Conference | Weatherhead Research Cluster on Religion and Public Life in Africa and the Americas
Date and Time
Location
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, University of Amsterdam.
Susan F. Hirsch, George Mason University.
Adnan Zulfiqar, Rutgers University.
10:45–12:15 Panel II: Performing Ritual Musics in Public Religion
Chair: Kay Shelemay, Harvard University.
Discussant: Olabode Omojola, Mount Holyoke College.
Speakers: Steven M. Friedson, University of North Texas.
Vicki Brennan, University of Vermont.
Birgitta Johnson, University of South Carolina.
1:30–5:30 pm, CGIS South Building, Belfer Case Study Room (S020)
1:30–3:00 Panel III: Religion and Public Ethics in Africa and the African Diaspora
Chair: Leila Ahmed, Harvard University.
Discussant: Simeon Ilesanmi, Wake Forest University.
Speakers: Terrence Johnson, Georgetown University.
William Hart, Macalester College.
Carol Wayne White, Bucknell University.
3:00–4:30 Panel IV: Black Evangelicalism in the African Diaspora
Chair: Marla Frederick, Harvard University.
Discussant: Todne Thomas, Harvard University.
Speakers: Stephen Selka, Indiana University.
Mary Beth Swetnam Mathews, University of Mary Washington.
Jacob Olupona, Harvard University.
4:45–5:30 Closing Lecture
Speaker: Tracey Hucks, Colgate University.
Contact:
Ana Inoa
ainoa@fas.harvard.edu