Thursday, April 3, 6:30-8:00 PM
In Praise of the Universal 
Keynote Lecture by Souleymane Bachir Diagne
Opening remarks by Bruno Bosteels, Dean of Humanities,
And Emmanuelle Saada, French Department Chair
LOCATION: Lenfest Center for the Arts, 615 West 129th Street
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This event is part of the Conference in honor of Souleymane Bachir Diagne (Thursday, April 3 – Saturday, April 5)
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This three-day conference will celebrate the academic career of Professor Souleymane Bachir Diagne on the occasion of his retirement from the Departments of French and Philosophy at Columbia University. Colleagues and former students from Africa, Europe, and the U.S. will present talks related to Professor Diagne’s research, writing and teaching interests, and these contributions will later be collected in a festschrift published in his honor.

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, The Society of Fellows and Heyman Center for the Humanities, Alliance Program, Arts and Sciences, and MESAAS, and by Villa Albertine, Cultural Services of the Embassy of France.