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SUMMARY:Graduate Workshop: Editing Primary Sources from Africa
DESCRIPTION:Over a time-span of several decades Historian Paul Jenkins (for
 mer archivist of the Basel Mission and lecturer in African History at the 
 University of Basel) and Social Anthropologist and Ghana specialist Michel
 le Gilbert (Trinity College Hartfort\, CT) have engaged with the reports w
 ritten by Revd Theophilus Opoku\, assembled the complete corpus\, transcri
 bed the texts and\, in an iterative process\, edited them for publication.
  Clarifications and contextualisation are provided by their jointly-writte
 n introductions and footnotes. The publication consists of an introductory
  part and seven chapters containing the texts written during the various p
 arish appointments Opoku had in the South-eastern Gold Coast. With a few m
 onths to go before the corpus goes to print\, the editors invite graduate 
 students to scrutinize the texts and put them to test.\\r\\nProgramme\\r\\
 n20 March (afternoon): Induction to the project and theme21- 22 March (all
  day): Discussion of the seven chapters and introductions23 March (morning
 ): Closing session\\r\\nTarget group\\r\\nThis interdisciplinary workshop 
 is open to graduate students from a wide array of disciplines\, especially
  History\, Social Anthropology\, Literature\, Religious Studies and Theolo
 gy.\\r\\nAssignments\\r\\nEach participant will read the general introduct
 ion and will present one of the chapters to the workshop participants\, op
 ening the general discussion with graduate students\, experts and editors.
  In addition\, each participant will take minutes of one of the sessions f
 or reporting to the closing session. The texts will be distributed on 15 F
 ebruary 2019\\r\\nRegistration\\r\\nPlease register by email to veit.arlt@
 unibas.ch by 14 February 2019. Provide information on your subject area an
 d the current state of studies. Participation is free of charge. \\r\\nFac
 ulty and experts\\r\\nMichelle Gilbert (anthropologist\, Trinity College\,
  Hartford CT)Andreas Heuser (theologian\, University of Basel) Paul Jenkin
 s (historian\, Centre for African Studies Basel)Nana Opare Kwakye (theolog
 ian\, University of Ghana\, Legon)David Maxwell (historian\, University of
  Cambridge)Adam Mohr (anthropologist\, University of Pennsylvania)Emma Wil
 d-Wood (theologian\, University of Edinburgh)\\r\\nCredits:\\r\\nTwo ECTS 
 credit points by learning contract (participantsUniversity of Basel)\\r\\n
 Course convenor: \\r\\nVeit Arlt\, Centre for African Studies\, Rheinsprun
 g 21\, CH-4051 Basel\, veit.arlt@unibas.ch [mailto:veit.arlt@unibas.ch]\, 
 T. +41 (0)61 207 34 86 \, www.zasb.unibas.ch [http://www.zasb.unibas.ch]
X-ALT-DESC:Over a time-span of several decades Historian Paul Jenkins (form
 er archivist of the Basel Mission and lecturer in African History at the U
 niversity of Basel) and Social Anthropologist and Ghana specialist Michell
 e Gilbert (Trinity College Hartfort\, CT) have engaged with the reports wr
 itten by Revd Theophilus Opoku\, assembled the complete corpus\, transcrib
 ed the texts and\, in an iterative process\, edited them for publication. 
 Clarifications and contextualisation are provided by their jointly-written
  introductions and footnotes. The publication consists of an introductory 
 part and seven chapters containing the texts written during the various pa
 rish appointments Opoku had in the South-eastern Gold Coast. With a few mo
 nths to go before the corpus goes to print\, the editors invite graduate s
 tudents to scrutinize the texts and put them to test.\n<b>Programme</b>\n<
 ul><li>20 March (afternoon): Induction to the project and theme</li><li>21
 - 22 March (all day): Discussion of the seven chapters and introductions</
 li><li>23 March (morning): Closing session</li></ul>\n<b>Target group</b>\
 nThis interdisciplinary workshop is open to graduate students from a wide 
 array of disciplines\, especially History\, Social Anthropology\, Literatu
 re\, Religious Studies and Theology.\n<b>Assignments</b>\nEach participant
  will read the general introduction and will present one of the chapters t
 o the workshop participants\, opening the general discussion with graduate
  students\, experts and editors. In addition\, each participant will take 
 minutes of one of the sessions for reporting to the closing session. The t
 exts will be distributed on 15 February 2019\n<b>Registration</b>\nPlease 
 register by email to veit.arlt@unibas.ch by 14 February 2019. Provide info
 rmation on your subject area and the current state of studies. Participati
 on is free of charge. \n<b>Faculty and experts</b>\n<ul><li>Michelle Gilbe
 rt (anthropologist\, Trinity College\, Hartford CT)</li><li>Andreas Heuser
  (theologian\, University of Basel) </li><li>Paul Jenkins (historian\, Cen
 tre for African Studies Basel)</li><li>Nana Opare Kwakye (theologian\, Uni
 versity of Ghana\, Legon)</li><li>David Maxwell (historian\, University of
  Cambridge)</li><li>Adam Mohr (anthropologist\, University of Pennsylvania
 )</li><li>Emma Wild-Wood (theologian\, University of Edinburgh)</li></ul>\
 n<b>Credits:</b>\nTwo ECTS credit points by learning contract (participant
 sUniversity of Basel)\n<b>Course convenor:</b> \nVeit Arlt\, Centre for Af
 rican Studies\, Rheinsprung 21\, CH-4051 Basel\, <a href="mailto:veit.arlt
 @unibas.ch">veit.arlt@unibas.ch</a>\,<br /> T. +41 (0)61 207 34 86 \, <a h
 ref="http://www.zasb.unibas.ch">www.zasb.unibas.ch</a>
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