July 15 – 17
(Open call is closed)
This Black Feminist Summer School creates space outside the university campus for collective theory building and in-depth reading that contextualises Black death and Black aliveness, as they shape Black experience on a global scale. Together, participants will wrestle with the complexities and possibilities that arise from Afro-pessimist and other Black Studies’ readings of Black death and Black exile from the human. At the same time, the insistences found in work that attends to Black life and the im/possibilities of Black aliveness will also orient our discussion and queries.
At root, this Black Feminist Summer School encourages participants to occupy and examine the tensions, rebellions, fatigue, fantasies, hopelessness, and potentialities that the theme of “Black Death/Black Aliveness” inspires us to contend with.
Participants in the Black Feminist Summer School are students, early career scholars, activists, artists, and organisers who have particular interest, lived experience and politics grounded in Blackness.
Agenda: We will convene for five days to engage with invited speakers who work within or between the themes of Black death and Black aliveness as scholars, practitioners, and community intellectuals. In the mornings, the speaker will give a lecture, followed by a seminar where participants will have the opportunity to engage the speaker and each other in discussion and reflection. The afternoons are dedicated to cultural activities in Amsterdam (e.g. exhibitions, local archives, and performances).
Speakers (artists, activists, and scholars): Myriam Diatta, Yancé-Myah Antonio Harrison, Julian Isenia, Camille Sapara Barton, Annie Olaloku-Teriba, Jan Mendes.
Applications are closed for 2026, but you are welcome to follow us on instagram @black_feminist_summer for updates on future programs.