk, Ximena analyzed various digital formats created and/or coordinated by members of the Afrofeminist community in Spain and Latin America (e. g., Afroféminas, Afrocolectiva, Afrochingonas).

Afrociberactivismos – Round Table with Ngoy R. Ngoma (AfroDiccionario), Odome Agone (U Cheikh Anta Diop de Dakar), Julia Borst (U Bremen)

1 October 2024·1 min

Round Table Digital Activism Afroeurope African Diaspora Digital Diaspora Decolonization of Knowledge Spain Senegal Video Panel Talk

Jornadas Afroeurop@s, 2 October 2024, U León (Spain)

How and Why Do Literary Scholars Study Websites? Insights into a Research Project on Afroeuropean Activism in the Digital Space

3 July 2024·1 min

Talk ZeMKI Research Seminar Afroeuropean Activism Digital Diaspora ERC-Funded Research

In July 2024, Julia presented the ERC project AFROEUROPECYBERSPACE as an invited speaker in the context of the Research Seminar of the ZeMKI (Centre for Media, Communication and Information Research) of U Bremen.