Join us at the University of London in Paris @londonu.bsky.social on 13th March 18h-20h: 'Towards a common library: In conversation with Mohamed Mbougar Sarr'. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/towards-a-.... We'll talk Présence Africaine, transnational literature, and writing in search of a common library.

Looking forward to speaking about Khatibi at 'Re-writing Morocco: Poetics, Politics, Philosophy, and History in Multiple Forms' and to meeting colleagues from Rome and beyond! news.uniroma1.it/sites/defaul...

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4. A review of Genet’s undiscovered play, 'Héliogabale', written during his dramatic cycle in the 1940s. Thanks to
@rwilliamsparis.bsky.social @thetls.bsky.social for the opportunity: t.co/d2rPVQqBmI

3. A chapter in 'A New History of French Theatre' (CUP, 2024): cambridge.org/core/books/a.... Through his pioneering productions of Kateb Yacine, Aimé Césaire, Jean Genet, I consider how Jean-Marie Serreau questioned the Eurocentric nihilism of postwar theatre to instate a radical new humanism

2.A chapter on Mohamed Mbougar Sarr’s palimpsestic writing in 'Le Labyrinthe littéraire de Mohamed Mbougar Sarr': brill.com/display/book... @degruyterbrill.bsky.social Exploring Mbougar Sarr’s metatextual pastiche of Mallarmé, Valéry, Rimbaud, I examine the dialogic possibilities of literary canons.

After a busy few months, I'm pleased to share recent work:
1. Abdellah Taia’s debt to the decolonial, pan-African poets of Souffles @livunipress.bsky.social. Inspired by Laâbi, Khaïr-Eddine, Khatibi, I examine Taïa's use of illiteracy in forging a South-South network of Moroccan literary renewal.