Veronique Helenon

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Professor Veronique Helenon is a faculty member of the African-New World Studies program at Florida International University. Dr. Helenon is an assistant Professor in History. Her field is African Diaspora History with a special emphasis on the French speaking African Diaspora. Her research also looks at the Caribbean as well as colonialism and French Hip-Hop. She graduated from the EHESS (School of Higher Education in Social Sciences) in Paris, France with a Ph.D. in History. In 1996, she was the recipient of a Fulbright scholarship in Africana Studies at NYU. Prior to joining FIU, she taught at UMass—Dartmouth, Columbia University, New York University, Manhattan Community College and Brooklyn College. Courses taught and developed include French Social History, Colonization, Immigration, and National Identity in France, French Colonial Expansion under the Third Republic, the Industrial Revolution, World History, Pre-colonial African History, African Responses to Colonialism, Introduction to African History, Introduction to Panafricanism, the Haitian Revolution and its Impact, and Haitian History.

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	Veronique Helenon Assistant Professor (Francophone African Diaspora, Colonization, Caribbean) Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, 2003 helenonv@fiu.edu
Research interests: Professor Veronique Helenon is a faculty member of the African-New World Studies program at Florida International University. Dr. Helenon is an assistant Professor in History. Her field is African Diaspora History with a special emphasis on the French speaking African Diaspora. Her research also looks at the Caribbean as well as colonialism and French Hip-Hop. She graduated from the EHESS (School of Higher Education in Social Sciences) in Paris, France with a Ph.D. in History. In 1996, she was the recipient of a Fulbright scholarship in Africana Studies at NYU. Prior to joining FIU, she taught at UMass—Dartmouth, Columbia University, New York University, Manhattan Community College and Brooklyn College. Courses taught and developed include French Social History, Colonization, Immigration, and National Identity in France, French Colonial Expansion under the Third Republic, the Industrial Revolution, World History, Pre-colonial African History, African Responses to Colonialism, Introduction to African History, Introduction to Panafricanism, the Haitian Revolution and its Impact, and Haitian History. *Curriculum Vitae: Link* History Home

Veronique Helenon

Assistant Professor (Francophone African Diaspora, Colonization, Caribbean) Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, 2003