Join our second event

Save the date: Our second event Migration to/from/within Central & Eastern Europe: Decolonial perspectives on race, gender, sexuality & class is on 25-26 Nov 2021 starting 3pm GMT (4-8pm CET, 5-9pm EET) on each day. The event is free to attend but registration is required due to a limited number of tickets available. Click HERE to register.

The workshop will involve 3 sessions/12 talks and the screening of Olha’s Italian diary (2020) + Q&A with the director Olena Fedyuk. Please, see the full programme: HERE 

The aim of the workshop is to explore recent developments in decolonial thinking on Central and Eastern Europe with a focus on migration, particularly across race, gender, sexuality and class. 

Second event – CFP open

CFP alert! We are currently accepting abstracts from those interested in contributing a paper at our second event: a workshop titled Migration to/from/within Central & Eastern Europe: Decolonial perspectives on race, gender, sexuality and class. The event is provisionally scheduled for end of November/early December 2021 (exact date TBA) and will take place online via Zoom. Please, see full call for paper: HERE.

Watch our first event!

You can now watch our first event on YouTube! The event titled How do we talk about ‘other’ geographies in/of Europe? Decolonial perspectives on Central & South-East Europe took place on 23 Sept 2020 4-6pm BST via Zoom. It was co-organised with Dr Špela Drnovšek Zorko (University of Warwick) and featured four excellent speakers: Prof. Hana Červinková (Maynooth University), Dr Piro Rexhepi (Independent Scholar), Dr Claudia Snochowska-Gonzalez (Polish Academy of Sciences) and Prof. Ivan Kalmar (University of Toronto). For details see HERE.

First event coming soon

Save the date: Our fist event How do we talk about ‘other’ geographies in/of Europe? Decolonial perspectives on Central & South-East Europe is on 23 Sept 2020 4-6pm BST via Zoom. Click HERE for details and to register. The event is co-organised with Špela Drnovšek Zorko (University of Warwick). It is free to attend – all are welcome!

Speakers: Prof. Hana Červinková (Maynooth University), Dr Piro Rexhepi (Independent Scholar), Dr Claudia Snochowska-Gonzalez (Polish Academy of Sciences) and Prof. Ivan Kalmar (University of Toronto).

The aim of the event is to explore the potential of using decolonial frameworks to researching Central-East Europe and South-East Europe, and to discuss analytical value in collectively conceptualising these relational geographies through the movement of people, spatial imaginaries, and forms of border-work.