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CPH Lecture Series - African Studies Event

February 28, 2024
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Join us for this upcoming two-fold Lecture Series event:

"New Directions in African Studies" will consist of talks by Professors Akin Adesokan (Indiana U), Jeanne-Marie Jackson (John Hopkins U), Nathan Suhr-Sytsma (Emory U) at Roy G. Cullen Hall, Room 111, from 4-5:30PM, Thursday February 15.

"Religion, Secularity, and African Writing" is a roundtable discussion led by the Professors regardeding precirculated readings. For more information on the readings or the event, please contact Dr. Sebastian Lecourt at sebastian.lecourt@gmail.com This event will be held the next day, Friday February 16 at the Graduate Library Room 230 B, 10am-12pm.

RSVP to sebastian.lecourt@gmail.com
Lunch will be provided!
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