Stanford University
Friday, April 11, 1997
Stiteler Hall Lounge
"Material Life and the Plurality of Social Time"
Event Schedule:
8:30 – 9:00 AM:
Coffee
9:00 – 10:30 AM
Panel 1: African Philosophy and its Antecedents
–The Invention of Africa (Ch. 5 and Conclusion), 1988
–"African Philosophy as an Ideological Practice" African Studies Review, vol. 26(3-4): 133-154, 1983
–"The Impact of African Studies on Philosophy" in Africa and the Disciplines (Ch. 4), 1993
Chair: Steven Feierman
Discussants:
Elisa Forgey
Ellen Amster
10:30 – 11:40 AM
Panel 2: African Religion and Conversion
–The Invention of Africa (Ch. 3), 1988
–Parables and Fables (Chs. 1 and 3), 1991
–Between Tides (novel), 1991[1973]
Chair: Wyatt MacGaffey
Discussants:
Douglas Falen
Catherine Bogosian
12:00 – 1:00 PM
Lunch Break
1:00 – 2:20 PM
Panel 3: Representations of Africa
–The Idea of Africa (Ch. 1), 1994
–The Invention of Africa (Ch. 1), 1988
–"From Primitive Art to Memoriae Loci," Human Studies, vol. 16:101-110, 1993
–Shaba Deux (novel; pending receipt of English manuscript)
Chair: Time Burke
Discussants:
Cati Coe
Edda Fields
2:30 – 3:50 PM
Panel 4: Surreptitious Speech –The Surreptitious Speech (Introduction and Finale), 1992
–Before the Birth of the Moon (novel), 1989[1976]
–"African Theology as a Political Praxis," Presence Africaine, vol. 145:86-103, 1988
Chair: Lydie Moudileno
Discussants:
Guiliana Lund
TBA
4:00 – 4:45 PM
Summation
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Note: Readings will be available in the African Studies Office, 6th Floor Williams Hall. They may be borrowed to photocopy them.
For inquiries please contact:
Dr.Ali B. Ali-Dinar, Ph.D, aadinar@sas.upenn.edu
(215) 898-6610