Reconsidering Legibility: Afro-Diasporic Epistemologies, Traditions, and Practices In/Out of Place. Masterclass Workshop with Drs. Saville & Ogunnaike
This masterclass, an interactive workshop on the Black Atlantic and African Diaspora scholarship, is designed to be a welcoming and engaging space for upper-year undergraduate and graduate students. You will have the opportunity to participate in discussions with Drs. Alphonso F. Saville, 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 ş«ąúÂăÎč’s School of Religious Studies, SRS). The event begins with ten-minute presentations by Saville and Ogunnaike based on assigned readings. After a twenty-minute open discussion, Dr. Melissa N. Shaw (Assistant Professor at ş«ąúÂăÎč’s Department of History and Classical Studies, HCS) will facilitate a 30-minute dialogue between Saville and Ogunnaike. A thirty-minute Q&A will conclude the event. An RSVP lunch with graduate students will provide a relaxed, casual setting, ensuring an enjoyable continuation of our exploration of the insights shared and questions raised.
Please RSVP for lunch:
Suggested Readings:
Alphonso F. Saville, Chapter 4: “My Travels in Nova Scotia: Ritual Healing and Communal Restoration in Marrant’s Journal,” in The Gospel of John Marrant: Conjuring Christianity in the Black Atlantic (Durham: Duke University Press, 2024), 85-118.
Ayodeji Ogunnaike, “What’s Really Behind the Mask: A Reexamination of Syncretism in Brazilian Candomblé,” Journal of Africana Religions 8, no. 1 (2020): 146–71.
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This event 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 Classical Studies (HCS), the School of Religious Studies (SRS), and Professor Wendell Nii Laryea Adjetey’s Dawson Fund, and Professor Noelani M. Arista.