Goingtomeet.com: Obeah and Other Powers: the politics of Caribbean religion and healing

Obeah and Other Powers: the politics of Caribbean religion and healing

Jul 16, 2008 - Jul 18, 2008
Percy Building, Newcastle University New Castle Upon Tyne, England, United Kingdom

Highlights: This interdisciplinary conference brings together scholars who are interested in the connections between religion and power in the Caribbean: the power of colonial and postcolonial states, of ruling elites, of subaltern communities, of nationalism, of ritual specialists, and of the spirits, lwas, orishas, and ancestors.
Keynote speaker: Robert A. Hill Other participants include: Ken Bilby, Erna Brodber, Alejandra Bronfman, Karen McCarthy Brown, Stephan Palmie, Kate Ramsey, Raquel Romberg, and David Scott.

Contact Details: Contact person: Diana Paton; Email address:; Event website: http://www.obeahconference.org/; Phone: 0191 222 5038; Fax: 0191 222 6484

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