Felwine Sarr, Anne-Marie Bryan Distinguished Professor of French and Francophone Studies

Please note: Felwine has left the "Romance Studies" group at Duke University; some info here might not be up to date.

Contact Info:

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Office Phone:	(919) 660-3101
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Teaching (Fall 2026):

• ROMST 430.01, MUSIC HIST, POL:CONTEMP AFRICA Synopsis

  Languages 305, MW 10:05 AM-11:20 AM

  (also cross-listed as AAAS 430.01, FRENCH 430.01, MUSIC 430.01)

• FRENCH 571S.01, CONTEMP. AFRICAN PHILOSOPHY Synopsis

  Languages 305, M 03:05 PM-05:35 PM

  (also cross-listed as AAAS 571S.01, LIT 573S.01)

Education:

Ph.D.

University of Orleans (France)

2006

Recent Publications   (More Publications)

1. Sarr, F; Savoy, B, The treasure of Samori Touré, in Fifteen Colonial Thefts A Guide to Looted African Heritage in Museums (August, 2024), pp. 21-34 [doi]
2. Diouf, M; Sarr, F, What Can the Intellectual Do in the Face of the Monster? Conversation on Senegal, Global Africa, vol. 2024 no. 5 (January, 2024), pp. 256-259 [doi]
3. Sarr, F; Douxami, C, Conversation with Felwine Sarr: “Thinking about Restitution from Within”, Cahiers D Etudes Africaines, vol. 251-252 no. 3-4 (January, 2023), pp. 473-491 [doi]  [abs]
4. Sarr, F, Re-building Knowledge in African countries, Global Africa, vol. 2022-January no. 1 (January, 2022), pp. 126-133 [doi]
5. Sarr, F, Toward a history of ideas in the Sahel, in Oxford Handbook of the African Sahel (December, 2021), pp. 481-492 [doi]  [abs]