Conference | West Africa and the Maghreb: Reassessing Intellectual Connections in the 21st Century

Date and Time

September 13, 2018
05:30PM - 07:00PM EDT

Location

Harvard Divinity School, 45 Francis Avenue, Sperry Room

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 conference program, please click here or see below for the Day 1 agenda.

Day 1

5.30–5.45pm Welcome Address
David N. Hempton, Dean, Harvard Divinity School.

5:45–7:00pm Keynote Lecture
"The Transformation of the Pilgrimage Tradition in West Africa"
Ousmane Kane, Executive Committee; Faculty Associate. Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Professor of Contemporary Islamic Religion and Society, Harvard Divinity School; Professor of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, Harvard University.

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