Category Archives: publication

Presenting Morocco’s Imperial Cities

Posted on October 11, 2013 by ericrossacademic

I had planned to attend at least a few of the sessions of the World Summit of Local and Regional Leaders which was held last week in Rabat (see previous post on urban planning in Africa). About 15 AUI students … Continue reading →

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The arts of citizenship: a new edited volume on contemporary Senegalese urbanity

Posted on August 18, 2013 by ericrossacademic

The conference-and-publication machine continues to run well (see my post about conferences and proceedings). In this most recent case the conference, on The Art of Citizenship in African Cities, was held at Columbia University (May 2011) but my presentation was … Continue reading →

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Some recent translation work

Posted on July 11, 2013 by ericrossacademic

Out at last! This collection of essays on Morocco’s colonial past was edited by my friend and colleague Driss Maghraoui, AUI’s resident contemporary historian. Several years ago (more than I like to tell), when the publication project was still embryonic, … Continue reading →

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Christmas in Cambérène

Posted on December 3, 2012 by ericrossacademic

At long last, in time for Christmas and well worth the wait, a piece of field research I conducted nearly six years ago and presented at a conference over five years ago has been published in an edited volume: “Christmas … Continue reading →

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On conferences and proceedings

Posted on October 1, 2012 by ericrossacademic

Attending conferences, giving presentations, and then watching, and working, to see the proceedings published is part of the art of academia. In the time it takes (often two years, sometimes more) between presenting at a conference and the publication of … Continue reading →

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Prayer in the City, a new edited volume on religious life in urban spaces around the Muslim world

Posted on June 19, 2012 by ericrossacademic

One of the pleasures of presenting papers at academic conferences is occasionally seeing the proceedings published several years late (see next post). It’s a bit like reliving the original encounter. Small conferences are the best, thirty or forty people presenting … Continue reading →

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Cleo Cantone’s new book on mosque-making in Senegal

Posted on June 5, 2012 by ericrossacademic

I am delighted to be able to I announce the publication of a new study of how some Senegalese mosques are currently being remade. Making and Remaking Mosques in Senegal, by Cleo Cantone, has just been published by Brill. Among … Continue reading →

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Touba is readied for the Grand Magal

Posted on January 9, 2012 by ericrossacademic

This year’s winter intercession corresponds rather well with the Touba’s Grand Magal (18 Safar 1433) and the lead up to it. It was my good fortune to have been invited to contribute to the event in an academic capacity. This … Continue reading →

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Mapping Murid expatriates in Europe and North America

Posted on June 21, 2011 by ericrossacademic

Unrelated to my recent field excursion to New York (see previous post), an article has just been published in Urban Studies which presents some research I conducted in that city in 2008. “Globalizing Touba: Expatriate Disciples in the World City … Continue reading →

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The Trans-Saharan Book Trade

Posted on January 3, 2011 by ericrossacademic

The most interesting academic activity I do is map work. I make maps for academic publications. They are usually monochrome as these cost far less to reproduce than color illustrations. One of my map projects has just (2011) been published … Continue reading →

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