Pap Ndiaye

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This article is about a French historian. He is not to be confused with Pape Seydou N'Diaye.

Pap Ndiaye
Ndiaye delivering a lecture on the history of empires at the Sciences Po Paris
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Pap Ndiaye is a French historian. He focuses on transnational philosophies of race that draw both from American and French political thought, especially as they apply to the African diaspora populations of both countries.

Career[]

Ndiaye graduated from the École normale supérieure de Fontenay-Saint-Cloud (fr) in 1986, and obtained the Agrégation in history. Ndiaye obtained his PhD in history from the School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences. From 1991 to 1996, Ndiaye conducted research in the United States as preparation for a thesis about the history of the petrochemical corporation DuPont. As the son of a Senegalese father and a French mother, he has credited his time at the University of Virginia with exposing him to themes of American racism that prompted his interest in seriously studying the topic.[1]

Upon returning to France, Ndiaye became a lecturer at the School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences. The focus of his research agenda became understanding the history of racially discrimatory practices in France and in America.[2] He was one of the first researchers in France to compare the history of the African diaspora in France and in the United States. Together with Patrick Lozès (fr), the future president of the Representative Council of France's Black Associations, Ndiaye co-founded the Action Committee for the Promotion of Diversity in France.[3]

In 2012, Ndiaye became a faculty member at the Institut d'études politiques at Sciences Po.[4] He has been a member of the Centre d'études nord-américaines (Center for North American studies) and has been an editor of the journal L'Histoire. He has also published pieces in the news media.[5]

In February 2021 Ndiaye was made director of the French national museum of immigration (the Palais de la Porte Dorée / Musée national de l'histoire de l'immigration et Aquarium tropical).[6]

Selected works[]

  • Du nylon et des bombes: DuPont de Nemours, le marché et l'État américain (Of nylon and bombs: Dupont de Nemours, the market and the American state), 2001
  • La Condition noire (The Black condition), 2008
  • Les Noirs américains : en marche pour l'égalité (Black Americans: On the march for equality), 2009

Selected awards[]

  • Jean-Michel Gaillard Award (2008)[7]

Private life[]

Pap Ndiaye's sister is the writer Marie NDiaye, winner of the 2009 Prix Goncourt (she spells their surname with two consonants, whereas he spells it with one).

References[]

  1. ^ Boltanski, Christophe (24 February 2007). "Noir sur le tard". Libération. Retrieved 9 July 2018..
  2. ^ Ivan Jablonka (20 January 2009). "Les Noirs, une minorité française. Entretien avec Pap Ndiaye". La vie des Idées (in French). Retrieved 15 February 2020.
  3. ^ Ceaux, Pascal (1 May 2008). "Le livre noir de Pap Ndiaye". L'Express. Retrieved 15 February 2020.
  4. ^ "Ndiaye, Centre d'histoire de Sciences Po" (in French). Retrieved 15 February 2020.
  5. ^ "« Pour une nouvelle république »" (in French). 19 April 2012. Retrieved 15 February 2020.
  6. ^ "French Culture Ministry Communiqué de presse".
  7. ^ "Jean-Michel Gaillard". La rendezvous de l'histoire. 2013. Archived from the original on 26 July 2019. Retrieved 15 February 2020.
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