In tribute to the centenaries of Patricio Lumumba, Frantz Fanon and Malcolm, la Casa de las Americas will hold from June 17 to 20, 2025, the III International Colloquium of the Afro-American Studies Program “Epistemic Insurrections of Contemporary Afrodiasporic Thought”.
This event is part of the systematization processes of existing debates around African-American ideopolitical thought and it promotes the emancipatory dialogue between 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 till April 1st, 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.
The Academic Committee of the III Colloquium will respond before May 3, 2025 and will send the invitation letters to each of the approved applicants so that they can manage the funds necessary to participate in the colloquium. Once the event has concluded, the corresponding certificates of participation will be issued.
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.