Past events
Lecture
"BECOMING MUSLIM. THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF ISLAMISATION AND TRADE IN EASTERN ETHIOPIA" Timothy Insoll, University of Exeter
Online (from New York City)
Part of the Silsila Fall 2020 Lecture Series, Islam in Africa: Material Histories
12:30 pm
11.04.20
Lecture
"THE TARIKH AL-FATTASH AND THE MAKING OF THE CALIPHATE OF HAMDALLAHI" Mauro Nobili, University of Illinois
Online (from New York City)
Part of the Silsila Fall 2020 Lecture Series, Islam in Africa: Material Histories
12:30 pm
10.28.20
Seminar
Al Waleed bin Talal Seminar--"The Prophet as a ‘Sacred Spring’: Late Ottoman Hilye Bottles" by Christiane Gruber (University of
Cambridge, MA
via Zoom, RSVP required
4:00 pm
10.22.20
Lecture
"TRANS-SAHARAN SLAVERY AND GNAWA GUINBRI: FROM CONCEALMENT TO EXHIBITION" Cynthia Becker, Boston University
Online (from New York City)
Part of the Silsila Fall 2020 Lecture Series, Islam in Africa: Material Histories
12:30 pm
10.22.20
Lecture
"RELATIONS BETWEEN THE MAGHREB AND THE BILĀD AL-SŪDĀN AT THE TIME OF THE BERBER EMPIRES" Mehdi Ghouirgate, Bordeaux-Montaigne Un
Online (from New York City)
Part of the Silsila Fall 2020 Lecture Series, Islam in Africa: Material Histories
12:30 pm
10.20.20
Lecture
"THE PALACE OF KING NJOYA - COLONIALISM, MODERNITY, AND ISLAM" Mark DeLancey, DePaul University
Online (from New York City)
Part of the Silsila Fall 2020 Lecture Series, Islam in Africa: Material Histories
12:30 pm
10.14.20
Special Event
Virtual Research Panel, "Rethinking Turquerie: New Definitions and Approaches"
Online, https://www.asecs2020.org/virtual-sessions
American Society for 18th Century Studies, 10 am EDT
10:00 am
10.13.20
Lecture
"BROKER STATES & THE ARTICULATION OF MEDIEVAL AFRICA WITH THE ISLAMIC WORLD" François-Xavier Fauvelle, Collège de France
Online (from New York City)
Part of the Silsila Fall 2020 Lecture Series, Islam in Africa: Material Histories
12:30 pm
10.07.20
Lecture
"ITEMS OF VALUE IN THE WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN" Stephanie Wynne-Jones, University of York
Online (from New York City)
Part of the Silsila Fall 2020 Lecture Series, Islam in Africa: Material Histories
12:30 pm
09.30.20
Conference
Art History, Postcolonialism, and the Global Turn
Online
09.25-09.25.20
Lecture
"CONTINUITIES AND CROSSINGS - EAST AFRICAN ILLUMINATED QUR'ANS FROM FAZA AND SIYU" Zulfikar Hirji, York University, Toronto
Online (from New York City)
Part of the Silsila Fall 2020 Lecture Series, Islam in Africa: Material Histories
12:30 pm
09.23.20
Lecture
"SWAHILI MOSQUES BETWEEN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA AND THE INDIAN OCEAN" Stéphane Pradines, Aga Khan University, London
Online (from New York City)
Part of the Silsila Fall 2020 Lecture Series, Islam in Africa: Material Histories
12:30 pm
09.16.20
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