Dr. Mame Fatou Niang

Biography

Mame-Fatou Niang is a professor of French & Francophone Studies and the Founder Director of the Center for Black European Studies & Atlantic (CBESA) at Carnegie Mellon University. She is the author of 'Identités Françaises' published by Brill in 2019, and co-author of 'Universalisme' published by Anamosa in 2022. Her recent research focuses on Black geographies, Blackness in France, and the institutionalization of Black Studies. Dr. Niang is an international curator for the Rio de Janeiro Literary Festival (FLUP) and has held artist-in-residence positions at Ateliers Médicis in Paris, where she worked on the project entitled 'Échoïques' (Sounds of Silence). She has collaborated with various media outlets such as Slate and Jacobin, and her ongoing projects include 'Mosaica Nigra: Blackness in 21st-century France' and 'Alice Diop: French Cinema'. In addition to teaching multiple courses focused on Black and Francophone studies, Dr. Niang has been actively involved in various academic governance initiatives, including the Faculty Senate and the Faculty Diversity Committee at Carnegie Mellon University.

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