The following provides informations talks and presentations I have given in Senegal, France, the United Kingdom, and the United States. These opportunities have allowed me to engage with colleagues across the world and collaborate on producing cutting-edge historical research.
2023
- “Plague, Petitions and Property in Early Twentieth Century Coastal Senegal” Paper presented at African Studies Association 66th Annual Meeting, December 1, 2023.
- “Demanding Domestic democracy: West African Migrants and
Rent Strikes in Postimperial Paris” Paper presented at Urban History Association 11th Biennial Conference October 27, 2023.
- “Sheltering ‘Bad Boys’: Foyers, African Migrants and Communal Belonging in Interwar France” Paper presented at French Colonial Historical Society 47th Annual Meeting, Fort-de-France, Martinique, May 4, 2023.
- “L’Histoire de la Politique de l’Habitat en Sénégal” Talk given at virtual seminar “Territoire, Environnement, Santé” organized by the Laboratoire de Recherche Historique Rhône-Alpes, February 3, 2023.
- “La Politique de l’Habitat en Sénégal, 1914-1974.” Talk given at seminar organized by the Unité de Recherche en Ingénierie Culturelle et en Anthropologie at the Institut Fondamental d’Afrique Noire de l’Université Cheikh Anta Diop, Dakar, Senegal, January 25, 2023.
2022
- “La Masculinité, Les Migrants Ouest-Africains, et Les Foyers en France de l’Entre-Deux-Guerres” Talk given at Journée d’étude “Les sociétés africaines et le monde: du côté des femmes et du genre (1920s-1960s)” École Normale Supérieur de Lyon, Lyon, France, December 15, 2022.
- “La Politique de l’Habitat et les Rélations Familiales en Sénégal, 1914-1974” Talk given in seminar “Dynamiques du Genre en Afrique,” Institut du Monde Africain, Aubervilliers, France, December 8, 2022.
- “At Home in Empire: West African Migrants and the Politics of Dwelling in 20th Century France” Talk given at Washington University of St. Louis Histoy Department, Saint-Louis, MO, November 28, 2022.
- “Dakar’s ‘El Dorado’: Creating and Remembering Dakar’s Postwar Suburbs” Paper Presented at African Studies Association 65th Annual Meeting, November 18, 2022.
- “‘The Most African Atmosphere Possible’: The Promise and Perils of Collective Living in Decolonizing Paris” Paper presented at the French Colonial Historical Society 47th Annual Meeting, Charleston, SC, May 13, 2022.
2021
- “Seeing Senegalese Suburbia: Building Homes and Bureaucratic Dreams in Postwar Senegal, 1945-1965” Paper presented at the African Studies Association 64th Annual Meeting, Virtual Conference, November 19, 2021.
- “Building Home/Building Power: Foyers and Communal Belonging among Senegalese Migrants in Interwar Marseille” Paper presented at the conference “Mobility in the Greater Senegambian Region: Migration, Politics, and Popular Culture” Virtual Conference Organized by the Senegambian Studies Group, October 2, 2021.
- “Senegalese Suburbia: Building Homes and Bureaucratic Dreams in Postwar Senegal, 1945-1965” Paper presented at the conference, “Architectures of Colonialism: Constructed Histories, Conflicting Memories” Virtual Conference Organized by the DFG Research Training Group “Cultural and Technological Significance of Historic Buildings” Brandenburgische Technishe Universität Cottbus-Senftenberg, Germany, June 17, 2021.
- “Surveillance par des Colis : Prisonniers de Guerre Africaines et les Organisations d’Assistance Françaises Pendant La Seconde Guerre Mondiale.” Paper presented at the conference, “Surveiller les populations colonisées en métropole” Virtual Symposium Organized by the Archives Nationales (France) and the Groupe de Recherche sur les Ordres Coloniaux, March 11, 2021.
2020
- “Bubonic Plague, Homes, and the Battles Over Segregation in Colonial Dakar, 1914-1921.” Paper presented at “Global Visions on Citiesand Historical Pandemics,” Virtual Symposium Organized by Epidemic Urbanism Initiative, July 24, 2020.
- “Round Table – Why Should Community Museums and Cultural Centers Care About Environmental Justice and Climate Justice?” Panelist at Chicago Cultural Alliance 5th Annual Activating Heritage Conference, Skokie, IL, February 17, 2020.
- “‘In His Eyes I am Foreign to France’: Senegalese Migrants in France, Repatriation, and Navigating Imperial Landscapes, 1858-1913.” Paper presented at American Historical Association 134th Annual Meeting, New York City, NY, January 6, 2020.
2019
- “‘I Send You Views of this Cosmopolitan Camp’: Senegalese Soldiers, Homemaking and Military Migration in World War I.” Paper presented at European Conference on African Studies Bi-Annual Conference, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom, June 13, 2019.
- “Dwelling in the Barracks: Senegalese Soldiers, Displacement, and Homemaking in World War I Military Camps.” Paper presented at conference, “Mobilities and Moorings: Renegotiating Spaces and Identities in Modern and Contemporary French and Francophone Culture,” Queen’s University Belfast, Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom, May 31, 2019.
2018
- “‘There I Will Find What I am Missing Here’: Assistance and Repatriation for Senegambian Migrants in France, 1860-1914.” Paper presented at French Colonial Historical Society 44th Annual Meeting, Seattle WA, June 1, 2018.
2017
- “Afropean Pasts: African Migration to Europe from the Slave Trade to the Present.” Presentation delivered at Pre-Departure Orientation for Fulbright-Hays Seminar Abroad, “Bulgaria in the Context of Migration and Challenges to European Cohesion,” Chicago, IL, July 7, 2017.
Still from Afrique des Banlieues (1967) depicting men eating in cafeteria of a foyer africain in Saint-Denis, France (Courtesy of Inatheque).