{"id":1889,"date":"2015-02-27T12:10:38","date_gmt":"2015-02-27T11:10:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/scolma.org\/?p=1889"},"modified":"2015-02-27T12:10:38","modified_gmt":"2015-02-27T11:10:38","slug":"african-spiritual-states-religion-and-politics-in-sub-saharan-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scolma.org\/?p=1889","title":{"rendered":"African Spiritual States: Religion and Politics in Sub-Saharan Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>\u00a0African Spiritual States: Religion and Politics in Sub-Saharan Africa<\/h4>\n<h4>School of History, Queen Mary University of London.<\/h4>\n<h4>Monday, 23 March 2015 from 13:00 to 19:00 (GMT)<\/h4>\n<p>How have Christianity and Islam shaped public politics in Africa\u2019s past and how do they do so in the present? To answer these questions, this workshop brings together a range of scholars whose research ranges widely across sub-Saharan Africa.<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">Programme<\/h4>\n<h5>13:00 \u00a0Introductory Remarks: Saul Dubow (QMUL)<\/h5>\n<h5>13:10-14:40\u00a0Panel 1: Islam in Africa<\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li>Felicitas Becker (Cambridge) \u2018Conflict and Convergence in Muslims\u2019 and Christians\u2019 Narratives of Tanzanian Statehood\u2019<\/li>\n<li>Alexander Meleagreou-Hitchens (KCL) \u2018Jihadist Radicalisation and Recruitment in Kenya\u2019<\/li>\n<li>Insa Nolte (Birmingham) \u2018Who Owns the Schools?\u2019 Educational Reform and Muslim-Christian Competition in Osun State, Southwest Nigeria\u2019<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5>14:40-15:40 Tea<\/h5>\n<h5>15:40-17:10\u00a0Panel 2: Christianity in Africa<\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li>David Maxwell (Cambridge) \u2018Vernacular Scriptures, Ethnic Communities and Politics: The Case of the Luba Katanga\u2019<\/li>\n<li>Reuben Loffman (QMUL) \u2018Catechists, Councilors and Chiefs: The White Fathers and Decolonisation in Kongolo, Katanga, 1960-1961\u2019<\/li>\n<li>Ben Jones (UEA) \u2018Give Unto Caesar: Religious Identities, Local Elites and the State in Eastern Uganda\u2019<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5>17:15 Drinks reception<\/h5>\n<p>Attendance is free, but you must register via this link:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/https:\/\/www.eventbrite.co.uk\/e\/african-spiritual-states-religion-and-politics-in-sub-saharan-africa-tickets-15830544585\">https:\/\/www.eventbrite.co.uk\/e\/african-spiritual-states-religion-and-politics-in-sub-saharan-africa-tickets-15830544585<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0African Spiritual States: Religion and Politics in Sub-Saharan Africa School of History, Queen Mary University of London. Monday, 23 March 2015 from 13:00 to 19:00 (GMT) How have Christianity and Islam shaped public politics in Africa\u2019s past and how do they do so in the present? To answer these questions, this workshop brings together a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":1890,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/scolma.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1889"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/scolma.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/scolma.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scolma.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scolma.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1889"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/scolma.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1889\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1895,"href":"https:\/\/scolma.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1889\/revisions\/1895"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scolma.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1890"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/scolma.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1889"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scolma.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1889"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scolma.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1889"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}