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Me Seeing You Seeing Me Seeing You Seeing Me ad infinitum, until the walls break down, the plastic bags around our shoes decompose, the benches we’re sitting on decay, and the sound system breaks. Ad infinitum until there’s nothing left but the seeing and the me, no matter how unstable or temporary this arrangement ever was.

Quebec has a wide history of slavery that often gets ignored in the classroom.

Across the world we’re hearing calls for a marriage between government and religion. In many countries, this is neither new nor surprising. To hear these calls ...

A report by Lauren Collins for The New Yorker. Our thanks to Peter Jordens for bringing this item to our attention. The first time the French filmmaker and scholar Mame-Fatou Niang encountered “L’histoire en Peinture de l’Assemblée Nationale,” a large painting hanging in the National Assembly in Paris, she was “prise aux tripes”—grabbed by the guts. It…

Triangular Trade was a historical trade network that connected Europe, Africa, and the Americas. It involved the exchange of goods, including enslaved people, between these regions during the colonial period.

“Le Code Noir,” producer and director Tommye Myrick’s historical drama, starts in just the right place for its epic story. The outdoor historical drama premieres in Congo Square this weekend.

Congo Square will be the site of a world-premiere dramatic production that speaks to the history, heart and soul of the historic New Orleans location.

The new exhibition at the French National Immigration History Museum, which reopened in June, seeks to provoke reflection on French identity in a context of the rise of the extreme right

By AJ WILLINGHAM CNN Joseph Bologne, also known as the Chevalier de Saint-Georges, is not quite a household name – yet. The 18th century Afro-Caribbean historical figure is best known as a composer, sometimes called “The Black Mozart” for his bright, virtuosic works and peerless talent on the violin. He was also the

Annett Busch and Louis Henderson discuss the making of Henderson’s film Ouvertures (2020).