Addresses
- 1515 Spartan Village, Apt. # D
Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI, 48823-5941
Tel. (517) 355 2771
E-mail: seneibra@msu.edu
- MATRIX, The Center for Humane Arts,
Letters, and Social Science Online
310 Auditorium Building
Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI 48824-1120
Tel. (517) 355 9300
Fax (517) 355 8363
Education
- 2008: PhD (expected)
History, Michigan State University
Dissertation: "Crime,
Punishment, and Colonization: A History of the Prison of Saint-Louis and
the Development of the Penitentiary System in Senegal, ca.1860-ca.1940"
Advisor: David Robinson,
University Distinguished Professor, History and African Studies
- 2006: Graduate Certificate in Migration Studies, International School
for Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam,
Netherlands
- 2003: Humanities
Computing Certificate, MATRIX, Michigan State University
- 2000: Diplôme d'Etudes Approfondies (DEA)
History, Université Cheikh Anta Diop, Dakar, Senegal
- 1999: DSSIC (Master of Library and Information Science)
Ecole des Bibliothécaires,
Archivistes et Documentalistes, Université Cheikh Anta Diop,
Dakar, Senegal
- 1998: Maîtrise, History, Université Cheikh Anta Diop, Dakar, Senegal
- 1996: Licence, History, Université Cheikh Anta Diop, Dakar, Senegal
Appointments
- Assistant Coordinator, MSU-UCAD Strategic Partnership Program, (Coordinator: Prof. David Robinson, History and African Studies, MSU), 2002-present.
- Instructor, Department of History, Michigan State University, Spring 2008 (Course: HST 364: Islam and Society in West Africa)
- Teaching Assistant, Center for Integrative Studies in Arts and Humanities (CISAH), Michigan State University, Spring 2007 (Course: IAH 205: African and The World)
- Assistant-Librarian, Africana Library, Michigan State University Main Library, Summer 2003 and 2004.
- Graduate Assistant (Grader), Department of History, Michigan State University, Fall 2001 & Spring 2002.
- Program Assistant, Kalamazoo College Study Abroad Program in Senegal, with Prof. Ibrahima Thioub, Cheikh Anta Diop University, Dakar,1998-2001.
Other Languages
- Seereer (fluent in speech and writing)
- Wolof (fluent in speech and writing)
- French (fluent in speech and writing),
- Spanish (intermediary)
- Arabic (writing and reading ability)
Publications
- Ibra Sene, "Colonisation française et exploitation
de la main-d'œuvre carcérale au Sénégal : De
l'emploi des détenus des camps pénaux sur les chantiers
des travaux routiers, (1927-1940)", French Colonial History,
Vol. 5, 2004, pp. 155-174. [won
The French Colonial Historical Society's W.J. Eccles Prize, 2004]
- Ibrahima Thioub, Babacar Ba, and Ibra Sene "Sénégal:
un système pénitentiaire en crise. Acteurs et enjeux des
débats en cours". Revue française d'Histoire d'Outre-Mer,
t.86, n°324-325, 1999, p.124-148
- Peter Limb and Ibra Sene, An
A-Z of African Studies on the Internet [A regularly updated and
widely-cited and used Internet guide to African studies] (www.lib.msu.edu/limb/a-z/az.html)
Work in Progress
- Ibra Sene, “Race and Imprisonment in Colonial Senegal: Evidence from the Prison of Saint-Louis (1860-1940)”, in Jyoti Mohan and Mike Vann, eds., Anthology on Race in France and the French Colonies (forthcoming in 2007)
- Peter Limb, Ibra Sene and Batsirai Mike Chivhanga, "The Internet in Africa - Emerging Trends" special issue of African Rural and Urban Studies (forthcoming)
Unpublished Works
"Contribution à l'histoire des établissements pénitentiaires au Sénégal : La prison de Saint-Louis de 1920 à 1944", , Mémoire de maîtrise, Département d’Histoire, Université Cheikh Anta Diop, Dakar, 1997-1998.
"Autoroutes de l'Information et Universités Africaines: Etude de Cas de l'Université Cheikh Anta Diop (UCAD) de Dakar", Ecole des Bibliothécaires, Archivistes et Documentalistes, Université Cheikh Anta Diop, Dakar, 1997-1998.
"Etudes des Besoins et Comportements d'Information des Utilisateurs de la Bibliotheque du Centre Culturel Francais de Dakar", Mémoire de Fin d'Etudes en vue de l'obtention du Diplôme Supérieur en Sciences de l'Information et de la Communication (DSSIC), Ecole des Bibliothécaires, Archivistes et Documentalistes, Université Cheikh Anta Diop, Dakar 1998-1999.
"Introduction à l’histoire de la main-d’œuvre carcérale au Sénégal: De l’emploi des détenus des camps pénaux sur les chantiers des travaux routiers, (1927-1940)", Mémoire de DEA, Département d’Histoire, Université Cheikh Anta Diop, Dakar, 1999-2000.
Invited Talk
“ La Prison : Un Instrument de Contrôle Colonial ", Workshop on "Le fait colonial. Approche théorique et études de cas", Centre de REcherches sur les POlitiques Sociales (CREPOS), West African Research Center (WARC), Dakar, Senegal, May 23, 2006
Conferences
Co-organized Conferences
The French Colonial Historical Society Annual Congress, Université Cheikh Anta Diop, Dakar, Sénégal, May 17-20, 2006.
Global Youth Health Teleconference, African Future's Forum, Howard University College of Medicine, Dakar World Bank Distance Learning Center, May 28-31, 1999.
Panels
“L’Armée et l’Empire”, 33rd French Colonial Historical Society Congress, Université de La Rochelle, La Rochelle, France, June 6-10, 2007.
"Religious
Movements in Conflict and Democracy", African
Studies Association 46th Annual Meeting, Youthful Africa in the
21st Century, Boston, Massachusetts, USA, October 30 - November
2, 2003.
"Writing the History of 19th and 20th c. Senegambia with Colonial
Archives", West African Research Association, Interdisciplinary
Workshop on Fieldwork in Africa, Dakar, Senegal, June 12-15, 2002.
Papers
"Sujets Francais, Originaires, and Juvenile Delinquents: The Prison of Saint-Louis and the Colonial Society", African Studies Association 50th Annual Meeting21st Century Africa: Evolving Conceptions of Human Rights, New York, NY, October 18-21, 2007. (forthcoming)
“Colonial Penal Law, Juvenile Delinquency, and Parental Custody in Senegal: The Case of Léonie Guèye (1920-1925)”, 33rd French Colonial Historical Society
Congress, Université de La Rochelle, La Rochelle, France, June 6-10, 2007.
"Race and Imprisonment in Colonial Senegal: Evidence from the Prison of St. Louis (1860-1940)", 4th Congress of the Association of African Historians, on Society, State & Identity in African History, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 22-25 May 2007.
“On the History of the Prison of Saint-Louis and the Development of the Penitentiary System in Senegal, ca. 1860-ca. 1940: Aims, Methods, and Current Status of a Research Project", SSRC-ACLS International Dissertation Research Fellowships, Workshop 17, Portland, Oregon, USA, Oct.5-10, 2006.
“Imprisonment and the Colonial Society in Senegal : Inside the Prison
of Saint-Louis (ca.1860- ca. 1940)”, 32nd French Colonial Historical Society
Congress, Université Cheikh Anta Diop, Dakar , Senegal , May
17-20, 2006.
"Penal Labor and Colonization in Senegal: The Penal Camps,
1927-1940" , II Colóquio Internacional Trabalho forçado
africano – Experiências Coloniais Comparadas , Centro de Estudios
Africanos, Universidade de Porto, Portugal, Nov.17-19, 2005.
"You Are An Alien: On West-African Immigrants in France (early 1970s – 2003)", European Conference on African Studies, AEGIS - Africa-Europe Group for Interdisciplinary Studies, School of Oriental and African Studies, Institute of Commonwealth Studies, London, United Kingdom, June 29-July 03, 2005.
"The Prison of Saint-Louis and the Development of the Penitentiary System in Senegal (ca. 1860-1936 )", 47th/34th Annual Meeting, African Studies Association, USA - Canadian Association of African Studies, The Power of Expression: Identity, Language, and Memory in Africa and the Diaspora, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, November 11-15, 2004.
"On Colonization and Punishment in Senegal (ca. 1860- ca. 1940):
A Research In Progress", New Frontiers in Graduate History,
8th Annual Graduate Student History Conference, York University, Toronto,
Canada, February 26 – 28, 2004.
"Islam as a Site of Agency, Mediation and Resistance: Hizbut Tarqiya
(Senegal), 1975-2000", African
Studies Association 46th Annual Meeting, Youthful Africa in the
21st Century, Boston, Massachusetts, USA, October 30 - November 2,
2003.
"Colonisation française et exploitation de la main-d'œuvre
carcérale au Sénégal : De l'emploi des détenus
des camps pénaux sur les chantiers des travaux routiers, (1927-1940)",
Post 1500 Connections With The Overseas World, The
French Colonial Historical Society Annual Congress, Université
de Toulouse-Le Mirail, Toulouse, France, May 14 - 17, 2003.
"Islam as a Site of Agency, Mediation and Resistance: Hizbut Tarqiya
(Senegal), 1975-2000", Children
and Islam: Faith and Social Change in Africa and Southeast Asia,
The Institute for the African Child & the Southeast Asian Studies
Program, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio USA, April 10-12, 2003.
"Hizbut Tarqiyya: On Islamic Youth and Alternative Modernity in Senegal",
A Graduate Symposium on Local Modernities: Islamic Cultural Practices
as Sites of Agency, Mediation, and Resistance, Department of History
of Art And Architecture, Harvard University & Department of Architecture,
MIT, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA, October
5, 2002.
"Takes on Colonial Sources: The Prison Records in the 'Archives du
Sénégal'", West
African Research Association, Interdisciplinary Workshop on Fieldwork
in Africa, Dakar, Senegal, June 12-15, 2002.
"Maintenance of Law and Order in British Colonial Africa: The Use
of Penal Punishment During the Mau Mau Revolt in Kenya, 1952-1960",
7th Midwest Graduate Student Conference in African Studies: Critical
Approaches in African Studies: Discussions Across the Disciplines,
The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA, March 22 - 24, 2002.
"Information and Communication Technologies and Capacity Building: An Ongoing Project in the Rural Community of Ngoundiane (Thies, Senegal)", International Workshop on Multimedia Production and Sustainable Development, organized by the Réseau d'Information et de Formation sur le Développement (RIFOD),Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, November 20-24, 2000.
"Information and Communication Technologies, and Academic Research: Opportunities for African Junior Scholars", Global African World Planning Conference & Gorée 2000, co-organized by the African Futures Forum and the OAU Associations and Clubs, Dakar, Senegal, August 21-26, 2000.
Experience
As a graduate student in the Department of History at Université Cheikh Anta Diop (UCAD), Dakar , Senegal , I served for three years as Assistant to the Resident Director of the Kalamazoo College Study Abroad Program in Senegal . In the meantime, I worked in a research team on the history of marginality and exclusion in Senegal, co-chaired by Prof. Ibrahima Thioub and Prof. Ousseynou Faye, for the establishment of the Groupe d'Études et de Recherches sur la Marginalité et l'Exclusion au Senegal (GERMES), of which I am still a member.
Since 2002, I am working as Assistant Coordinator of the Université Cheikh Anta Diop (UCAD)-Michigan State University (MSU) Strategic Partnership. This linkage program is supported by the Office of the Provost, the Vice-President for Research and Graduate Studies, the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, the African Studies Center , and MATRIX - The Center for Humane Arts, Letters, and Social Sciences Online. So far, it has made significant progress on various fronts including, Intellectual Property, Food Safety, Biosafety, Natural Products Research, Water quality, Remote Sensing, Agriculture, Internet training, and Grant-writing. The Coordinator of the partnership is Prof. David Robinson, History and African Studies, MSU.
I also collaborate in two MATRIX projects in Senegal (African Online Digital Library; Internet and Women's Democratic Organizing) and took an active part in training women organizations leaders and faculty at UCAD in web designing and the use of Internet technologies in their respective activities.
In my capacity as a librarian I did some consultancy in Senegal . I have also worked as Assistant-Librarian with the Africana section of Michigan State University 's Main Library every summer since 2003. I am co-editor (with Peter Limb) of the "A-Z of African Studies on the Internet", a regularly updated and widely-cited and used Internet guide to African studies.
Academic Service
- Founding-member and co-editor of H-French Colonial
- Graduate Representative, Search and Rating Committee, Dean of International Studies and Programs, Michigan
State University, 2007.
Honors, Awards and Grants
- Donald Lammers Graduate Award, Department of History, Michigan State University, 2007
- Summer Research Enhancement Award, Department of History, Michigan State University, 2007
- NFP Fellowship, Netherlands Organization for International Cooperation
in Higher Education, 2006
- SSRC-ACLS International Dissertation Field Research Fellowship (IDRF),
2005-2006
- Graduate Student Research Enhancement Award, The Graduate School, Michigan
State University, Summer 2004
- W.J. Eccles Prize for "the best paper presented by a graduate student
at the annual meeting of the French Colonial Historical Society and subsequently
published in the society's journal French Colonial History",
April 2004
- Phi Beta Delta, Honor Society for International Scholars, March 2004.
(Elected for "scholastic achievement and involvement in international
educational exchange activities")
- Department of History Summer Travel and Research Grant, Michigan State
University, Summer 2003
- Graduate Student International Travel Grant (GSITG), International Studies
and Programs, Michigan State University, Summer 2002
- Graduate Teaching Award, Department of History, Michigan State University,
Fall 2001
- West African Research Association Travel Grant, Spring 2001
- Laureate, Dual Intellectual Citizenship (DIC), International Summer
School, African Studies Center - University of Pennsylvania, CODESRIA,
West African Research Association, Dakar, Senegal, June 9-July 28, 1999.
- Thesis Writing Award, the Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa
(CODESRIA), 1996.
Membership
in Organizations
- Association
des Historiens Africains/Association of African Historians
- African Studies Association
(ASA)
- West African Research Association
(WARA)
- French Colonial Historical Society
- Association Sénégalaise
des Bibliothécaires, Archivistes and Documentalistes (ASBAD)
- African Futures Forum- Section
Sénégal (AFF-Sénégal)
- Groupe d'Etudes et de Recherches sur la Marginalite et l'Exclusion au
Sénégal (GERMES), Dept. of History, UCAD
- Association des Jeunes de Diack (AJD), Secretary General (1992-2006)
- SOS Migration
- Regroupement des Etudiants de Troisième Cycle de la Faculté
des Lettres et Sciences Humaines (RETCYL), Université Cheikh Anta
Diop, Dakar, Treasurer (1997-1998)
- Global Development Network
- African Students Union at Michigan
State University (ASU-MSU)
- Club Histoire et Géographie, Université Cheikh Anta Diop,
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