National
The National Humanities Center
· August 2021
Book project on An Intellectual History of anti-Blackness in the Arab World interrogates Arabic discourse (emphasis on literature, history, religious texts, and Arab popular culture) to uncover the trajectory and manifestations of anti-Black attitudes from pre-Islamic Arabia to the twentieth century.
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Fellow, Luce/ACLS Program in Religion, Journalism & International Affairs
National
American Council of Learned Societies
· 2021
Effective from May 2022 through December 2022
“I Cannot Write My Life”: New Perspectives on the Life and Writings of Omar ibn Said
An examination of African Muslim scholar Omar Ibn Said (1770-1863), who wrote an autobiography in Arabic in 1831 while a slave in Bladen County, North Carolina. The project addresses the local and global implications of Said’s life and writings and traces their complex connections to West African and Islamic cultures.
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Excellence in Assessment
University
Assessment Office
· 2020
The "Newcomer" Award, Trinity College, Duke University.
Mbaye Lo, PhD, Assessment Coordinator, Asian and Middle Eastern Studies
Blue Devil of the Week
University
Duke Today
· February 27, 2017
BLUE DEVIL OF THE WEEK: ENCOURAGING GLOBAL PARTNERSHIPS
Professor Lo connects researchers studying Arabic and African issues
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Visiting Scholar
International
Institut des Mondes Africains (IMAf), École des Hautes études en Sciences Sociales (EHESS), Paris, France
· 2016
Program Director Award
University
Duke Global Education Office
· 2016
5 years of successful leadership of Duke In the Arab World Academic Program
DukeEngage Program Director Award
Other
DukeEngage
· November 2011
CIT Faculty Fellow
University
Center for Instructional Technology (CIT)
· 2010
One year CIT fellowship on using technology to improve learning outcome—Language production
Alumni Distinguished Undergraduate Teaching Award
University
Duke University
· April 2009
