Welcome to the Newsletter June 2026
Welcome to the June newsletter. Summer is officially here, but we are definitely not slowing down.
In this edition, we share upcoming highlights including a Save the Date for the final consortium meeting, a call for papers, a reflection on the recent OCAN Changá screening, and the Curaçao World Cup schedule.
Re/Presenting Europe Recommends:
De Afro-Europeaan follows Nigerian-British-Dutch Ikenna Azuike as he explores what Afro-Europeans can teach us about making a home. Despite a successful career and a loving family, he experiences a sense of being “divided,” and travels across different African communities in Europe in search of guidance and understanding.
Upcoming Events
Save the Date for the Final Re/Presenting Europe Consortium Meeting, Showcase, and International Conference
Talk Show OCAN
Date: 13 June 2026 Time: 14:00-17:00 Location: PEP Den Haag, located at Riviervismarkt 2, 2513 AM
The next Talkshow will take place, following Amsterdam, will feature the second Talkshow centred on Changá as part of the ongoing Re/Presenting Europe research project.
Residents of The Hague are warmly invited to join the public discussion and actively participate in the conversation. How is life in The Hague? Do you feel at home and included in the city? Do Caribbean Dutch communities support one another enough? These are some of the questions we are eager to explore together.
To register, simply send an email to talkshow@ocan.nl, and feel free to invite others living in The Hague to join as well.
Doing Gender Lecture
Date: 8 June 2026 Time: 17:15-19:00 Location: Utrecht University, Janskerkhof 2-3, Room 0.13
It is a great honour to welcome Rita Segato to Utrecht for the Doing Gender Lecture. In her lecture, “Gender and Coloniality: From Communitarian to Colonial Modern Patriarchy,” Segato will reflect on the colonial transformation of patriarchy and its enduring effects on contemporary forms of violence and domination.
The event is organised by Utrecht University together with the Netherlands Research School of Gender Studies and partners, chaired by Ana Maria Miranda Mora with Sofía Forchieri as respondent.
Keti Koti Tafel x Re/Presenting Europe Save the Date
We had to postpone our Re/Presenting Europe x Keti Koti Tafel on Belonging in Academia, scheduled for May. However, we are thrilled to announce the new date: the 8th of October, 2026.
Location: Floraweg 200, Amsterdam, 1032ZG Noord-Holland, Nederland
Mark your calendars already, and we hope to see many of you there.
Publications
Call for papers
On 27 November 2026, Rachel Gillett, Debby Esmeé de Vlugt, and Margo Groenewoud, are organizing a symposium at Utrecht University titled “Rhymes, Rhythms and Revolutions.” The event explores how cross-border and cross-cultural entanglements have shaped Dutch Caribbean societies in the twentieth century, focusing on the circulation of radical ideas through music, poetry, literature, film, and visual arts, as well as broader cultures of resistance and vernacular knowledge.
The symposium aims to rethink dominant dichotomies such as urban/rural, creolized/Western, and insider/outsider, while centering marginalized voices and generating new historical narratives within a circum-Caribbean conversation. The deadline for proposals is 6 July 2026, via the application form
You can find more information about the call for papers here
Past Events
OCAN’s screening of Changá on May 23rd
As part of the ongoing Talkshow series in Den Helder, Groningen, Eindhoven, and Rotterdam, the Caribbean Dutch community in Amsterdam gathered this past Saturday for a special edition hosted by Stichting ProFor in Amsterdam Zuidoost. The event, co-hosted by Re/Presenting Europe, featured the first public screening of Changá by Prof. Dr Francio Guadeloupe, followed by a panel discussion and audience conversation reflecting on belonging, identity, resilience, and the lived experiences of Caribbean Dutch people in the European part of the Kingdom. Representatives from both the Windward and Leeward islands joined the dialogue, highlighting the importance of community, creativity, and mutual support.
Dr. Jody Metcalfe, one of the co-organizers, had this to say ‘As a continuation of the Het Talkshow series, co-created with Stichting Ocan, we hosted another successful event focused on Dutch Caribbean Belonging in the Netherlands. The screening of the documentary Changá, is inspired by the themes of the Talkshow Project, specifically the challenges and successes of living in the Netherlands and unpacking the complexities of where “home” is. The event, hosted at ProFor in Bijlmer, saw panellists Durwin Lynch and Kjelld Kroon engaging with the film’s content, as well as their own experiences and reflections, and foregrounding an audience discussion. We look forward to the next event on 13 June in Den Haag’
What’s happening in the world of Sports?
Curaçao in the World Cup
Catch all the excitement as Curaçao takes on the World Cup stage! Here is the match schedule below. Join us in supporting the team!
The Curaçao National Team Announces its Official Team Jersey.
Check out this beautiful video announcing Curaçao’s kit.
Unsettling Knowledge New Episode
If you’re interested in sports and racism, check out the latest episode of Unsettling Knowledge, where Rory Dymond, Rachel Gillett, and rugby player Carl Daniels discuss racism and exclusion in UK rugby. The episode explores locker-room “banter,” elitism in the sport, and the lived experiences of Black players, combining personal reflection with research on racism in sport.
