Etienne Lock

**Dr. Etienne LOCK** PhD in Contemporary History ORCID: 0000-0002-9253-1444 **lock\_etienne@yahoo.fr** **Education** 2014: PhD in History (University of Lille - France) (Summa cum laude) 2008: Master in History (Catholic University of Central Africa, Yaoundé - Cameroon) 2000: Bachelor in Philosophy (Seminary of Douala - Cameroon) **Research interests** Contemporary history, Africa, African Diaspora, Cross-cultural interactions, Decolonization, Christianity **Academic experience** 2019 – 2023: Research fellow, Open University of Catalonia, Barcelona (Spain) 2020 – 2021: Visiting lecturer, Center for Training and International Cooperation (CFCI), Oshawa (Canada) 2018-2019: Independent scholar 2017: Andrew W. Mellon postdoctoral research fellow and lecturer, Rhodes University, Grahamstown (South Africa) 2016: Andrew W. Mellon postdoctoral research fellow and lecturer, Rhodes University, Grahamstown (South Africa) 04/2016: Visiting research fellow, Institute for Peace and Conflict Resolution (IPCR), Abuja (Nigeria) 2010 – 2011: Visiting lecturer, Institute for Governance in Central Africa (IGAC), Yaoundé, (Cameroon) 2009 – 2010: Visiting lecturer, Institute for Governance in Central Africa (IGAC), Yaoundé, (Cameroon) 2005 – 2006: High school teacher, Saint Charles Borromée Secondary College, Douala (Cameroon) **Administrative experience** 2014 – 2015: Specialist advisor in history, Lemaître Publishing, Brussels (Belgium) 2006 – 2009: Board member of the Non-Governmental Organization REPRODIJ, Yaoundé (Cameroon) 2005 – 2006: Vice Principal of Saint Charles Borromée Secondary College, Douala (Cameroon) **Academic leadership and service** 2022 – present: Scientific expert, Fund for Scientific Research – FNRS, Belgium 2022: Initiator and organizer of an international and interdisciplinary workshop on Global connections in particular contexts in the 20th century, Open University of Catalonia (Spain), April 22, 2022 2022 – 2023: External reviewer for *Journal of Culture, History and Archaeology* 2022 – 2023: External reviewer for *African and Asian Studies* 2020 – 2021: External reviewer for *African Journal of History and Culture* 2020: Founding member of the Canadian Interdisciplinary Research Center for Africa (CARIA-CIRCA) 2015 – current: Contributor to the online encyclopedia on global African and African-American History: “BlackPast.org”, founded by Professor Emeritus Quintard Taylor, University of Washington, Seattle (USA) 2019: Initiator and convener of the international panel: “The Modern World in Africa”, 15th International conference of African Studies (Destinies of Africa in the Modern World) at the Institute for African Studies of Moscow (Russia), May 24-28 2021 2017: External reviewer for *Journal of Contemporary African Studies* 2017: Initiator and organizer of a workshop on political history and security issues in sub-Saharan Africa on Insurgencies in sub-Saharan Africa, Rhodes University (South Africa), August 3, 2017 2012 – 2013: Initiator and chair of an international conference on the relations between Africa and Europe in the context of global Christianity, Catholic University of Lille (France), October 18, 2013 **Monograph** E. Lock.,*Alioune Diop et le dépassement du conflit identité africaine-catholicisme* (Overcoming the conflict between African identity and Catholicism in the intellectual journey of Alioune Diop), Paris, L’Harmattan, 2018 **Edited books** E. Lock, F. N’semi (eds.), *Africae munus de Benoît XVI, 10 ans après : mémoire, actualité, pertinence théologique* (Africae munus, 10 years later: memory, topicality, theological relevance), Paris, L'Harmattan, 2024 (forthcoming) E. Lock (ed.), *La théologie africaine : développement historique et problématiques actuelles* (African theéology: historical development and current issues), Paris, L'Harmattan, 2023 **Book chapters** E. Lock, "La pertinence historique d'une exhortation apostolique" (The historical relevance of an apostolic exhortation), in *Africae munus de Benoît XVI, 10 ans après : mémoire actualité, pertinence théologique*, Paris, L'Harmattan, 2024 (fortcoming) E. Lock, "Avant-propos" (Foreword), in *La théologie africaine : développement historique et problématiques actuelles*, Paris, L'Harmattan, 2023, pp. 11-13 E. Lock, “La théologie africaine entre tradition et modernité” (African théology between tradition and modernity), in *La théologie africaine: développement historique et problématiques actuelles*, Paris, L'Harmattan, 2023, pp. 57-70 E. Lock, « La panafricaine épiscopale au concile Vatican II : simple tactique ou souci de représentativité ? » (The 'panafricaine épiscopale' in the Second Vatican Council: mere tactic or true concern for representation?), in *La dramatique conciliaire*, Lille, Presses Universitaires du septentrion, 2019, pp. 405-420 E. Lock, « Le rôle de Présence Africaine dans le rayonnement intellectuel d’Aimé Césaire » (The role of Présence Africaine in the intellectual development of Aimé Césaire) in *Aimé Césaire : œuvre et héritage,* Paris, Jean-Michel Place Editions, 2017, pp. 372-386 **Articles in peer-reviewed journals** E. Lock, “Le rôle des archives dans la compréhension de l’éviction d’Alioune Diop du Deuxième Festival Mondial des Arts Négro-Africains (FESTAC 77) et ses conséquences” (The role of archives in understanding the eviction of Alioune Diop from the Second World Black and African Festival of Arts and Culture (FESTAC 77) and its consequences), *History in Africa*, https://doi.org/10.1017/hia.2023.10 E. Lock, “Le Premier Congrès des Ecrivains et Artistes Noirs (1956) et l’Eglise catholique dans l’empire colonial français” (The First Congress of Black Writers and Artists (1956) and the Catholic Church in the French colonial empire), *French Historical Studies*, 46 (4), 2023: 613-635 E. Lock, “Rethinking decolonization in sub-Saharan Africa: toward reinventionism”, *Journal of Asian and African Studies*, https://doi.org/10.1177/00219096231192330 E. Lock, “La question identitaire dans l’itinéraire de Présence Africaine” (The identity issue in the journey of Présence Africaine), *Historical Reflections/Réflexions Historiques*, 48 (2), 2022, pp. 59-78 E. Lock, “The intellectual dimension of the Second World Black and African Festival of Arts and Culture (1977) and its relevance today”, *Canadian Journal of African Studies* , 56 (1), 2022, pp. 37-55 E. Lock, “The concept of ‘Republic’ in the Francophone African States: origin and impact”, *Journal of contemporary African Studies* , 39 (2), 2021, pp. 246-260 E. Lock, “Nigeria: Understanding Boko Haram”, *Conflict Studies Quarterly* , 30, 2020, pp. 72-86 E. Lock, “History’s value to conflict and security studies in Africa”, *The Historian*, 8 (4), 2019, pp. 654-670 E. Lock, "La théologie africaine dans l’engagement d’Alioune Diop" (African theology in the intellectual journey of Alioune Diop), *Mélanges de sciences religieuses*, 72 (4), 2015, pp. 17-30 E. Lock, “La problématique de l’intellectuel en Afrique noire, hier et aujourd’hui” (The problem of the African intellectual: yesterday and today), in *Journal of Oriental and African Studies*, 23, 2014, pp. 249-262 E. Lock, “Alioune Diop et la naissance de l’Afrique noire contemporaine” (Alioune Diop and the birth of contemporary Africa), in *L’Année Mosaïque*, 2, 2013, pp. 149-164 E. Lock, “L’art comme écriture en Afrique noire” (Art as writing in Africa), in *Journal of Oriental and African Studies*, 22, 2013, pp. 259-269 **Encyclopedia entries** E. Lock, “Diallo Telli (1925-1977)”, www.blackpast.org, 2020 E. Lock, “Paulette Nardal (1896-1985)”, www.blackpast.org, 2018 E. Lock, “Pierre Réjon (1895-1920)”, www.blackpast.org, 2016 E. Lock, “Ruben Um Nyobè (1913-1958)”, www.blackpast.org, 2016 E. Lock, “Alioune Diop (1910-1980)”, www.blackpast.org, 2015 **Forthcoming monograph** E. Lock, *L'expérience du diaconat permanent à Douala, Cameroun (1964-1992)* (The permanent diaconate in Douala, Cameroon(1964-1992) **Conference papers** E. Lock, “Is the concept ‘Modern World’ relevant for Africa?”, in *Destinies of Africa in the Modern World*: 15th International conference of African Studies, Institute for African Studies of Moscow (Russia), May 24-28 2021 E. Lock, “Challenging the concept of decolonization in Francophone Africa”, in *Africa: history and results of decolonization*: International conference for the 60th anniversary of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples, Russian-Tanzanian Center of Dar es Salaam (Tanzania), November 2-5, 2020 E. Lock, "Le Premier Festival Mondial des Arts Nègres et la question identitaire et intellectuelle négro-africaine" (The First World Festival of Negro Arts and the African identity issue), in *First World Festival of Negro Arts: Memory and Topicality (1966-2016)*: International conference for the Fiftieth anniversary of the First World Festival of Negro Arts, Dakar (Senegal), November 8-10, 2016 E. Lock, “The role of *Présence Africaine* in the awakening of the African Diaspora in France in the twentieth century” in *Migrations and Flows:* 56th Annual Meeting of the African Studies Association, Baltimore (USA), November 21-24, 2013 E. Lock, « Tradition et Modernité dans le rapport christianisme-culture en Afrique » (Tradition and Modernity in the relation between Christianity and Culture in Africa) in *La théologie africaine: évolution historique et problématiques actuelles*: International conference at the Catholic University of Lille (France), October 18, 2013 E. Lock, « L’émancipation de l’identité négro-africaine au XXe siècle » (The emancipation of Negro-African identity in the 20th century) in *L’Afrique en mutations*: International conference of the Canadian Association of African Studies, Laval University of Quebec (Canada), May 2-4, 2012 **Contributions to academic blogs** E. Lock, “How can Africa benefit from its new current framework for relations with foreign powers?”, Africa@LSE blog, London School of Economics and Political Science (forthcoming) “Africa: el continente del futuro” (Africa: the continent of the future): Blog of the Arts and Humanities Studies of the Open University of Catalonia, May 25, 2021 **Public lectures** “Security problems in Nigeria and Cameroon: some historical explanations”: public lecture at the Institute for Peace and Conflict Resolution, Abuja (Nigeria), April 13 and 28, 2016. “La laïcité en Afrique francophone: un legs de la France coloniale?” (Secularism in Francophone Africa: a legacy of colonial France?): Institute for Governance in Central Africa, Yaounde (Cameroon), September 20, 2013 . **Already received research funding** 2016: Research grants (Andrew W. Mellon) 2016: Research grants (Rhodes University) 2013: Travel grants (Charles-de-Gaulle University, Lille) 2012: Travel grants (Charles-de-Gaulle University, Lille) 2011: Research grants (Foundation of France) 2010: Research grants (Foundation of France) **Professional affiliation** ALTER Research group, Open University of Catalonia African Studies Association Canadian Association of African Studies **Languages** French, English, Bassa, Spanish