RESEARCH DAYS 2010
Saturday 19 & Sunday 20 June
St. Antonys College, 62 Woodstock Road, Oxford, OX2 6JF Nissan Lecture Theatre http://www.sant.ox.ac.uk/about/directions.html
RELIGION IN CONTEMPORARY ZIMBABWE
PROGRAMME
Registration 9 to 9.30. Nissan Lecture Theatre, St Antonys, Oxford
SATURDAY 19 JUNE 2010: AFRICAN RELIGION IN ZIMBABWE
Session One. 9.30 to 11 am. SPIRIT MEDIUMS
Professor Ruramisai Charumbira, History, University of Texas:
Nehanda, History and Memory, 1896-2010.
Dr Joost Fontein, Anthropology, University of Edinburgh: Trouble- making spirits. Some notorious mediums in Zimbabwe.
Chair: Professor Marja Spierenburg, Amsterdam, author of Strangers, Spirits and Land Reforms.
Session Two. 11.30 to 1 pm. AFRICAN RELIGION IN WESTERN ZIMBABWE
Lynette Nyathi, M.A., University of Leeds: The Mwali shrines in Contemporary Zimbabwe and their interaction with Christianity.
Pathisa Nyathi, Bulawayo: Religious Interactions in Western Zimbabwe.
Chair: Professor Wendy Urban Mead, Bard College
Session Three. 2 to 3.30 WITCHCRAFT BELIEF
Professor Gordon Chavunduka, President, ZINATHA: The new witchcraft legislation in Zimbabwe.
Terence Ranger: Anti-witchcraft movements in Zimbabwe.
Chair: Dr David Pratten, Director, African Studies Centre, Oxford
Session Four. 4 to 5.30 OTHER AFRICAN RELIGIONS IN ZIMBABWE
Zoe Groves, History, Keele: Malawian religion in Zimbabwe.
Dr Bernard Manyena, Northumbia: Religion and Tonga Identity.
Chair: Professor Jocelyn Alexander, Oxford.
Session Five 5.30 to 6.30
Discussion of the first day led by Terence Ranger.
After dinner: An illustrated presentation on Zimbabwe Gospel Music by Professor Ezra Chitando, Religious Studies, University of Zimbabwe.
And showing of a recently completed film on Zimbabwean Christianity by James Ault.
SUNDAY 20 JUNE 2010 CHRISTIANITY IN ZIMBABWE
Registration. 9 to 9.30. Nissan Lecture Theatre
Session One. 9.30 to 11. AFRICAN WOMEN AND CHRISTIANITY
Barbara Mahamba, OCMS: Catholic Women Activists and African Nuns in Matabeleland.
Professor Wendy Urban Mead, History, Bard College: Protestant Women Activists in Matabeleland.
Chair: Dr Martha Chinouya, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Session Two. 11.30 to 1. CHRISTIANITY AND `CIVILIZATION.
Professor Diana Jeater, History, UWE: Missionaries and the Construction of African Modernities in Zimbabwe.
Dominic Pasura, UCL: Zimbabwean Christians confront British Modernity
Chair: Dr Sara Rich Dorman, Political Science, Edinburgh.
Session Three: 2 to 3.30. THE HOLY SPIRIT AND SACED TEXTS
A round-table discussion between Dr Matthew Engelke, Anthropology, LSE, author of A Problem of Presence and Dr Thomas Kirsch, Konstanz, author of Spirits and Letters. Reading, Writing and Charisma in African Christianity.
Chair: Professor Terence Ranger
Session Four. 4 to 5.30. SPIRIT CHRISTIANITY
A round-table discussion between Professor David Maxwell, author of African Gifts of the Spirit, and Professor Richard Werbner, Anthropology, Manchester, author of a forthcoming book on Apostolics in Botswana.
Chair: Professor Eliakim Sibanda, History and Human Rights, Winnipeg
Session Five: 5.30 to 6.30. COMPARISONS AND CONCLUSIONS
A final discussion led by Professor Maxwell.
Dr Ben Knighton, Anthropology, OCMS, editor of Religion and Politics in
Kenya: Confrontation and Compliance, will draw some comparisons and contrasts.
Organised with the support of The Spalding Trust, the Journal of Southern African Studies and the Centre of African Studies, Oxford University
To register for the Research Day please use the form below. For further information on the programme itself contact the convenors:
Dr David Maxwell d.j.maxwell@his.keele.ac.uk Professor Terence Ranger terence.ranger@sant.ox.ac.uk And watch the BZS website www.britain-zimbabwe.org.uk
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