We are delighted to welcome Souleymane Bachir Diagne, Professor Emeritus of French and Philosophy at Columbia University (and currently Visiting Fellow at Peterhouse College, Cambridge).
He will be in conversation with colleagues from the Centre for Black Humanities, the French department and the Perivoli Africa Research Centre around his latest book, From Language to Language. The Hospitality of Translation (Other Press, 2025; published in French in 2024). This book explores translation as an ethical encounter and a way of imagining shared humanity across difference. It follows on from Professor Diagne’s world-renowned work in African and Islamic philosophy, as well as his personal experience moving between Wolof, French and English.
The event will be of particular interest to students and staff working in translation, French, comparative literatures and cultures, and Black humanities. It is free and open to all. For any questions, please contact cbh-publicity@bristol.ac.uk.