Gérard Chouin's research interests and areas of expertise include pre-Atlantic and early modern Atlantic West African sacred landscapes, earthworks, trade, sociopolitical systems, urbanization, social collapse, diseases, food, plants and cuisines; and West African politics. An article on his most recent scholarly activity can be found here: Lizzie Wade, "The Black Death may have transformed medieval societies in sub-Saharan Africa," Science. Chouin recently took part in a Webinar on the state of current research on the Black Death run by the Medieval Academy of America.
Gérard Chouin's research interests and areas of expertise include pre-Atlantic and early modern Atlantic West African sacred landscapes, earthworks, trade, sociopolitical systems, urbanization, social collapse, diseases, food, plants and cuisines; and West African politics. An article on his most recent scholarly activity can be found here: Lizzie Wade, "The Black Death may have transformed medieval societies in sub-Saharan Africa," Science. Chouin recently took part in a Webinar on the state of current research on the Black Death run by the Medieval Academy of America.