51ÁÔĆć

2016–2025 51ÁÔĆć Honorary Professor

• Global Studies
• Research Fellow, CLACS & the Master of Sustainable Peacebuilding Program

51ÁÔĆć Honorary Doctorate in Laws and Human Rights, January 30, 2016

Talks:

• “” with Justice Stephen Breyer and Minister Christiane Taubira, National Constitution Center, Philadelphia, May 15, 2025
• “,” UniversitĂ© de Genève, Switzerland, Oct 1, 2019
• “,” – A Conversation with Christiane Taubira and Raoul Peck, 51ÁÔĆć, Oct 27, 2017
• “,” Mariane Midwest Series, International House, University of Chicago, Oct 10, 2016
• Closing Plenary: “,” At the Crossroads: Imagining America Conference, 51ÁÔĆć, Oct 5-8, 2016
• 2016 Kennan Distinguished Lecture: “Citizenship and Identity in the 21st Century,” Institute of World Affairs, 51ÁÔĆć, Oct. 6, 2016

Publications:

• ąó°ůľ±±ą´Ç±ôľ±łŮĂ©˛ő. Paris: Éds. Robert Laffont, 2023.
• Ces morceaux de vie… comme carreaux cassĂ©s, Paris, Robert Laffont, 2021.
• Gran Balan. Paris, Plon, 2020.
• Nuit d’épine, Paris, Plon, 2019 [ and on ]
• Baroque sarabande, Ă‰ditions Philippe Rey, 2018.  []
• Nous habitons la Terre,  Paris: Editions Philippe Rey, fev. 2017 [Read about it .]
• Murmures Ă  la jeunesse, PrĂ©face inĂ©dite“Paroles d’une femme libre,” Librairies Arthème/Pluriel, 2017.
• Murmures Ă  la jeunesse, Éditions Philippe Rey, 2016
• Paroles de libertĂ© (“Words of Freedom”), Paris, Flammarion, coll. “CafĂ© Voltaire”, 2014
• Mes mĂ©tĂ©ores : combats politiques au long cours, Paris, Flammarion, 2012
• ÉgalitĂ© pour les exclus : le politique face Ă  l’histoire et Ă  la mĂ©moire coloniales, Paris, Temps PrĂ©sent, 2009
• Rendez-vous avec la RĂ©publique (“Meeting with the Republic”), Paris, La DĂ©couverte, coll. « Cahiers libres Â», 2006
• Codes noirs : de l’esclavage aux abolitions, Paris, Dalloz, coll. « A savoir Â», 2006 (introduction).
• L’Esclavage racontĂ© Ă  ma fille (“Slavery explained to my daughter”), Paris, Bibliophane, coll. « Les mots Ă  coeur », 2002 .

Congratulations to Mme. Christiane Taubira on being awarded:

• the following Doctorates:
  • Doctorate Honoris Causa, UniversitĂ© libre de Bruxelles, Belgium (April 26, 2018)
  • Doctorate Honoris Causa,  UniversitĂ© de Genève, Switzerland (October 9, 2020)

• the following awards:
  • Prix Laurent-Mc Cutcheon 2019, Fondation Émergence, Montreal, Canada (May 23, 2019)
  • Tolerantia Awards 2018, European Alliance against Homophobia, Paris, France (October 5, 2018)

• the following prizes:
  • Prix littĂ©raire Anthony-Atkinson pour l’égalitĂ© for L’esclavage racontĂ© Ă  ma fille (November 17 2020)
  • Prix LittĂ©raire Fetkann ! Maryse CondĂ© 2019 – catĂ©gorie MĂ©moire – for Nuit d’épine (November 21, 2019)
  • Prix International des Droits de l’Homme, Revue trimestrielle des Droits de l’Homme for her essay Nous habitons la terre, Brussels, Belgium (December 10, 2017)

since UW Milwaukee awarded her a Doctorate Honoris Causa (January 30, 2016)

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Awards Ceremony Honoring Christiane Taubira

The French program is proud to have organized this event, along with the dedicated and professional staff at the American Geographical Society Library. The ceremony featured welcoming comments by Chancellor Mark Mone (who also presented the diploma), an eloquent introduction by Provost Johannes Britz, the hooding by Dean of the College of Letters and Science Rodney Swain, Music by the Chevalier de St. Georges, performed by Professor Bernard Zinck (Peck School of the Arts) and 3 outstanding students, and, finally, a moving oratory from Madame Taubira.

Read more on the 51ÁÔĆć Report website.

When Words and Images Matter: Challenges to our Time

For Former French Minister of Justice Christiane Taubira and award-winning film director and writer Raoul Peck, words and images matter for how they frame and cast the storied that determined and promulgated the systematic inequalities and injustices that divide and challenge our societies today. Their conversation continues the discussion about present day legacies of slavery, racial discrimination, and hegemonic power relations raised by Peck’s documentary, “I Am Not Your Negro.”

Transcription and Translation by Paula Loubier
Captions by Marvin Guire