Infrastructures
of Racism

and the Contours
of Black Vitality
and Resistance

an international conference

 March 23-25, 2023

Università di TORINO

This conference explores the continuing and systemic infrastructures of racism in the United States. Relatedly, we want to emphasize conceptualizations of abolitionist futures, alternative arrangements and modes of existence that build on well-established praxes rooted in Black vitality, joy, and worldmaking.

Keynote Speakers

Nic[o] Brierre AZIZ (Interdisciplinary artist and curator, New Orleans, USA)

M. Giulia FABI
(Università di Ferrara, Italy)

Elizabeth MADDOCK DILLON (Northeastern University, USA)

Kevin E. QUASHIE
(Brown University, USA)

Guest Speaker

Nathasha FERNANDO (University of Westminster, UK)

Venue

Centro Aldo Moro

Via Sant'Ottavio 18 - 10124 TORINO, Italy

The Conference is held in the new building of the Dipartimento di Lingue e Letterature Straniere e Culture Moderne, just off Via Po, in the heart of the city center.

Speakers and participants: please REGISTER!
Conference registration is free and open to all