Carnegie Mellon University

Center for Black European Studies and the Atlantic

Department of Languages, Cultures & Applied Linguistics

CBESA is an interdisciplinary research hub dedicated to the collection, production, restoration, dissemination and promotion of scholarship on people of African descent in Europe and the Atlantic.

News

September 14, 2026 - CBESA Biennial Conference to be held at the Museum of the European Union

August 24, 2026 : CBESA Annual Report Available

April 14-17, 2026 - CBESA present at the United Nations Permanent Forum on People of African Descent (PFPAD)

February 8-11, 2026 - CBESA Director Co-curates Diaspora Salon

Curated by CBESA

Black Europe 2026: CBESA's Second Biennial Conference

October 2-3, 2026

Brussels, Belgium

The Diaspora Salon

February 8-11, 2026

Marrakech, Morocco

Festa Literária das Periferias

November 19-30

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Podcast Episodes

Conversation on Black Europe

Diaspora Salon Podcast

Steering Committee

CBESA's steering committee unites leaders in the study of Blackness in the Atlantic.

Meet the Steering Committee