News & Events News & Events Catch up with our latest news, upcoming events, and faculty and student accomplishments. On This Page: Recent News Black History Month 2025 Celebrating members of CLA's community who identify as Black, African American, or African and highlighting the important work being done in Black studies at UMN. Jérémy Labbé (he/him), PhD Candidate dandyism ; 20th century philosophy ; structuralism ; post-structuralism ; intertextuality ; existentialism ; performance ; gender theory ; autobiography ; autofiction Noah C. Goodwin (he/him), PhD Candidate 20th and 21st century French literature, French film, terrorist literature, martyrdom, ressentiment, political violence & extremism Sally M. Kessler (she/her), PhD Candidate 19th c. literature, critical disability studies, medical humanities, material culture Fidele Ghislain Tchoffo (he/him), PhD Candidate Moral and politic philosophy, Postcolonial literature with an emphasis on West African literature, immigration, and cinema
Black History Month 2025 Celebrating members of CLA's community who identify as Black, African American, or African and highlighting the important work being done in Black studies at UMN.
Jérémy Labbé (he/him), PhD Candidate dandyism ; 20th century philosophy ; structuralism ; post-structuralism ; intertextuality ; existentialism ; performance ; gender theory ; autobiography ; autofiction
Noah C. Goodwin (he/him), PhD Candidate 20th and 21st century French literature, French film, terrorist literature, martyrdom, ressentiment, political violence & extremism
Sally M. Kessler (she/her), PhD Candidate 19th c. literature, critical disability studies, medical humanities, material culture
Fidele Ghislain Tchoffo (he/him), PhD Candidate Moral and politic philosophy, Postcolonial literature with an emphasis on West African literature, immigration, and cinema