Overview

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.

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Author:   Nicole Grégoire ,  Sarah Fila-Bakabadio ,  Jacinthe Mazzocchetti
Publisher:   Northwestern University Press
Imprint:   Northwestern University Press
ISBN:  

9780810148765

ISBN 10:   0810148765
Pages:   256
Publication Date:   31 December 2025
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Forthcoming
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Table of Contents

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

Reviews

""Black Studies in Europe is a much awaited and needed volume that dismantles the epistemological violence of institutionalized paradigms, policies, and practices that have long omitted, silenced, invisibilized, and thereby disfigured Black life in Europe and European academies. This timely and distinct collection invites readers to engage with new perspectives, abiding diasporic tensions, and power-expertise-knowledge politics while elucidating not only the 'inevitability' but also the undeniability of Black studies in Europe, a viable field that enriches our understanding of the intellectual history, lived experiences, and futures of Black peoples in those geographies."" --Trica Keaton, Dartmouth College

Author Information

Nicole Gregoire is a research affiliate with the Laboratoire d’Anthropologie des Mondes Contemporains at UniversitÉ Libre de Bruxelles.   Sarah Fila-Bakabadio is an associate professor in the FacultÉ des Études Internationales et Interculturelles at CY Cergy Paris UniversitÉ.   Jacinthe Mazzocchetti is a professor of political anthropology in the Laboratoire d’Anthropologie Prospective at UniversitÉ Catholique de Louvain.

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