9 May 2025 in South/Central African & Central European Summer Time
Find the event programme below. For details on the programme elements, download the programme booklet with session descriptions.
| 11:00-12:30 | Opening plenary Official welcome, keynote speech by & Q&A with François Kamate on the current situation in DR Congo and how it connects to historical and ongoing colonial systems |
| 12:30-13:00 | Break |
| 13:00-14:30 | Parallel sessions by partners – round 1 1. Sharing perspectives on international solidarities towards reparations and decolonisation by The Maangamizi Educational Trust 2. Decolonizing the City: Community, Resistance, and Radical Hospitality by the Third Space |
| 14:30-15:00 | Break |
| 15:00-16:15 | Midterm plenary & speed dating Reporting back from round 1 of partner sessions, followed by several rounds of “speed dating”: an opportunity to e-meet other participants in a 1-on-1 format. |
| 16:15-16:30 | Break |
| 16:30-18:00 | Parallel sessions by partners – round 2 3. School of the Revolution: the role of political prisoners in the struggle for liberation by Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network 4. Colonised bodies and lands – connecting struggles and emancipatory actions by Collective against Environmental Racism 5. Decolonizing Responses to Sexual Violence: Beyond Legal Frameworks by Laura Piel Martín |
| 18:00-18:15 | Break |
| 18:15-19:00 | Closing plenary Reporting back from round 2 of partner sessions & closing remarks |
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Please note that some of the sessions are foreseen to be livestreamed and/or recorded for the purpose of public distribution after the event. If a session is being recorded, you will be notified of this upon entering the Zoom room. If you do not wish to appear in the recording, please keep your camera off and anonymise your Zoom name.
Decolonial Europe Day 