On 18 June 2026 at 6:00 PM in Room K4, at Lusófona University, Lisbon Campus, there will be a presentation of the book Decolonizing Europe: Ethnographies of National and Transnational Projects, edited by Patrícia Ferraz de Matos and Livio Sansone, and published by Berghahn Books (2026).

The book will be presented by Daniel Florence Giesbrecht (CEIS20, University of Coimbra). The two editors, Patrícia Ferraz de Matos (CeiED, Lusófona University, Lisbon) and Livio Sansone (Federal University of Bahia, Brazil), will be in attendance, as will some of the book’s authors, namely Francesca De Luca (ICS – ULisboa; EBANO Collective) and José Vicente Mertz (ICS – ULisboa).

Description: Inspired by the global resonance of the Black Lives Matter movement in 2020, this book adds to the current discussion on the idea of decolonizing Europe. Drawing inspiration from the study of colonialism, postcolonialism and the imperative to decolonize knowledge and practice, the editors bring together a group of scholars approaching these issues through ethnographic inquiry. The volume explores how race, colonial legacies and structural inequality are addressed across diverse European contexts – north, central, eastern and southern – as well as in their entanglements with regions beyond Europe. It offers critical, grounded insights into the possibilities and challenges of decolonial thinking today.

Further information about the book here: https://doi.org/10.3167/9781836952480