Weatherhead Research Cluster on Religion in Public Life in Africa and the African Diaspora

Program Presented by the Weatherhead Research Cluster on Religion and Public Life in Africa and the African Diaspora. December 5-6, 2019 Location The GSAS Student Center Lehman Hall, Room 201 Harvard Yard Harvard University Cambridge, MA 02138 Thursday...

Program Presented by the Weatherhead Research Cluster on Religion and Public Life in Africa and the African Diaspora. December 5-6, 2019 Location The GSAS Student Center Lehman Hall, Room 201 Harvard Yard Harvard University Cambridge, MA 02138 Thursday...

8:30am–12:15pm, CGIS South Building, Room S030 8:30–9:00 Welcome and opening remarks 9:00–10:30 Panel I: Religion and State Law Chair: John Comaroff, Harvard University. Discussant: Emmanuel Akyeampong, Harvard University. Speakers: Peter Geschiere...

Folorunso Alakija Inaugural Distinguished Lecture on Religion and Public Life in Africa Speaker: John Bryant, Retired Bishop, The African Methodist Episcopal Church. Featuring a performance by the Aeolians of Oakwood University. Contact: Ana Inoa ainoa...

Schedule 9:00–9:30am Continental breakfast (provided) 9:30–10:15 Welcome and opening remarks Marla Frederick, Chair, Weatherhead Research Cluster on Religion and Public Life in Africa and the Americas. Professor of African and African American Studies and...

Opening Plenary Panel Speakers: Rev. Dr. Leslie Callahan, Pastor, St. Paul’s Baptist Church, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Dr. Herman Felton, President, Wiley College. Dr. Matthew Knowles, Founder and CEO, Music World Entertainment. Chair: Marla Frederick...

Saturday, December 8, 2018 9:00–11:30 Session IV: Race, Gender and Identity Moderator: Matthias Koenig, Visiting Scholar, Weatherhead Scholars Program (fall 2018). Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Göttingen; Max Planck Fellow, Max Planck...

Friday, December 7, 2018 9:45 – 10:00 Opening Remarks Emmanuel Akyeampong, Faculty Associate, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard University; Oppenheimer Faculty Director, Harvard University Center for African Studies; Professor of...

Convened by the Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Professorship on Contemporary Islamic Religion and Society, Harvard Divinity School. Co-sponsored by the Weatherhead Research Cluster on Religion in Public Life in Africa and the African Diaspora. For full...