{"id":12672,"date":"2025-02-05T14:44:13","date_gmt":"2025-02-05T18:44:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/european\/?p=12672"},"modified":"2026-04-02T15:41:40","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T19:41:40","slug":"decentering-europe-%e2%80%a2-europe-africa-spring-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/european\/2025\/02\/05\/decentering-europe-%e2%80%a2-europe-africa-spring-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Decentering Europe \u2022 Europe &#038; Africa (Spring 2025)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The aim of the Decentering Europe initiative at BU&#8217;s Center for the Study of Europe is to promote a critical understanding of Europe through its complex heritage, which owes its richness to countless contributions from other regions of the world, including Africa. In an increasingly multipolar world, we believe Europe can only be understood in relation to other sites of socio-cultural production, political engagement, and economic transformation.<\/p>\n<p>Please register for the event(s) you would like to attend using the form below.<\/p>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\">Tuesday, March 18 \u2022 12:30 to 1:45 PM<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/history\/profile\/brooke-durham\/\">Brooke Durham<\/a>, Assistant Professor of History, Boston University<br \/>\n<em>\u201cFacing Inequity: NGO Perspectives on Decolonization in Algeria\u201d<br \/>\n<\/em>Moderated by <span style=\"color: #333333;\"><span>Sarah Benhalimam, MA in International Affairs student &amp; Dean&#8217;s Ambassador, Pardee School of Global Studies<\/span><\/span><br \/>\n[<a href=\"https:\/\/calndr.link\/event\/gXgH9lGwQY\">Add this event to your calendar<\/a>.]<\/h5>\n<hr \/>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\">Monday, March 24 \u2022 5 to 6:30 PM<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gc.cuny.edu\/people\/nathalie-etoke\">Nathalie Etoke<\/a>, <span>Professor of Francophone and Africana Studies, Graduate Center, CUNY<\/span><br \/>\n<em>\u201cPoetics of Survival and Becoming in Francophone African Rap\u201d<\/em><br \/>\nModerated by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/rs\/profile\/odile-cazenave-2\/\">Odile Cazenave<\/a>, Professor of French, Boston University<br \/>\n[<a href=\"https:\/\/calndr.link\/event\/TCTvruraFT\">Add this event to your calendar<\/a>.]<\/h5>\n<hr \/>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\">Wednesday, April 9 \u2022 5 to 6:30 PM<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cmu.edu\/dietrich\/lcal\/about-us\/filter\/faculty\/mame-fatou-niang.html\">Mame-Fatou Niang<\/a>, Associate Professor of French &amp; Francophone Studies and Director-Founder of the Center for Black European Studies &amp; the Atlantic (CBESA)<br \/>\n<em>\u201cInstitutionalizing Black Europe: The Center for Black European Studies at Carnegie Mellon University\u201d<\/em><br \/>\nModerated by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/rs\/profile\/odile-cazenave-2\/\">Odile Cazenave<\/a>, Professor of French, Boston University<br \/>\n[<a href=\"https:\/\/calndr.link\/event\/PaqOUuY1Br\">Add this event to your calendar.<\/a>]<\/h5>\n<hr \/>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\">Tuesday, April 22 \u2022 12:30 to 1:45 PM<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/profile\/daniela-caruso\/\">Daniela Caruso<\/a>, Professor of Law Emerita, Boston University<br \/>\n<em>\u201cColonialism and EU Law: The Case of Algerian Wine\u201d<br \/>\n<\/em>Moderated by Vesko <span>Gar\u010devi\u0107, Director, Center for the Study of Europe and Professor of the Practice of International Relations, Pardee School of Global Studies<\/span><br \/>\n[<a href=\"https:\/\/calndr.link\/event\/2x313eupTk\">Add this event to your calendar.<\/a>]<\/h5>\n<hr \/>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\">Tuesday, April 29 \u2022 12:30 to 1:45 PM<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sociology\/profile\/celeste-curington\/\">Celeste Curington<\/a>, Assistant Professor of Sociology, Boston University<br \/>\n<em>\u201cLaboring in the Shadow of Empire: Cabo Verdean Care Workers in Portugal\u201d<br \/>\n<\/em>Moderated by Molly Monet-Viera, Master Lecturer of Spanish, Boston University<br \/>\n[<a href=\"https:\/\/calndr.link\/event\/DYH4fiCtD3\">Add this event to your calendar.<\/a>]<\/h5>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/european\/files\/2025\/02\/Decentering-Europe-1-791x1024.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"791\" height=\"1024\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-12762\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/european\/files\/2025\/02\/Decentering-Europe-1-791x1024.png 791w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/european\/files\/2025\/02\/Decentering-Europe-1-491x636.png 491w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/european\/files\/2025\/02\/Decentering-Europe-1-768x994.png 768w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/european\/files\/2025\/02\/Decentering-Europe-1-1187x1536.png 1187w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/european\/files\/2025\/02\/Decentering-Europe-1-1583x2048.png 1583w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 791px) 100vw, 791px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The aim of the Decentering Europe initiative at BU&#8217;s Center for the Study of Europe is to promote a critical understanding of Europe through its complex heritage, which owes its richness to countless contributions from other regions of the world, including Africa. 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