Sylvie Kande

Position/Role

Professor

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New Academic Building

Room

3029

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Courses Taught

Degrees

Ph.D 1992 Doctorat de 3ème cycle Paris VII University-African History
“Urbanisme et architecture ‘créoles’ en Sierra Leone (18ème-19ème siècles)”
[Creole urbanism and architecture in 18th & 19th century Sierra Leone]
Master’s 1979 Paris IV-Sorbonne-Classics
“L’image du Noir dans l’art et la littérature grecs, 5ème-1er siècle av. J.C.”
[The image of Black people in Greek art and literature of the 5th to 1st century B.C.E.]
B.A. 1975-1977 2 years of preparation for École Normale Supérieure (ENS) at Lycée Louis-le-Grand, Paris-Classics (French, Latin, Greek)

Research Interests

Publications

Gestuaire, poèmes. Collection Blanche. Gallimard, 2016. Awarded the Prix de poésie Louise Labé 2017
La quête infinie de l’autre rive. Épopée en trois chants. [The Never-ending Quest for the Other Shore. Epic poem in Three Cantos] Collection Continents Noirs. Gallimard, 2011. Short-listed for Prix Mahogany 2012 and Prix des Découvreurs 2013. Awarded Prix Lucienne Gracia-Vincent 2017
German translation of La quête infinie de l’autre rive by Tim Trzaskalik. Matthes & Seitz (forthcoming Fall 2018). Excerpt published in Schreibheft. Zeitschrift für Literature88 (Spring 2017) 135-149.
English translation of La quête infinie de l’autre rive by Alexander Dickow (unpublished). Excerpt won a runner-up place in journal Asymptote’s translation competition of 1/15/14
Lagon, lagunes. Tableau de mémoire [Lagoons. Memory board (poetic prose)]. Collection Continents Noirs. Gallimard, 2000
Terres, urbanisme et architecture “créoles” en Sierra Leone (18ème-19ème siècles). L’Harmattan, 1998
(Editor of) Discours sur le métissage, identités métisses. En quête d’Ariel (Proceedings of conference organized at NYU on hybridity) L’Harmattan, 1999

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