# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Thickening Blackness: Tracing the invention of contemporary black identities in France 
- **Event Start and End Date**: Fri, 27 Feb, 2026 at 03:00 pm – Fri, 27 Feb, 2026 at 05:00 pm
- **Event Description**: It has become somewhat axiomatic in Black European Studies that blackness in continental Europe is a thin identity, constituted by a common experience of oppression and exclusion, as opposed to a thick identity encompassing a shared culture, shared histories, and shared reference points. Focusing on France as a case study, this talk will trouble this understanding. Analysing a series of cultural work from the past decade, I argue that black people born and raised in France have engaged in a creative process of producing new black identities, in an open-ended, dialogic and inventive process that challenges hegemonic notions of Frenchness and national belonging on the one hand, and fixed notions of blackness on the other. This process finds echoes and resonances in black communities across continental Europe. https://www.therecoveryplanfoundation.org
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/fiesole/thickening-blackness-tracing-the-invention-of-contemporary-black-identities-in-france/200029610393559
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## Event venue details

- **city**: Fiesole
- **state**: TO
- **country**: Italy
- **location**: European University Institute
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- **long**: 11.282795278109
- **full address**: European University Institute, University Canteen Badia Fiesolana, Via della Badia dei Rocettini, 50014 Fiesole FI, Italia, Fiesole, Italy

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is Thickening Blackness: Tracing the invention of contemporary black identities in France  being held?
  - **A:** Thickening Blackness: Tracing the invention of contemporary black identities in France  takes place on Fri, 27 Feb, 2026 at 03:00 pm to Fri, 27 Feb, 2026 at 05:00 pm at European University Institute, University Canteen Badia Fiesolana, Via della Badia dei Rocettini, 50014 Fiesole FI, Italia, Fiesole, Italy.
- **Q**: Who is organizing Thickening Blackness: Tracing the invention of contemporary black identities in France ?
  - **A:** Thickening Blackness: Tracing the invention of contemporary black identities in France  is organized by Black History Month Florence.
- **Q**: Who is this event for? Is it right for me?
  - **A:** Thickening Blackness: Tracing the invention of contemporary black identities in France  is ideal for art lovers, collectors, creatives, and anyone inspired by visual arts, installations, and exhibitions. Whether you're a first-time attendee or a longtime enthusiast in Fiesole, this event is thoughtfully curated to deliver a standout experience worth every moment. If Thickening Blackness: Tracing the invention of contemporary black identities in France  sounds like your kind of event, don't wait - spots fill up fast.

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