Posted: Tuesday, October 25, 2016

The Department of Foreign Languages and Cultures, the Office of Diversity and Equity, and the French Embassy invite the UE and Evansville communities to hear renowned French historian, Pap Ndiaye's lecture "The Minority Paradox: Blackness in France" on November 8, from 4:00-5:00 p.m. in Room 162, Schroeder School of Business Building.

His presentation discusses the notion of French blacks and the tension within the classic French Republican understanding of citizenship. How and why is it intellectually and politically legitimate to use this notion?

Ndiaye will discuss the reasons why French scholars have been reluctant to focus on racial minorities. He will also elaborate on the notion of blackness, that is the subjectification of racial identities in France in the 20th century, and show why a new blackness has emerged in France in the past few years.

Ndiaye is a historian, specializing in the social history of the United States with a focus on its minorities. He holds a doctorate from the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (EHESS) where he was a lecturer before being selected in 2012 as professor at the Institut d' Études Politiques de Paris (Sciences Po Paris), a highly selective French university. He is considered as one of the pioneers of black studies in France. He is the author of several books and articles including La Condition noire. Essai sur une minorité française (2008).

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