We are excited to invite you to our next MESAAS Visiting Artist Series events. This series invites artists from the Middle East, South Asia, and Africa to share their work through open discussions, screenings, and workshops. Join us for these special opportunities to engage with the artists’ practices and their insights into the social and political contexts shaping their work.

Thursday, April 3, 6:30-8:00 PM

In Praise of the Universal

Keynote Lecture by Souleymane Bachir Diagne

Location to be announced

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Friday, April 4 and Saturday April 5, 10:00 AM-4:00 PM

Celebrating the work of Souleymane Bachir Diagne

With 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 Hall

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This 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.