We are pleased to announce that volume 4 of the Revue d’histoire contemporaine de l’Afrique has been published. This issue focuses on the thought and political action of Cheikh Anta Diop. Diop is best known for his scientific work, begun in the late 1940s, in which he explored the origins of human civilisations, their genealogies and reciprocal influences, using the African continent as a starting point.
Welcome to H-French-Colonial, the international scholarly online network on French colonial history and cultural studies, as well as examining links between metropolitan France and its colonies (past and present). H-French-Colonial encourages discussions of research interests, teaching methods, and historiography.
We are looking for editors and contributors to join the H-French-Colonial team. For information about the available opportunities please see our announcement.
This CFP might be of interest to members of the H-French-Colonial as it invites paper proposals assessing the environmental consequences of European imperialism (notably the expansion of the French East India Company, the three iterations of the Compagnie des Indes), in the Indian Ocean World for the period 1400-1800.
Commodities and Environments in Early Modern Global Asia, 1400–1800
European University Institute, Florence, Italy, 13–15 November 2024
Call for Papers
Call for Abstracts: French Politics, Culture, and Society (la version française suit)
Interracial Intimacies in France and the French Empire
Call for papers
This volume, the last in a three-volume series devoted to the comparative literary history of modern slavery, explores slavery, past and present, from the perspective of authorship, textuality and literary cultures. The editors invite abstracts for essays on all aspects of this question.