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Nicolas Martin-Breteau is a Lecturer in American history and civilization at the University of Lille and a researcher at the Center for Administrative, Political, and Social Studies and Research (CERAPS). He serves as director of the Erasmus Mundus Master's program MITRA (Transnational Migrations) and coordinator of the ANR TACTICS program (2023-2027) on antiracism history. With a decade of high school teaching experience in Paris suburbs (2004-2014), he will become a visiting scholar at New York University (NYU) in April 2025.
His research spans US History, African American History, and critical race studies, focusing on topics like:
- Racial Uplift and Antiracism
- Sport as Political Resistance
- Transnational Social Movements
- W.E.B. Du Bois' Sociological Legacy
- Symbolic Struggles and Self-Nomination
His publications (2019-2024) demonstrate thematic continuity in racial justice studies, particularly through sports history, Du Boisian scholarship, and transnational antiracism movements. He actively contributes to academic conferences and public discourse on systemic racism, with notable engagements at The University of Chicago, NYU, and University of Montréal.
He has organized significant academic events including:
- International conference on W.E.B. Du Bois (2019)
- Workshops on dignity performances in liberation struggles (2020)
- Transatlantic discussions on Black Lives Matter (2024)
