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5/2 - Lecture by Jean Casimir (Université d’État d’Haïti)

Prof. Jean Casimir, one of Haiti’s most eminent sociologists and historians, will speak at MIT this Monday, May 2nd, 5pm, about his “Decolonial reading of the history of Haitians”.  More details at:

https://languages.mit.edu/events/lecture-by-jean-casimir
 
Prof. Casimir is one of the very rare Haitian intellectuals who have published their work in Kreyòl which he considers as an essential tool to understand and teach Haitian history.  Here’s a sample on Platfòm MIT-Ayiti:
 
http://MIT-Ayiti.NET/seri/istwa-lakou-a
 
The event is happening in person at MIT in Room E51-095 and it will also be live-streamed on the MIT-Haiti Facebook page at
http://facebook.com/mithaiti