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Marlene L. Daut is a Professor of French and African American Studies at Yale University. Her research focuses on the Haitian Revolution, Caribbean literary and historical studies, and racial politics in global media. She holds academic appointments in the Department of French and African American Studies, contributing to interdisciplinary scholarship at the intersection of colonial and postcolonial studies. Daut is a prolific author and editor, with notable works analyzing the intellectual and cultural history of Haiti and the Black Atlantic.
Her research interests include the transatlantic impact of the Haitian Revolution, literary cultures of the Caribbean, and the representation of race in media. She has published extensively in peer-reviewed journals such as New Literary History, Small Axe, and Studies in Romanticism, alongside public-facing articles in The New Yorker, The New York Times, and Essence Magazine.
- Awards: Co-winner of the HSA Book Prize (2017) and the Frederick Douglass Book Prize (2024).
- Digital Initiatives: Co-creator of H-Net Commons’ H-Haiti, curator of lagazetteroyale.com, and developer of haitianrevolutionaryfictions.com.
- Editorial Roles: Co-editor of Global Black History and Theory at Public Books and series editor of New World Studies at UVA Press.
Her recent publications include The First and Last King of Haiti (2025), a seminal biography of Henry Christophe, and Awakening the Ashes (2023), which redefines the intellectual legacy of the Haitian Revolution.
