Carnegie Mellon University

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

About CBESA

Visit us on campus in Posner 251

1pm-4pm Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday

News

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October 28, 2025 - CBESA Curates FLUP 2025 in Rio de Janeiro

For the second year in a row, the Center for Black European Studies & the Atlantic (CBESA) will curate the FLUP Literary Festival in Rio de Janeiro.

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November 19-30, 2025 - CBESA is Curating FLUP, the Rio de Janeiro Literary Festival

Brazil and the Caribbean share deep historical roots: both were shaped by the Black diaspora, marked by colonial exploitation, and permeated by a legacy that gave rise to ideas capable of re-enchanting the world.

 

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September 19, 2025 - Dr. Michael McEachrane and UN delegation in Colombia at the invitation of Vice-President Francia Márquez 

CBESA's Michael McEchrane visits Columbia with a delegation of the United Nations Permanent Forum on People of African Descent

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August 1, 2025 - Dr. Michael MacEachrane joins CBESA as a Senior Research Scholar-in-Residence (2025-2027)

We are thrilled to welcome Michael McEachrane as a Senior Research Fellow at CBESA.

 

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Curated by CBESA

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We Were Here: The Untold Story of Black Africans in Renaissance Europe

March 28, 2025
 McConomy Auditorium, CMU
 

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Black | France | Noire Inaugural Symposium

May 21-23, 2025
Paris, France

Middle Ground: Festa Literária das Periferias

October 10-11, 2025
Berlin, Germany

Steering Committee

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

Meet the Steering Committee

Research Areas

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Summer Schools

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Public Policy Advocacy

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Festivals and Conferences

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Arts and Research Residencies