Canadian Association of African Studies (CAAS), 2017
Ryerson University, Toronto, Canada
May 31 - June 2, 2017
The Canadian Association of African Studies was a conference that took place on May 31 to June 2017 at Ryerson University in Toronto. The aim of the conference was for associated academics to propose and present their own full panels and research streams around themes reflecting their current areas of research. These include the history of slavery, current and past activities of extraction industries, gender and sexuality, strategies to address global climate change and what it is to engage in African studies in a Canadian context. Members of the SHADD project took place in two panel discussions entitled “Biography in Global Contexts” and “Biography and Methodology” that took place on May 31st, 2017. Sean Kelley and Paul Lovejoy acted as chairs for both panel discussions.
Panels
Biography in Global Contexts
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Chair | Animateur: Sean Kelley, University of Essex
Wednesday, May 31st 2017
Bruno Rafael Véras de Morais e Silva, York University
African Muslims in Nineteenth Century Northeastern Brazil
Margaret B. Crosby-Arnold, Columbia University
Joseph Bologne de Saint-Georges (1744-1799): Migration, Diversity and Social Mobility in the Atlantic World
Jeffrey Gunn, York University
Tracing Kru Labourers through Fragmented Biographical Accounts in the Atlantic and Beyond in the Nineteenth Century
Matteo Salvadore, American University of Sharjah
Kidnapped into Slavery and Tried by the Goa Inquisition: The unwilling journey of Gabriel, a 16th century Ethiopian Jew
Biography and Methodology
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Chair | Animateur: Paul Lovejoy, York University
Wednesday, May 31st 2017
Richard Anderson, York University
Uncovering Testimonies of Slavery and the Slave Trade in Missionary Sources: The SHADD Biographies Project and the CMS and MMS Archives for Sierra Leone, Nigeria, and the Gambia
Nielson Rosa Bezerra, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro
Slavery, Freedom and Post Abolition in Brazil: The Trajectory of Michelina, the African
Sean Kelley, University of Essex
Researching and Writing the Biographies of Africans in Early America: Problems and Possibilities
Ricardo Márquez García, University of Cologne
The Cameroon Grassfields and the Transatlantic Slave Trade: Methodological reflections for the research of decentralized societies
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