AFROEUROPE@NS IV

AFROEUROPE@NS IV: BLACK CULTURES AND IDENTITIES IN EUROPE
Continental Shifts, Shifts in Perception

WITH keynote speakers: Susheila Nasta, Caryl Phillips, Anna Rastas, Ribka Sibhatu, Dominic Thomas and Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o

1-4 October 2013 at Senate House, Malet House, London WC1E 7HU, UK

Senate House is proud to welcome to the fourth Afroeurope@ans conference, which is being held in London for the first time.  

An inter-disciplinary conference with papers covering literature, history, music, theatre, art, translation, politics, immigration, youth culture and European policies, perceptions of North Africa and more, Afroeurope@ans IV brings together scholars, critics, activists and artists to debate and discuss these issues. With contributions from across Europe, the USA, Africa and Asia, the conference will enhance the field of African European Studies as well as lead the way towards a new awareness of the essential contributions of Europe’s black populations in all fields.  

Afroeurope@ns IV is also proud to welcome some of the foremost writers and scholars as keynote speakers, from internationally acclaimed authors Caryl Phillips and Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o to renowned academics and critics Dominic Thomas and Susheila Nasta. Anna Rastas from Finland is the leading authority on the country’s refugee communities, particularly in relation to young people, whilst Eritrean-born poet Ribka Sibhatu, who now lives in Rome, is an expert on the immigration policies of Italy and Fortress Europe.  

There are also a number of cultural events featuring music from Alexander D Great and Shirley J Thompson and comedy from Ava Vidal as well as a Wasafiri poetry night. 

Afroeurope@s/Afroeurope@ns is an international research and development group funded by the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation [Ref. FFI2009-08948]. The conference is supported by the Institute of English Studies, School of Advanced Studies at the University of London, and by the Postcolonial Literatures Research Group, Department of English at The Open University, The George Padmore Institute, New Beacon Books and Wasafiri, the Magazine of Inernational Contemporary Writing. In Association with Speaking Volumes Live Literature Productions