The Minority Paradox: Blackness in France with Pap NDiaya

A lecture by, and conversation with, Pap NDiaye, author and professor at the Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris.

Pap 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 Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales (EHESS) where he was a lecturer before being selected in 2012 as Professor at the Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris. NDiaye is a pioneer of "Black Studies" in French, and co-founded the Circle of Action for the Promotion of Diversity in France (CAPDIV) with Patrick Loze. He is currently working on the global history of civil rights in the 20th century.