Pr. Omar GUEYE is a Professor of History at Cheikh Anta Diop University in Dakar and a cultural consultant. He holds a Ph.D. in Modern and Contemporary History from Cheikh Anta Diop University in Dakar, a Ph.D. in Social History from the University of Amsterdam, and an MBA in Cultural Heritage Management from Senghor University in Alexandria.
Omar Gueye has gained diverse experience and participated in scientific exchange programs as a Fellow at Harvard University, Fulbright Fellow at the University of Michigan, Fernand Braudel Fellow at the European University Institute in Florence (EUI), Fellow at the Institut des Études Avancées in Paris (IEA), fellow at WIKO – Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin, Director of Studies-Associate at the Fondation-Maison-des-Sciences-de-l’Homme (FMSH) in Paris, and Visiting Professor at Sorbonne and the Sciences Po Paris.
His research primarily focuses on questions of labor and social conflicts in post-war Senegal and French West Africa, and their sociopolitical implications in colonial and postcolonial States. He has authored several books and peer-reviewed book chapters.
He is currently working on the legacy of the May 1968 global event in Senegal and Africa, the relationship between trade unionism and politics, and the odyssey of the African youth and women in the sixties and beyond.