GWS 244: Black Women in Europe: Finding More Sources

On this page, you'll find an assortment of online resources that will help you further your understanding of course material. Note that this is a living document, meaning that I'll be adding resources throughout the semester. Here's a sample of some of the organizations and first-person accounts that you might find useful.

BONUS - if you find any to add that you think your classmates would use, send the link to me via email (ahulsebe@gustavus.edu) and I'll add it. 

Here is a (not comprehensive) list of online resources that may be of interest as you conduct research and further explore course topics. These - and other sources that you might find through a google search - can help you explore context and dive into the questions that people are discussing related to Black women in Europe.

These kinds of sources can give you ideas about search terms and might also quote or interview scholars, who you could then look up in one of our databases or the library catalog. Above all, they help you figure out what people are talking about when they talk about black women in Europe.

• The Black Women in Europe blog covers all kinds of topics related to Black identities in Europe
• European Network Against Racism is a major anti-racist organization
• Being Black in the EU, a report from the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights, reports on racism and discrimination faced by people of African descent in the EU
• The London School of Economics hosted a panel on Black Feminism in Europe
• The Voices in Movement blog features posts on Black feminisms around the world, including Europe
• Black Lives Matter in Belgium is an online panel sponsored by UCLA's Center for European and Russian Studies
• The Belgium Network for Black Lives is on social media - @BNFBL
• The Los Angeles Times reported, After the Killing of a Biracial Man, Activists Say Denmark is Unaware of Racism in Its Midst
• The Brookings Institute hosted an online lecture on Black Lives Matter and the Anti-Racist Movement in France
• Black Germans on X (@BlackGermans) is a collective resource for free events, talks, and new scholarship on race in Europe
• The Black Central European Studies Network seeks to further knowledge about the Black Diaspora in German-speaking Central Europe
• The Black Perspectives blog features articles such as From ADEFRA to Black Lives Matter: Black Women’s Activism in Germany and Black Germans and New Forms of Resistance
• #BlackCoffee is a podcast (in Italian) about Black identities in Italy
• Public Book magazine published a five article series on Black Italy
• London School of Economics International History has a blog post on colonial Italy's racist past
• Afro-Sweden: Becoming Black in a Color-Blind Country is freely available online from the University of Minnesota Press
• The Daily Beast posted an article on how Black Lives Matter Is Challenging Sweden's Myth of a Post-Racial Paradise