# Author Meets Critic: Religious Activism on Campuses in Togo and Benin

- **Type:** Conference
- **Date:** 12 December 2024
- **Tags:** Conference, ASA, Book Launch, Togo, Benin, Religious Activism, Islam, African Studies
- **Web page:** https://www.frederickmadore.com/activities/author-meets-critic-faith-based-student-activism

*Panel discussion at the 67th Annual Meeting of the African Studies Association (ASA).*

I'm honoured to be participating in an Author Meets Critic roundtable at the 67th Annual Meeting of the [African Studies Association (ASA)](https://africanstudies.org/) in Chicago. The session, which focuses on my forthcoming book *[Religious Activism on Campuses in Togo and Benin: Christian and Muslim Students Navigating Authoritarianism and Laïcité, 1970–2023](https://doi.org/10.1515/9783111428895)*, will take place on 12 December 2024 from 10:15 to 12:00 in the Purdue Room.

The panel will be chaired by [K.D. Thompson](https://religiousstudies.wisc.edu/staff/kdthompson/) (University of Wisconsin–Madison) and will include Marius Kothor (Harvard University), [Ebenezer Obadare](https://www.cfr.org/expert/ebenezer-obadare) (Council on Foreign Relations), [Benjamin Lawrance](https://history.arizona.edu/person/benjamin-n-lawrance) (University of Arizona), and [Leonardo A. Villalón](https://people.clas.ufl.edu/villalon/) (University of Florida).