Conference | West Africa and the Maghreb: Reassessing Intellectual Connections in the 21st Century

Convened by the Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Professorship on Contemporary Islamic Religion and Society, Harvard Divinity School.

Co-sponsored by the Weatherhead Research Cluster on Religion in Public Life in Africa and the African Diaspora.

For full conference program, please click here or see below for the Day 1 agenda.

Day 1

5.30–5.45pm Welcome Address
David N. Hempton, Dean, Harvard Divinity School.

5:45–7:00pm Keynote Lecture
"The Transformation of the Pilgrimage Tradition in West Africa"
Ousmane Kane, Executive Committee; Faculty Associate. Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Professor of Contemporary Islamic Religion and Society, Harvard Divinity School; Professor of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, Harvard University.