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Two years ago this week we were thrilled to host the conference “Defining Black European History” convened by @kira_thurman, @tlflorvil, and @jeffbsox. You can find the conference report here ( https://www.ghi-dc.org/events/event/date/defining-black-european-history-22-06-2018)">https://www.ghi-dc.org/events/ev... & look back on the conversation with the hashtag #DBEH2018
Since then the scholars who joined the conference have produced a wide range of scholarship building on the papers shared and the discussions that took place. Here’s some (but not all!) of that work, offered in rough historical order:
“Staging Habla de Negros: Radical Performances of the African Diaspora in Early Modern Spain” by Nicholas R. Jones ( @bibliophilenick) from @PSUpress http://www.psupress.org/books/titles/978-0-271-08346-9.html">https://www.psupress.org/books/tit...
“Black Saints in Early Modern Global Catholicism” by Erin Rowe from @CambridgeCore https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/black-saints-in-early-modern-global-catholicism/E3F4290CFCC0399524E16747F9B35353">https://www.cambridge.org/core/book...
Jennifer L. Palmer’s article “‘She persisted in her revolt’: Between Slavery and Freedom in Saint-Domingue” is available #OpenAccess in the May 2020 issue of @Sociale_History https://muse.jhu.edu/article/757131 ">https://muse.jhu.edu/article/7...
“Vénus Noire: Black Women and Colonial Fantasies in Nineteenth-Century France” by Robin Mitchell ( @parisnoire), published this year by @UGAPress https://ugapress.org/book/9780820354316/venus-noire/">https://ugapress.org/book/9780...
The exhibit “Black Germany,” focusing on the years 1880-1945 and curated by Robbie Aitken ( @rjma_uk), was hosted by @GHILondon in spring 2019 https://www.ghil.ac.uk/black-germany/ ">https://www.ghil.ac.uk/black-ger...
“’Hergestellt unter ausschließlicher Verwendung von Kakaobohnen deutscher Kolonien’– On Representations of Chocolate Consumption as a Colonial Endeavor“ by Silke @Hackenesch was published in the collection “Rethinking Black German Studies” https://www.peterlang.com/view/title/36896">https://www.peterlang.com/view/titl...
Convener @kira_thurman’s @AMS_musicology journal article “Performing Lieder, Hearing Race: Debating Blackness, Whiteness, and German Identity in Interwar Central Europe” can be found in #OpenAccess here: https://online.ucpress.edu/jams/article/72/3/825/107052/Performing-Lieder-Hearing-Race-Debating-Blackness">https://online.ucpress.edu/jams/arti...
“Soviet Anti-racism and Its Discontents: The Cold War Years” by Maxim Matusevich ( @matusema) appeared in the edited volume “Alternative Globalizations: Eastern Europe and the Postcolonial World” https://iupress.org/9780253046512/alternative-globalizations/">https://iupress.org/978025304...
Convener @tnflorvil is the author of “Mobilizing Black Germany: Afro-German Women and the Making of a Transnational Movement,” forthcoming this year from @IllinoisPress – available for pre-order here: https://www.press.uillinois.edu/books/catalog/46ert7cs9780252043512.html">https://www.press.uillinois.edu/books/cat...
Convener @jeffbsox is managing editor of the site “Black Central Europe” ( @bcesn), which offers an ever-expanding variety of resources including primary sources & teaching plans covering centuries of experience from the medieval era to the present day https://blackcentraleurope.com"> https://blackcentraleurope.com
And, this past week, @kennettaperry explained the importance of “Bearing witness to the history of black lives in Britain” in an essay published by @conversationUS https://theconversation.com/bearing-witness-to-the-history-of-black-lives-in-britain-140776">https://theconversation.com/bearing-w...
Thanks again to everyone who joined us and we look forward to more excellent work to come!
