Mapping African Art, Music Performance, and Scholarship in the 21st Century
Join us for a wide-ranging discussion on mobility, migration and musical exchange; evolving art and sounds in a globalized world; approaches to performance and intellectual inquiry; and new directions in African music and performance studies.
Lunch will be served. This event is open to all. Registration is mandatory for those without a Columbia University ID; register at least 24 hours in advance in order to receive campus access. Registration for all others is requested, but not required.
Speakers will include:
- Kwasi Ampene
Professor of Music, Tufts University
- Louise Meintjes
Marcello Lotti Professor of Music, Duke
- Olabode Omojola
Hammond-Douglass Five College Professor of Music, Mount Holyoke College
- Patricia Opondo
Senior Lecturer in Music, Drama, and Performance, University of Kwazulu-Natal School of the Arts
- Chérie Rivers
Professor of Geography, UNC Chapel Hill
Moderated by:
- Ruth Opara, Department of Music
Co-hosted by Ruth Opara, Department of Music and Bruno Bosteels, Dean of Humanities and Jesse and George Siegel Professor in the Humanities. Sponsored by the Division of Humanities in the Arts & Sciences.
