BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN PRODID:adamgibbons/ics METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VEVENT UID:23263@offbeat.amsterdam SUMMARY:Abolish Europe DTSTAMP:20260601T215238Z DTSTART:20260604T180000Z DESCRIPTION:“Europe is indefensible”\, writes the anticolonial thinker Aimé Césaire already\nin 1950. A civilization that has practiced\, witnessed a nd justified colonialism\nand genocide\, he argued\, would inevitably deve lop forms of indifference\,\nignorance and coldness towards human life tha t allows the most extreme forms of\nviolence and neglect to emerge and to flourish. The manifold forms of brutality\nwe currently observe can thus b e seen as the direct consequences of the very\nconcept of “Europe“. What m ight abolition mean in\, for and against Europe?\n\nAbolitionism\, as a di stinct approach in critical theory and political activism\,\nis often asso ciated with the abolition of slavery in the Americas. Contemporary\nmoveme nts such as police and prison abolitionism are also marked by debates\ncen tered on the US. This event asks what abolition might mean in\, for and\na gainst Europe\; its own specific genealogies\, articulations and conjunctu res of\nlegal and extralegal violence – border regime\, militarism\, ecolo gical\ndestruction\, exploitation and super-exploitation – and its own his tories\,\ntraditions and coalitions of resistance and living otherwise.\n\ nWe have invited writers\, scholars and activists to discuss the question of what\nabolition means\, has meant and might mean in Europe.\n\n\nSPEAKE RS\n\nDeanna Dadusc is Senior Lecturer at the University of Brighton. She examines the\ncriminalization of migration and solidarity by the European border regime.\n\nAkwugo Emejulu is a professor of sociology at the Univer sity of Sheffield and\nthe author of Fugitive Feminism (London 2022)\, amo ngst other books. She works on\nthe history and presence of Black feminist organizing in Europe.\n\nSimin Jawabreh is a political scientist and acti vist\, living and organizing in\nBerlin. She explores how marginalized com munities manage to create safety from\nbelow.\n\nSafae el Khannoussi is a writer and a member of the “Abolition Democracies”\nresearch project. She will read from the English translation of her critically\nacclaimed novel Oroppa.\n\nOscar Talbot is a philosopher\, activist\, and a member of the “Abolition\nDemocracies” research project. He will moderate the evening.\n \nThis conversation concludes the 4-year research project “Abolition Democ racies –\nTransnational Perspectives” at the University of Amsterdam\, fun ded by the Gerda\nHenkel Foundation. URL:https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/abolish-europe GEO:52.3685931;4.8896879 LOCATION:SPUI25 - Spui 25-27\, 1012 WX Amsterdam STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:activism,amsterdam-centrum,books,colonialism,community,democracy ,feminism,spui X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

“Europe is indefensible”, writes the antico lonial thinker Aimé Césaire already in 1950. A civilization that has pract iced, witnessed and justified colonialism and genocide, he argued, would i nevitably develop forms of indifference, ignorance and coldness towards hu man life that allows the most extreme forms of violence and neglect to eme rge and to flourish. The manifold forms of brutality we currently observe can thus be seen as the direct consequences of the very concept of “Europe “. What might abolition mean in, for and against Europe?

Abolitio nism, as a distinct approach in critical theory and political activism, is often associated with the abolition of slavery in the Americas. Contempor ary movements such as police and prison abolitionism are also marked by de bates centered on the US. This event asks what abolition might mean in, fo r and against Europe; its own specific genealogies, articulations and conj unctures of legal and extralegal violence – border regime, militarism, eco logical destruction, exploitation and super-exploitation – and its own his tories, traditions and coalitions of resistance and living otherwise.

We have invited writers, scholars and activists to discuss the questi on of what abolition means, has meant and might mean in Europe.

Speakers

Deanna Dadusc is Senior Lecturer at the University of Brighton. She examines the crimina lization of migration and solidarity by the European border regime.

Akwugo Emejulu is a professor of sociology at the University of Sheffield and the author of Fugitive Feminism (London 2022), amongst other books. She works on the history and presence of Black feminist organizing in Europe.

Simin Jawabre h is a political scientist and activist, living and organizi ng in Berlin. She explores how marginalized communities manage to create s afety from below.

Safae el Khannoussi i s a writer and a member of the “Abolition Democracies” research project. S he will read from the English translation of her critically acclaimed nove l Oroppa.

Oscar Talbot is a ph ilosopher, activist, and a member of the “Abolition Democracies” research project. He will moderate the evening.

This conversation conc ludes the 4-year research project “Abolition Democracies – Transnational P erspectives” at the University of Amsterdam, funded by the Gerda Henkel Fo undation.

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