Tuition includes an opening reception, seminars with BESS faculty, required readings, and an excursion in Amsterdam. The excursion is coordinated with Black Heritage Amsterdam Tours.
Tuition does not include housing, food, or travel to and from Amsterdam. All students who attend and successfully complete the Black Europe Summer School will receive a certificate of attendance. The Program. Now in its 17th year, the overall goal of this intensive two-week course is to examine the contemporary circumstances of the African Diaspora in Europe. We explore the origins of Black Europe and investigate the impact of the historical and colonial legacies of European countries on policies, practices, and legislation today.
Our primary point of departure is to evaluate the experiences and activities of Black people in Europe as citizens, in opposition to the assumptions made by most governments, universities, and policymakers in Europe, that Black people are mainly immigrants.
We foreground the actions, activities, and mobilization of Black people and community organizations in Black Europe. The interactions of race, class, gender, and sexuality on the lives of Black people in Europe are central analytics. Students and scholars from the social sciences and humanities, policymakers and community activists, and those active in Black and multiracial organisations and NGOs working against racism and xenophobia in Europe are encouraged to apply.
The format of the course includes lectures by a range of academic experts on various aspects of Black Europe, as well as presentations by local community activists, educators and organizers.
