Angelica Pesarini

Angelica Pesarini is an Assistant Professor at the University of Toronto with affiliations to the Centre for Diaspora & Transnational Studies, The Global Migration Lab, and the Department of Italian Studies. Her work critically examines Black Italian and Black Mediterranean experiences through the lenses of race, gender, and colonial/postcolonial dynamics.

• Research Focus: Black Italia, postcolonial Italy, racialization of immigration discourse, oral history as counter-narrative, decolonizing public spaces, and Afro-descendent cultural production
• Key Projects: Co-founder of The Black Mediterranean Collective, author of Future anthology contributions, co-translator of seminal Black feminist texts into Italian
• Current Work: Book on mixed-race Black Italian women's lived experiences during East Africa's colonial period, BLM's impact in Italy

Her publications explore intersections of colonial memory, racial violence, and diasporic identity. While her scholarship engages transnational social justice movements, it maintains a specific focus on Italy's unacknowledged racism and the erasure of Black Italian narratives. She actively participates in Italian and international anti-racist initiatives.

• Notable Contributions: Analysis of George Floyd's global resonance vs. underreported Italian racial violence, critiques of performative antiracism