Join D. Vance Smith (English) for this special event to discuss his new book “Atlas’s Bones: The African Foundations of Europe” in conversation with Simon Gikandi (English).
The book, published in November 2025 by the University of Chicago Press, traces “Africa’s influence on European culture and how colonization remade Africa in the image of a medieval Europe.”
A reception will follow. Copies of the book will be available for sale at the event, courtesy of Labyrinth Books.
This event is a collaboration between the Princeton Public Library, the Program in Humanistic Studies, and the Humanities Council. Co-sponsored by the Department of English, the Program in Medieval Studies and the Program in African Studies.
Thursday 19 February 2026
Princeton - 16 days ago
D. Vance Smith and Simon Gikandi Book Talk: Atlas s Bones
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