Foreign aid, whiteness and development NGOS in the Kwilu region (DR Congo), 1965 - 1990Time: 10:00 AM Eastern TimeJeremy RICHMarywood University, USA
Simao Toko and the Bakongo Prophets in contemporary Angola: Some comparisons based on fieldwork in Mbanza KongoTime: 10:00 AM Eastern TimeFederico CARDUCCI,
The Politico-Religions History of the Bakongo of Northen Angola/ Professor. Ramon Sarro, University of OxfordTime: 10:00 AM
• Kongo's role in spreading Christianity in the Americas among slaves from elsewhere in Africa ;
• Place Between Two Worlds - Ideational Landscape of Mbanza Kongo, Angola.Time: 10:00 AMKongo's role in spreading Christianity in the Americas among slaves from elsewhere in AfricaJohn THORNTONBoston University, Place Between Two Worlds - Ideational Landscape of Mbanza Kongo, AngolaBruno PASTRE MAXIMO, Brasil
Kongo prince Nicolau; Kongo kings in Brazil at the slavery time; Influence of the Kongolese Sanga Performance on Black Music and Dance Culture in the Americas.Time: 10:00 AMKongo prince NicolauThiago SAPEDEFederal University of Bahia, BrasilKongo kings in Brazil at the slavery timeMarina DE MELLO E SOUZAUniversity of Sao Paulo, BrasilCécile FROMONTYale University , USA
The Influence of the Kongolese Sanga Performance on Black Music and Dance Culture in the Americas.Time: 11:00 AMJeroen DEWULFUniversity of California, Berkeley, USA
The Congolese at the crossroads of challenges: the post-independence experience of a nation. Time: 10:00 AMIsidore NDAYWEL, DRC
Revitalizing Congolese Universities and Academics: An Urgent Quest to Regain Lost Vigor and RelevanceTime: 10:00 AMBernard LUTUTALA MAMPASIRector of the University of Kinshasa, DRCIngrid MULAMBASociologist, RDCÉmilie ZOLAHistorian, RDCSamuel MAMPUNZA MIA MIEZIDean of the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Kinshasa and current Academic Secretary General, RDCDonatien DIBWE DIA MWEMBUUniversity of Lubumbashi, DRC
Rethinking the Early History of West Central Africa 1400-1600Time: 10:00 AMJohn THORNTONBoston University,
Calundu and Ancestor Worship in Angola and Brazil (17th-18th Centuries)Time: 10:00 AM Eastern TimeAlexandre A. MarcussiUniversity of São Paulo, Brazil
The Neo-colonial Status of French in DRC and the Rest of "Francophone Africa"Time: 10:00 AM Eastern TimeSalikoko MUFWENEUniversity of Chicago , USA
Diplomatic Contacts Between the Kingdom of Kongo and the Vatican (1580 to 1630)Time: 10:00 AM Eastern TimeJosé Rivair MacedoUniversidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
The Slaving Strategies of the Kongolese Oligarchy (ca. 1709 - ca. 1880)Time: 10:00 AM Eastern TimeMarcos Leitão de AlmeidaFederal University of Juiz de Fora, Brazil
To be Announced SoonTime: 10:00 AM Eastern TimeHein VanheeThe Royal Museum, Tervuren,
Wyatt MacGaffey's Interactions with HistoriansTime: 10:00 AM Eastern TimeWyatt MacGAFFEYHaverord College, USA
How Jesus Became Black: Kongo’s Discovery of its Role in the Creation and Nativity StoriesTime: 10:00 AM Eastern TimeJohn THORNTONBoston University,
Current anthropological research on Mbanza Kongo and the Kongo political historyTime: 10:00 AM Eastern TimeRamon SARROUniversity of Oxford, UK
From Hell to Hell: Central Africans and Christian Visual Catechesis in the Early Modern Transatlantic Slave TradeTime: 10:00 AM Eastern TimeCécile FROMONTYale University , USA
Kongo Studies in Brazil, Prof. Marina de Mello, Dr. Bruno Pastre Maximo, Prof . Thiago Sapede.Time: 10:00 AM Eastern TimeMarina DE MELLO E SOUZAUniversity of Sao Paulo, BrasilBruno PASTRE MAXIMO, BrasilThiago SAPEDEFederal University of Bahia, Brasil
Tata Ndoundou a man of gifts: a Swedish missiologist's analytical accountTime: 10:00 AM Eastern TimeBertil AHMANUPPSala University, Sweden
Four Ways of Not saying Something in Digital Kinshasa/On the Substance of Shadow ConversationsTime: 10:00 AM Eastern TimeKatrien PYPELeuven University, KU
Political Economy Analysis of Bushmeat Trade and Consumption in KinshasaTime: 10:00 AM Eastern TimeKrossy MAVAKALAUNIKIN, UPN & The Catholic
University of Kinshasa, DRC
The Role of the Kongo Catholic Church in the Early African Diaspora (1500-1880)Time: 10:00 AM Eastern TimeJohn THORNTONBoston University,
Becoming a healer's patient: aspects of Cokwe medical; practice in Kahemba Zone, DRC.Time: 11:00 AMPaul STAN YODERUniversity of Pennsylvania, USA
Faith-based organizations and Covid prevention in subSaharan Africa: challenges and opportunities in health promotionTime: 10:00 AMEmma WILD-WOODUniversity of Edinburgh, UKMwai MAKOKAWorld Council of Churches, Geneva
Kongo Cultural Remnants Across the Atlantic: Food, Religions and LanguagesTime: 11:00 Ras Michael L. BROWNGeorgia State University, USA
Engaging Janzen's Ethnographies: multidimensionality and dynamism of an anthropological practiceTime: 09:30 AM Eastern TimeLemba, 1650-1930: A drum of affliction in Africa and the New World, 1982Myers GARTH ATrinity College, USAJohn M. Janzen and the Urbanization of Healing and Healers in AfricaWyatt MacGAFFEYHaverord College, USAEpistolary Scholarship: two decades of exchanges between John M. Janzen and Me. EmeritusAlexander JACQUI M.University of Toronto, CanadaContegency of Form and Meaning: Janzen and Weber on Anabatist AttachmentsDaniel SULLIVAN L.University of Arizona, USASeeing like Janzen: How Cultural Holograms and Historical Critique Emerged from the Kongo Transatlantic SeminarKiran JARAYAMUniversity of South Florida, USAConversation with John M. Janzen about the Politics and Ethics of Therapeutic Management Group in the quest for Therapy and Conflict resolution in D.R. CongoAdrien N. NGUDIANKAMA, MPhil., Ph.D.,
(Not)Remembering Kasa-Vubu: The Competing Afterlives of the D.R. Congo's First PresidentTime: 10:30 AM Eastern TimeMargot LUYCKFASSEELUniversity of Gent, Belgium
Kongo Kingdom and Kongo Language: Divergent pasts, Converging presentsTime: 10:30 AM Eastern TimeKoen BOSTOENUniversity of Ghent, Belgium
Reinterpreting Joseph Kasa-Vubu and the Abako: A moral and intellectual imperativeTime: 10:30 AM Eastern TimeJustine KASA-VUBU,
Globalisation, urbanization and the fate of Africa ethnic languages: the case of Kikongo and KitubaTime: 10:30 AM Eastern TimeSalikoko MUFWENEUniversity of Chicago , USA
Formal Education Policies in the Kongo Kingdom of the 16th Century.Time: 10:30 AM Eastern TimeInge BRINKMANUniversity of Gent, Belgium
Kongo Prophets and UNESCO Technocrats: Forests, Ruins and Heritages in Northen AngolaTime: 10:30 AM Eastern TimeRamon SARROUniversity of Oxford, UK
The DRC and its history: what reflection on the future?Time: 10:30 AM Eastern TimeIsidore NDAYWEL, DRC
Africa, history, knowledge, and geopolitics: what interpretation?Time: 10:00 AM Eastern TimeTheophile OBENGA,
Afro-Atlantic Catholics: America’s First Black ChristiansTime: 10:00 AM Eastern TimeJeroen DEWULFUniversity of California, Berkeley, USA
This webinar has been postponed!
We apologize for the inconvenience. We will inform you about the rescheduled date.
Enjoy your weekend.Time: 00:00 Jeremy RICHMarywood University, USA
Trauma, Identities and Survival Mechanisms of African Refugees: Reflections on Field StoriesTime: 11:00 Cecile VIGOUROUXSimon Fraser University, CanadaAdrien N. NGUDIANKAMA, MPhil., Ph.D.,
Kongo protestants and the expansion of Christianity between 1885 and 1980: A historical comparative analysis of the work of Ndonzao Nlemvo, Simon Kimbangu, Simao Toko and Daniel NdoundouTime: 10:00 Bertil AHMANUPPSala University, SwedenJosef NSUMBUUPPSala University, SwedenBernard COYAULTFaculté Univ. Théologique Protestante de Bruxelles, BelgiumAdrien N. NGUDIANKAMA, MPhil., Ph.D.,
Time: 11:00
Trauma, Identities, and Coping/Survival Mechanisms among Francophone African ImmigrantsTime: 10:00 AM Eastern TimeAdrien N. NGUDIANKAMA, MPhil., Ph.D.,
Some golden contemporary opportunities in Kongo studies: geography, history, and linguisticTime: 11:00 MANZAMBI FernandoNational Director of Museums, Angola
