Activities
This section provides an overview of various professional activities, including workshops, talks, and other engagements. You can browse by year using the sidebar.
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Visit to the École nationale des chartes
Visited École nationale des chartes in Paris on the invitation of Vincent Jolivet.
Lecture Series at EHESS, Paris
A series of four public talks at EHESS, Paris, in May 2025, exploring the histories of Islam and religious pluralism in francophone West Africa using digital humanities methods.
Humanistica Conference 2025 - Dakar
Attending and presenting at the Humanistica 2025 conference in Dakar, focusing on Digital Humanities and AI.
Religious Activism on Campuses in Togo and Benin: Christian and Muslim Students Navigating Authoritarianism and Laïcité, 1970-2023
New book publication based on research conducted at Leibniz-Zentrum Moderner Orient since 2021.
Établir une faîtière islamique à l'échelle nationale: le cas de 4 pays d'Afrique de l'Ouest francophone
Comparative analysis of national Islamic umbrella organizations in four West African countries.
Author Meets Critic: Religious Activism on Campuses in Togo and Benin
Panel discussion at the 67th Annual Meeting of the African Studies Association (ASA).
Repenser la catégorisation religieuse à partir du Bénin, terre du vodun
Presented a paper with Fiacre Anato at the workshop L'Afrique des religions à l'épreuve des chiffres et des catégorisations at the Université Paris Cité. Examined religious categorisation dynamics in Benin, highlighting the tension between Vodun's statistical decline and its cultural vitality.
Tracing Islamic Knowledge Production in Francophone West African Newspapers (1990-Present)
Presented findings on Islamic knowledge production in Francophone West Africa at the ZMO workshop "Perspectives in Motion: Conceptual Fields from the Global South". Examined how Muslim intellectuals navigate multiple epistemologies using a corpus of 1,500 Islamic periodicals.
“Religiosity on University Campuses in Africa: Trends and Experiences” now in open-access
The edited volume 'Religiosity on University Campuses in Africa: Trends and Experiences', co-edited with Abdoulaye Sounaye, is now available in open access.
Digital Humanities (DH) and AI in African Studies: Opportunities, Challenges, and Decolonial Perspectives
Announcing the acceptance of the panel proposal 'Digital Humanities (DH) and AI in African Studies: Opportunities, Challenges, and Decolonial Perspectives' for ECAS 2025 in Prague.