Caroline Séquin, associate professor of history, was recognized for her recently published book, Desiring Whiteness: A Racial History of Prostitution in France and Colonial Senegal, 1848-1950 (Cornell University Press), which won the Alf Andrew Heggoy Book Prize from the French Colonial Historical Society for best book on French colonial history published in 2024. The jury commended Séquin for a “highly original first book, which marks an important intervention in ongoing research on racial boundaries within the French empire.”
Submitted by: Caroline Séquin