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DESCRIPTION:Birks Annual Lecture Series\n\nWhen the Earth Strikes Back: Ind
 igenous Knowledge\, Climate Crisis\, and Sustainability\n\nGuest Speaker: 
 Prof Jacob Olupona\n\nAbout the Speaker:\n\nProf. Jacob K. Olupona is the 
 Hugh K Foster Professor of African and African American Studies and Chair 
 of the Department of African and African American Studies (AAAS) at Harvar
 d University. He is the world’s leading scholar in the field of African re
 ligion and holds a joint appointment at the Harvard Divinity School. He sp
 ent several years as the director of graduate study for AAAS and has direc
 tly taught or mentored most scholars of religion in Africa—including Prof.
  Ayodeji Ogunnaike here at McGill. He also founded the Institute for Advan
 ced Study in Ile-Ife\, Nigeria whose mission is to reform and elevate the 
 academy in Africa\, and he has extensive experience working in and with th
 e academy in North America\, Europe\, Africa\, and Asia. In addition to hi
 s research and publication awards\, he was also awarded the Mendehlson Awa
 rd for graduate advising from Harvard’s Graduate School of Arts & Sciences
 \, and will be available to discuss topics from navigating the job market\
 , publications\, career trajectories\, international research\, the human 
 side of Academia\, and more.\n\nAbstract:\n\nAlthough Africa—and particula
 r indigenous societies—have contributed the least to our current climate c
 risis but are tragically and ironically among the most affected by it. Thi
 s lecture interrogates why indegnous forms of knowledge in Africa hold imm
 ense potential for addressing the climate crisis but have so far been larg
 ely ignored. Through examples of how indigenous epistemologies and traditi
 ons have managed effective relationships between humanity and the environm
 ent in the past and present\, it offers challenges for a path forward and 
 how collective action and our notions of self\, community\, and relationsh
 ip can be (re)structured so we can create a new way of living with and in 
 our world.\n
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LOCATION:Birks Building\, CA\, QC\, Montreal\, H3A 2A7\, 3520 rue Universit
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SUMMARY:Birks Annual Lecture Series: When the Earth Strikes Back: Indigenou
 s Knowledge\, Climate Crisis\, and Sustainability
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