BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//132.216.98.100//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.20.4// BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20250622T073110EDT-1578PpW4CK@132.216.98.100 DTSTAMP:20250622T113110Z DESCRIPTION:This masterclass\, an interactive workshop on the Black Atlanti c and African Diaspora scholarship\, is designed to be a welcoming and eng aging space for upper-year undergraduate and graduate students. You will h ave the opportunity to participate in discussions with Drs. Alphonso F. Sa ville\, IV (Assistant Professor at Union Presbyterian Seminary\, Richmond\ , VA\, and former Associate Research Scholar for Princeton’s The Crossroad ’s Project) and Ayodeji Ogunnaike (Assistant Professor at McGill’s School of Religious Studies\, SRS). The event begins with ten-minute presentation s by Saville and Ogunnaike based on assigned readings. After a twenty-minu te open discussion\, Dr. Melissa N. Shaw (Assistant Professor at McGill’s Department of History and Classical Studies\, HCS) will facilitate a 30-mi nute dialogue between Saville and Ogunnaike. A thirty-minute Q&A will conc lude the event. An RSVP lunch with graduate students will provide a relaxe d\, casual setting\, ensuring an enjoyable continuation of our exploration of the insights shared and questions raised.\n \n Please RSVP for lunch: ht tps://forms.office.com/r/M8eCqavR84 \n \n Suggested Readings:\n \n Alphonso F. Saville\, Chapter 4: “My Travels in Nova Scotia: Ritual Healing and Commu nal Restoration in Marrant’s Journal\,” in The Gospel of John Marrant: Con juring Christianity in the Black Atlantic (Durham: Duke University Press\, 2024)\, 85-118.\n https://mcgill.on.worldcat.org/oclc/1446436357\n \n Ayodej i Ogunnaike\, “What’s Really Behind the Mask: A Reexamination of Syncretis m in Brazilian Candomblé\,” Journal of Africana Religions 8\, no. 1 (2020) : 146–71.\n https://mcgill.on.worldcat.org/oclc/8505280633\n\n \n\nThis eve nt was made possible by the generous financial support of The Dean of Arts Development Fund (DADF)\, the Black Affairs Committee\, Student Life and Learning (SLL)\, The Provost Office\, the Department of History and Classi cal Studies (HCS)\, the School of Religious Studies (SRS)\, and Professor Wendell Nii Laryea Adjetey’s Dawson Fund\, and Professor Noelani M. Arista .\n DTSTART:20250218T160000Z DTEND:20250218T180000Z LOCATION:Room 116\, Peterson Hall\, CA\, QC\, Montreal\, H3A 0E6\, 3460 rue McTavish SUMMARY:Reconsidering Legibility: Afro-Diasporic Epistemologies\, Tradition s\, and Practices In/Out of Place. Masterclass Workshop with Drs. Saville & Ogunnaike URL:/history/channels/event/reconsidering-legibility-a fro-diasporic-epistemologies-traditions-and-practices-inout-place-363477 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR