Cubarte recently shared the call for papers for the 3rd International Colloquium of the Afro-American Studies Program [III Coloquio Internacional del Programa de Estudios sobre Afroamérica], which will take place at Casa de las Américas, Havana, Cuba, with a hybrid format (virtual and on-site) on June 17-20, 2025. In homage to the centenaries of Patricio Lumumba, Frantz Fanon, and Malcolm X, the colloquium centers on “Epistemic Insurrections of Contemporary Afrodiasporic Thought.” The deadline for submissions is March 31, 2025.
CALL FOR APPLICATION
Contemporary debates on the past of African and Afro-descendant peoples, their interpretation and legacies have illuminated a wide spectrum of rebellions and insubordinations against colonial and neocolonial oppression in the Americas. Increasingly broad and persistent exercises of inquiry and research are beginning to unveil the epistemic insurrections that decoded the mechanisms of domination of capitalism, from its birth –based on human trafficking and enslavement– to the present day.
In the post-war scenario of the 20th century, Afro-American social thought matured, characterized by a theoretical electivism that “calibanizes” and creatively appropriates perspectives and concepts constructed by socialist currents, feminisms, structuralism, surrealism and the political practices of nationalism and popular republicanism.
With the call for the III International Colloquium of the Afro-American Studies Program, Casa de las Americas joins the processes of systematization and valorization of the epistemologies forged in the Afro-descendant ideopolitical field, in the year we commemorate the centenary of the births of Patricio Lumumba, Frantz Fanon and Malcolm X. The central theme, Epistemic Insurrections of Contemporary Afrodiasporic Thought, invites an emancipatory dialogue among academics, researchers, teachers, communicators, artists and activists.
The academic program of the III Colloquium proposes the following thematic axes:
- Maroon epistemologies: cultural and political insurgencies in Afro-America.
- Festivals, congresses and meetings of black writers and artists. Their contributions to trans-Africanity.
- The decolonizing work of Afro-descendant publications and intellectual networks.
- Women at the center of history. Black feminisms, yesterday and today.
- Towards a new Pan-Africanism? A review of 20th century experiences.
- Frantz Fanon (1925-1961); Patrick Lumumba (1925-1961); and Malcolm X (1925-1965): legacies and lessons learned.
MODALITIES OF PARTICIPATION
The III Colloquium will have a hybrid format (virtual and on-site).
In order to guarantee compliance with the program and to anticipate unexpected contingencies, proposals for virtual presentations will require prior filming and submission to the Coordinating Committee two weeks before the event.
The structure of the academic program will present the following modalities: Individual papers, Panels, Audiovisual materials, Presentation of books or editorial collections.
Those interested in participating may send their proposals in Spanish or English to the emails afroamerica@casa.cult.cu and afroamerica.cuba@gmail.com through March 31, 2025. To do so, they must download and fill out the registration form found in the following link and attach it to their application email. [. . .]
PRESENTATION REQUIREMENTS
The program will reserve twenty (20) places for virtual format and fifty (50) for on-site format. Each presentation, regardless of its format, will have a maximum time of twenty (20) minutes. The proposed titles or editorial collections should correspond, in terms of dates, to the period 2023-2025.
REGISTRATION FEE
For Cuban participants, the admission fee will be 500.00 MN for professionals and 250.00 MN for students. It will be paid in cash and in person at the time of official accreditation at the colloquium.
For foreign participants, the admission fee will consist of 50.00 USD or Euros and can only be paid one week before the conference, by means of the payment instructions that will be communicated in due course.
For more information, see https://cubarte.cult.cu/la-ventana/iii-coloquio-internacional-del-programa-de-estudios-sobre-afroamerica/
Cubarte recently shared the call for papers for the 3rd International Colloquium of the Afro-American Studies Program [III Coloquio Internacional del Programa de Estudios sobre Afroamérica], which will take place at Casa de las Américas, Havana, Cuba, with a hybrid format (virtual and on-site) on June 17-20, 2025. In homage to the centenaries of Patricio
