We will read Marlene Daut, The First and Last King of Haiti: The Rise and Fall of Henry Christophe (Knopf, 2025).

Co-organized by Chloé Hogg (hoggca@pitt.edu), Crystal Eddins (cne11@pitt.edu), and Pernille Røge (per20@pitt.edu).

To sign up for the reading group and get a copy of the book, please email Pernille Røge (per20@pitt.edu) by October 1.

On October 23, 2025, Marlene Daut (Yale University) will provide the keynote at the annual meeting of the Haitian Studies Association. More information to follow.