Reflecting on contemporary epistemologies of European Blackness
Long absent from research in the humanities and social sciences, Black people in continental Europe have become the focus of a growing body of literature in the past two decades that addresses their unique history and social positioning. Black Studies in Europe: An Anthology of Soil and Seeds brings together essays and case studies by a collective of scholars, writers, and activists to offer a critical overview of the emerging field of Black European studies and a vital reflection on contemporary epistemologies of European Blackness. This collection addresses key questions: What is Blackness from a European standpoint? Which epistemologies and theoretical tools have been used to offer a better understanding of Black experiences in Europe? How is this knowledge being produced and by whom? Can we define a common European conceptual framework for Black studies? Related to this work is an even more urgent enterprise: forging an epistemological distinction between the study of Black people and “Black studies” as an emancipatory project.
Foreword to Black Studies in Europe: Questioning the Politics of Knowledge
Michelle M. Wright
Introduction
Lindah Leah Nyirenda
Black Studies in Europe: A Transnational Dialogue
Sarah Fila-Bakabadio, Nicole GrÉgoire, Jacinthe Mazzocchetti
Power, (Mis)representation, and Black European Studies
Kwame Nimako
Black Studies and Knowledge Production in England: Inside and Outside the Academy
Stephen Small
Beyond Institution and Amorphous in Nature: Locating Black Studies in Germany
Lioba Hirsch, Jamie Schearer-Udeh
Troubles to Define. The Unsettled Field of Black Studies in Belgium
Nicole GrÉgoire, Sibo Kanobana, Sarah Demart
The Imbricated Registers of Black Studies in France
Sarah Fila-Bakabadio
Black Studies in Italy: Which Way Forward?
Jacqueline Andall
Black European Studies in Spain (and the Case of the Afroeurope@ns Research Team)
Marta SofÍa LÓpez
Spaniards are “Black” Too? The Deep Roots of Racism in Spain
Antumi ToasijÉ
Pathways for Black Studies in Portugal. A New Field of Knowledge and Research
Iolanda Évora
Situating Afro-/African Swedish Studies
Michael McEachrane
Afterword. The Actual Transnationalization of Black Studies/African Diaspora Studies: Diachronic and Synchronic Perspectives
Jean Muteba Rahier
