10/12/2022
By Monica Melo

You are warmly invited to a talk by Burleigh Hendrickson (Penn State): “Decolonization and the Protests of 1968 in the Francophone World”

Monday, Oct. 17, 2:30-3:30 p.m.

Coburn 245

Talk is in English and open to all.

Burleigh Hendrickson is a scholar of French Empire and decolonization. His research and teaching apply transnational and comparative approaches to the history of the Francophone world, with emphasis on the Maghreb and West Africa. His talk is based on his recently released book, "Decolonizing 1968: Transnational Student Activism in Tunis, Paris, and Dakar" (Cornell University Press, 2022) and focuses on the postcolonial relationships between France and its former colonies during the global protests of 1968. Combining extensive, multi-sited archival research with the oral histories of former activists, his research makes visible the enduring links between France and its ex-colonies at the end of formal empire.

All students are encouraged to attend; Hendrickson’s work will be particularly relevant to students interested in postcolonial studies, decolonial histories, student and labor movements, and African studies.

The Department of World Languages & Cultures is sponsoring this event with generous support from the Department of History and the program in Race & Ethnic Studies.