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SUMMARY:Atlantic Series Conference - “New Directions in the Study of Black Atlantic Religions”
DESCRIPTION:This conference is co-sponsored by the African Studies Center.  It will be held in Bunche Hall 10383. \n \nUC Multi-campus Research Group on \nNew Approaches to Black Atlantic Religions \n  \nUniversity of California Office of the President \nMulti-campus Research Programs & Initiative Funding (MRPI) \n\npresent a conference on \n\n“New Directions in the Study of Black Atlantic Religions” \n\nSaturday\, October 27\, 2018 \n9 am – 5 pm \n10383 Bunche Hall\, UCLA \n\nFree and open to the public \nRSVP requested to sbreeding@international.ucla.edu \n\nThis multidisciplinary group composed of faculty from across UC campuses will critically assess the current state of scholarship on Black Atlantic belief systems and theorize new methodologies and analytic orientations for comparative and regional studies.  Our objective is to expand UC’s historical role as a hub for the study of Black Atlantic religions by fostering dialogue and collaboration amongst a new generation of scholars.  We will explore where new research is needed\, ways to develop new methods\, what new theoretical paradigms are available\, and carefully consider how we as scholars can contribute to the anti-racist struggles of the peoples of the Black Atlantic world. \n\nKEYNOTE ADDRESS \n\n“Dancing for the Dead and the Living: \nEmbodiment and Invocation in Caribbean Mortuary Praxis” \n\nYanique Hume \nprofessor\, professional dancer\, choreographer\, and writer \nbased at the University of the West Indies\, Cave Hill Barbados \n\nParticipants include Jeffrey Kahn\, UC Davis\, Rachel O’Toole\, UC Irvine\, Roberto Strongman\, Elizabeth Pérez and Claudine Michel from UC Santa Barbara\, Jeroen Dewulf\, UC Berkeley and Patrick A. Polk\, Lauren Derby\, Katherine Smith\, Elyan Hill\, and Andrew Apter\, UCLA. Additionally\, Brendan Jamal Thornton from the University of North Carolina\, Chapel Hill whose book on Pentecostalism and masculinity in the Dominican Republic won the Caribbean Studies award for best book in the humanities. \n\nConference schedule\, campus map\, directions\, and transportation information is available on our website:http://www.international.ucla.edu/asc/event/13430 \n\nThe conference is free and open to the public; RSVP requested by emailing Sheila Breeding\, African Studies Center\, at sbreeding@international.ucla.edu. \n\nThis conference is sponsored by the University of California Office of the President Multi-campus Research Programs and Initiative Funding and the UC Humanities Research Institute (UCHRI).  Co-sponsors of this event include Patricia Turner\, Dean and Vice Provost\, Division of Undergraduate Education\, UCLA College of Letters and Science; UCLA Department of World Arts and Cultures/Dance; UCLA Ralph J. Bunche Center for African American Studies; UCLA Center for the Study of Religion\, Robin D.G. Kelley\, Gary B. Nash Endowed Chair in U.S. History; Fowler Museum at UCLA; UCLA Atlantic History Cluster; UCLA African Studies Center. \n—— \nPay-by-space and all-day ($12) parking available in lot 3 \nCampus map\, directions\, transportation options to UCLA at www.ucla.edu/map \n\nWe hope to see you at this event! \n\nFor questions/more information\, contact: \nUCLA African Studies Center | 10244 Bunche Hall | Los Angeles\, CA 90095-1310 | Telephone: 310-825-3686 \nWebsite: http://www.international.ucla.edu/africa | email: sbreeding@international.ucla.edu
URL:https://history.ucla.edu/event/atlantic-series-conference-new-directions-in-the-study-of-black-atlantic-religions/
LOCATION:10383 Bunche Hall
CATEGORIES:Atlantic History Lecture Series
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