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Who We Are
The ERC Starting Grant Project AFROEUROPECYBERSPACE brings together a diverse and interdisciplinary team of scholars. It consists of three researchers and several student assistants at U Bremen as well as numerous associated researchers and fellows. Their expertise spans a range of fields, including literary and cultural studies, African diaspora and Afroeuropean studies, digital humanities, and postcolonial theory. Our collaborative efforts aim to unravel the complex textures of Afroeuropean imaginations, digital agency, and poetic strategies within diasporic communities.
Contact #
To contact our team, please reach out to afroeuropecyberspace@uni-bremen.de
The Team at U Bremen
Principal Investigator
Julia is a Romance literary and cultural studies scholar with a particular focus on postcolonial literatures in French and Spanish, Afroeuropean studies and digital media studies.
Postdoctoral Researcher
Merveilles holds a PhD in Littérature générale et comparée from Université de Lorraine, Metz. Her research interests include Afroeuropean studies, postcolonial / decolonial theory, identity constructions, migration and diaspora studies, digital media studies and children’s young adult literature.
Doctoral Candidate
Ximena holds a Master’s Degree in Education (Hispanic Studies and Philosophy) from the Universities of Oldenburg and Bremen. Her research interests include postcolonial theories, intersectional feminism, postmodern migration, the critique of neoliberalism, and constructions of femininity and masculinity.
Student Assistant
Liam is a M.A. student at the Department of Math and Computer Science at U Bremen. As a full stack developer with a passion for art and design and over 10 years of experience in the tech industry, he is responsible for developing the project website and the digital analyzing tools of the project.
Helena Montalvo
Student Assistant
Helena is currently pursuing her Bachelor’s Degree in Hispanic Studies and Arts at the U Bremen. Her interests include the representation of the African diaspora in Europe and the Spanish-speaking Americas on digital platforms, as well as issues of identity, migration, feminism and decolonialism.
Emma Pappiér
Student Assistant (currently on leave)
Emma is a B.A. student in French Studies at the Department of Linguistics and Literary Studies of U Bremen. She is supporting the project by researching French-language websites.
Associate Reseachers
Justus Liebig Universität Giessen – International Graduate Centre for the Study of Culture (GCSC)
Fiona is a PhD candidate at Justus Liebig University. She focuses on digital media self-representations of Black and Afro-diasporic communities in Spanish-speaking Latin America and the Caribbean, particularly Afro-Latinx podcasting.
Universidad Internacional de La Rioja, Spain
María Ignacia is a doctoral candidate in the Humanities and Digital Society at the Universidad Internacional de la Rioja (Spain). She works as an editor and her interests include identity constructions, afrofeminisms, literature and afrocyberactivism in the Spanish-speaking world.
