Missed our virtual book launch on 18 February 2026? The recording is now available to watch online.
The event marked the launch of the open-access volume A New Wave of Anti-Racism in Europe? Racialized Minorities at the Centre, edited by Ilke Adam (Vrije Universiteit Brussel), Jean Beaman (CUNY Graduate Center) and Mariska Jung (Vrije Universiteit Brussel).
As Europe faces an intensifying backlash against anti-racism, the book examines how racialized minorities across the continent have reshaped the meanings, practices, and futures of anti-racism. Emerging in the wake of the 2020 Black Lives Matter protests, the volume asks whether we are indeed witnessing a “new wave” of anti-racism—and what such framing reveals or obscures. Drawing on empirical research from Belgium, the Netherlands, France, Sweden, Poland, Italy, Spain, Portugal and the EU level, the contributors highlight both contemporary mobilisations and the longer, often silenced histories of racialized minority organising.
The launch featured an introduction by editors Ilke Adam and Jean Beaman, followed by presentations from several chapter authors, including Sibo Kanobana, Diana Mulinari, Rosana Albuquerque, Ojeaku Nwabuzo, and Kekeli Kpognon. We were honoured to be joined by Professor Alana Lentin as discussant, whose comparative work on anti-racism in Europe has been an important inspiration for this volume.
The discussion offers rich reflections on the possibilities and limits of anti-racism in the current political climate, and on the broader dynamics of backlash, mobilisation, and structural change.
Click here to download the open-access book.
Watch the full recording below on our YouTube channel: