My fabulous scholarly activities
I haven t posted in nearly a year. Covid lock-downs, on-line teaching and virtual conferences have taken much of the fabulousness out of my academic life. The rollout of mass vaccination going rather well in Morocco brings the prospect of better times returning Continue reading
I am delighted to announce the publication of Grid Planning in the Urban Practices of Senegal. This book is the fruit of years of collaboration between Dr. Liora Bigon and myself. In truth, Liora did all the tedious work: submitting Continue reading
I spent Christmas in Dakar this year. The geography department of Université Cheikh Anta Diop de Dakar invited me to do so. I am the external examiner on a doctoral thesis committee. Modou Ndiaye, who I first met two years Continue reading
Once again, I began an academic year by attending a small, focused conference the best kind in a fabulous place: Praia, capital of the Republic of Cabo Verde. The conference, organized by the International Geographical Union and the University of Cape Verde, Continue reading
Wiley-Blackwell has just published its five-volume Encyclopedia of Urban and Regional Studies, edited by Anthony Orum. I am happy to have contributed four entries to this work. These contributions allowed me to revisit a few of the key thinkers and Continue reading
During the Spring 2019 semester I participated in the latest edition of AUI s International Field Seminar, accompanying nine students to Beijing. The international Field Seminar is a semester-long undergraduate course that deals with an array of social and cultural issues Continue reading
This is just a quick note to announce that the Oxford Research Encyclopedia of African History has just published a 12,000-word article on the history of cities in Africa that I drafted earlier this year. This was, assuredly, the most Continue reading
Another part of my joint research project with Dr. Liora Bigon has come to term. Following the panel discussion on grid planning that we organized at last September s Urban Planning in Africa conference in Lisbon, and following our action-packed week Continue reading
I have just returned from a week of field work in Senegal. While I have often done field work there, this time was different. First, I was joined by two other researchers for a team excursion. My two companions de Continue reading
I’m in Dakar this week, on the first leg of a field excursion through Senegal. Today I gave a presentation at the Institut Fondamental d’Afrique Noire-Cheikh Anta Diop, Senegal’s premier research institute affiliated to Université Cheikh Anta Diop. The presentation Continue reading