On Tuesday and Wednesday, 15. & 16.12.20 (7-9 pm, CET) with Prof. Philomena Essed and Tran Thi Thu Trang In light of countless cases of police violence as well as extremist right-wing attacks, racism, in its everyday, systemic, and institutional forms, was given particular public attention in 2020. Whereas the Black Lives Matter protests in the US by far received the greatest attention, also activists in Europe went to the streets and voiced  their experiences...

European societies are characterized by plurality, but equally so by contemporary forms of racism that have long lasting links to a seemingly far away past. Racisms are as fluid as the contexts in which they come about, but still appear to follow certain recognizable logics and fulfil particular functions. What characterizes contemporary racisms in European societies today? In addition to observing the effects these racisms still have for people affected by racial discrimination in Europe...

On Friday, 13.11.20 (3-5 pm, CET) with Vanessa Vu of the podcast 'Rice and Shine' In this workshop, Vanessa Vu will speak about her experiences and learnings from creating and developing an independent podcast, how to build outreach, find good stories and share general tips & tricks about how to start your own podcast. This is a workshop directed at young media makers (17-26 years old), engaging in anti-racist educational or activist work online, as...

Recent global developments have shed light on racial inequalities on a structural and broader level, questioning structural racism and (white) privileges. In this livetalk, we talked about why critical whiteness is more important than ever, in which sense cultural appropration is dangerous and what can we learn from anti-racist, educational work on social media. No White Saviors (NWS) is an advocacy campaign led by a majority female, majority African team of professionals based in Kampala, Uganda. The campaign was...

On Monday, 26.10.20 (3-4 pm, CET) with the team of the Instagram channel and campaign 'No White Saviors'   In the online workshop 'How to do anti-racist educational work on social media?' the team members of the No White Saviors Instagram channel shared their experiences of online educational work on Instagram. On their wide-reaching channel they mainly foster debates on white saviorism and are equally word-leading in debates on critical whiteness and anti-black racism. This...

Even though racism is inseparable from European history and the continents' colonial past, the idea of Europe as a "colorblind continent" has been central to the continents' narrative. In her book ‘European Others: Queering Ethnicity in Postnational Europe.’ (2011), our speaker Fatima El-Tayeb, Professor for Literature and Ethnic Studies at the University of California, San Diego, examines how racialized communities in Europe produce new forms of identity and activism as tension between a growing non-white,...

This event will take place in german.

This event will take place in german.

We will celebrate our annual Summer Party at the courtyard of the Schwarzkopf Foundation with guests from all over Europe. Save the date and join us! 17:00 DJ Kriz Mental 18:00 Welcome Anne Rolvering, CEO 10 Years Understanding Europe with former and current trainers: Katja Sinko, Malte Steuber, Onur Mercan Announcement: Shortlist Schwarzkopf Europe Award 2020 Jury of Young Europeans Keynote Speech Yasmine Ouirhrane, Young European of the Year 2019 18:30 DJ Kriz Mental 19:30...

We cordially invite you to join us in paying tribute to an organisation that has been honoured for its extraordinary European commitment. Award ceremony of the Schwarzkopf Europe Award to the New Europeans with a laudation by Martin Schulz MdB followed by a panel discussion This year, the Schwarzkopf Foundation honours the civil rights initiative New Europeans, which is campaigning for an #EUGreenCard to ring fence the rights and status of EU citizens currently resident...