The 6th ‘Afroeuropeans’ biennial network conference will take place at the University of Tampere, Finland, 6-8 July 2017. The general theme is African diaspora and European cultural heritage. Submissions are encouraged exploring the topics below as well as proposals on other topics related to African/Black European communities and cultures:

• African diaspora and European cultural heritage
• Policing blackness; African/Black European politics
• Shifting political landscapes and European post-colonial discontents
• Afroeuropean mediascapes; Diaspora communities online; Diasporic experience and digital media
• Social justice and human rights in AfroEurope
• Performing africanness/blackness in Europe
• Writing and translating new African diaspora and black identities in Europe
• Afroeuropean music cultures; Afroeuropean dance scenes
• Blackness in visual arts in Europe
• Children of the African diaspora in Europe; Afroeuropean youth cultures
• AfroQueer Europe; Afroeuropean feminisms
• Global racisms and AfroEurope
• Refugees from Africa in Europe

Proposed sessions should be organized to be 90 minutes in length, and each speaker (3-4 per session) should be given 15-20 minutes for his/her presentation.

For further information about the call for papers and abstract submission (by the deadline: 24 February 2017), please visit the University of Tampere website at http://www.uta.fi/yky/en/6thafroeuropeans/callforsessions.html.

Details about the previous conference, held at the University of Münster (Germany), feature in the blog post Memory and Museums at ‘AfroEuropeans V’.