BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 X-WR-CALNAME;VALUE=TEXT:Conference | Weatherhead Research Cluster on Religion and Public Life in Africa and the Americas PRODID:-//Harvard events data//EN BEGIN:VEVENT UID:event_1431509_0 SUMMARY:Conference | Weatherhead Research Cluster on Religion and Public Life in Africa and the Americas DESCRIPTION:

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

LOCATION:CGIS South Building, 1730 Cambridge Street, Room S030/S020 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTART:20190418T123000Z DTEND:20190418T213000Z END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR