How might we consider Black Studies as a central undercurrent in hexagonal France and not as a mere imposition from the Anglo-American world? This was one of the central questions at the Columbia Global Centers- Reid Hall April 2024 colloquium Black Studies x French Studies, organized by current SOF Fellow A. Véronique Charles. The program featured closed-door writing workshops for graduate studies from universities in the U.S. and France, as well as two public panels exploring Black Studies in the French context as part and parcel of European intellectual history.