WELCOME TO MESAAS
WELCOME TO MESAAS
WELCOME TO MESAAS
WELCOME TO MESAAS
- MESAAS presents Visiting Artist SeriesMarch 13, 2025
- Call for Papers-Lumumba at 100 ConferenceMarch 7, 2025
- Summer 2025 Allison Busch Memorial Language Study FellowshipMarch 5, 2025
- The Routledge Companion to Asian Cinemas, edited By Debashree Mukherjee et al, receives 1st Aruna Vasudev NETPAC AwardFebruary 24, 2025
- Aude Tournaye and Wendell Marsh Curate Exhibit at Express NewarkFebruary 14, 2025
april 2025
3apr - 5apr 36:00 pmapr 5Celebrating the Career of Professor Souleymane Bachir Diagne
Event Details
Thursday, April 3, 6:30-8:00 PM In Praise of the Universal Keynote Lecture by Souleymane Bachir Diagne Location to be announced RSVP HERE
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Thursday, April 3, 6:30-8:00 PMKeynote Lecture by Souleymane Bachir DiagneLocation to be announcedRSVP HEREFriday, April 4 and Saturday April 5, 10:00 AM-4:00 PMWith contributions by:Salim Abdelmadjid, Mouhamadou El Hady BA, Alioune Bah, Etienne Balibar, Akeel Bilgrami, Ali Benmakhlouf, Françoise Blum, Charles Bowao, Jean-Godefroy Bidima, Hamid Dabashi, Daniel Dauvois, Vishaka Desai, Penelope Lisa Deutscher, Mamadou Diouf, Thomas Dodman, Pierre Force, Lewis R. Gordon, Philippe Gouët, Chike Jeffers, Nadia Yala Kisukidi, Anais Maurer, Ramatoulaye Diagne Mbengue, Bado Ndoye, Nasrin Qader, Emmanuelle Saada, Felwine Sarr, Achille Varzi, Gary Wilder, Frédéric Worms, and Souleymane Bachir Diagne.East Gallery, Maison Française, Buell HallRSVP HEREThis conference is organized by the Columbia University Maison Française and Department of French, with additional support provided by Columbia’s Institute of African Studies, Office of the Dean of Humanities, Department of Philosophy, Committee on Global Thought, SOF/Heyman Center for the Humanities, Alliance Program, Arts and Sciences, and MESAAS, and by Villa Albertine, Cultural Services of the Embassy of France.
Time
3 (Thursday) 6:00 pm - 5 (Saturday) 4:00 pm
Location
Maison Française
Buell Hall
Event Details
We are excited to announce the launch of the Lumumba at 100 series, a graduate student-led initiative commemorating the 100th anniversary of Patrice Lumumba’s life and legacy.
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We are excited to announce the launch of the Lumumba at 100 series, a graduate student-led initiative commemorating the 100th anniversary of Patrice Lumumba’s life and legacy.
Lumumba at 100 – April 18, 2025, 10:00 AM
Featuring scholars Georges Nzongola-Ntalaja, Didier Gondola, Pedro Monaville
Maison Française, Buell Hall, 515 W 116th St, New York, NY 10027
RSVP (RSVP required 48 hours in advance for non-CU ID holders)
CALL FOR PAPERS (Deadline: March 15, 2025)
Lumumba at 100 will include a cross-disciplinary conference and workshop, featuring discussions and lectures on Congo’s colonial history, Lumumba’s leadership, and ongoing struggles in the region, with an emphasis on global challenges like resource extraction and political instability. Leading scholars and early-career scholars will come together for engaging dialogues and critical feedback.
Current Supporters & Collaborators:
Department of Middle East, South Asian and African Studies, Department of Art History & Archaeology, Institute of African Studies, Middle East Institute, Maison Française, Just Humanities Initiative, The Society for Fellows and the Heyman Center for the Humanities, Department of History, Department of French, Department of Anthropology, African Student Association, Friends of the Congo, SIPA Pan African Network
For more information, upcoming programs, and updates, see our website.
We hope you can join us for these events.
Best regards,
The Lumumba at 100 Organizing Team
Time
(Friday) 10:00 am
Location
Maison Française
Buell Hall
may 2025
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