Spaces of Cultural Change in Africa and the Atlantic

1:00 am | 3/6/2015 | 308A Doe Library | Until 2:30 am | 3/6/2015
The Mobilities and Materialities of the Early Modern World Townsend Working Group presents:
Spaces of Cultural Change in Africa and the Atlantic
A workshop with presentations by:
Kevin Dawson
Assistant Professor, History Department, UC Merced
“Enslaved Underwater Divers: Challenging Ideas of Race and Slavery from Below”
Cecile Fromont
Assistant Professor, Art History Department, University of Chicago
“The Art of Conversion in the Kingdom of Kongo”
Co-sponsored by the Designated Emphasis in Renaissance and Early Modern Studies