Global Timbuktu
Meanings and Narratives of Resistance in Africa and the Americas
March 24, 2017 10:00 am-6:00pm
SCC Teleconference Lecture Hall, Alexander Library
Rutgers University
Symposium
Film Clips of Timbuktu
10:00am-10:25am: Greetings and Introductions
Rutgers Representative
Carolyn Brown and Paul Lovejoy
10:30am-11:25am: Keynote – Dialogue
Mahamane Mahamoudou, Timbuktu-trained Islamic Scholar, Timbuktu, Mali, with Bruce Hall, Duke University
11:30am-12:45pm: Panel I Timbuktu: Behind the Myths
Chair: Bruce Hall, Duke University
Mohamed Diagayété Senior Researcher, Ahmad Baba Center, Timbuktu
Mohamed Shahid Mathee, Department of Religion, University of Johannesburg
Mauro Nobili, Department of History, University of Illinois
1:00pm-2:15pm Lunch
2:30pm-3:45pm Panel II Archeological Report of all Timbuktus
Chair: Ousseina Alidou, Rutgers University
Hadley Kruczek-Aaron, SUNY Potsdam
Christopher Barton, Department of Archeology, University of Memphis
Daouda Keita, Archeologist, Université des Sciences Sociales et Gestion de Bamako, Mali
3:45-4:00pm: Coffee Break
4:10pm-5:45pm: Panel III The Public and “Our” Timbuktus
Chair: Paul Lovejoy, York University, Canada
Amy Godine, Independent Scholar, Exhibition Curator
Guy-Oreido Weston, Descendant of 1829 Timbuctoo Settler
Alvin Corbett, Board Member, Underground Railroad Museum, Burlington Co., NJ
6:00pm-7:00pm: Reception and Exhibit
New Brunswick Theological Seminary
35 Seminary Place, New Brunswick, NJ
Introduction to the Exhibit Dreaming of Timbuctoo
Martha Swan, Executive Director, John Brown Lives!
Saturday, March 25, 2017 12:00pm-5:00pm
Site Visit
12:00pm-12:30pm Tour of the excavation site, Westampton Township, NJ
Intersection of Church Street and Rancocas Road
Christopher Barton, Department of Archeology, University of Memphis
Symposium
Rancocas Valley Regional High School,
520 Jacksonville Road, Mount Holly, NJ 08060
Film Clips of Timbuktu
1:00pm-1:15pm: Greetings and Introductions
C. André Daniels, Mayor of Westampton
Representative of Rutgers
Carolyn Brown and Paul Lovejoy
1:15pm-1:30pm: Introducing Timbuctoo, New Jersey
Guy-Oreido Weston, Descendant of 1829 Timbuctoo Settler
1:30pm-2:45pm Timbuktu: Behind the Myths
Chair: Bruce Hall, Duke University
Mohamed Diagayété, Senior Researcher, Ahmad Baba Center, Timbuktu
Mohamed Mathee, Department of Religion, University of Johannesburg
Daouda Keita, Archeologist, Université des Sciences Sociales et Gestion de Bamako, Mali
Mauro Nobili, Department of History, University of Illinois
3:00pm-4:15pm Report on Timbuctoo in New York and New Jersey
Chair: Paul Lovejoy, York University, Canada
Hadley Kruczek-Aaron, SUNY Potsdam
Amy Godine, Independent Scholar, Exhibition Curator
Alvin Corbett, Board Member, Underground Railroad Museum of Burlington Co. NJ
Christopher Barton, Department of Archeology, University of Memphis
4:30pm-5:30pm: Reception
5:30pm-6:30pm: Dreaming of Timbuctoo Exhibit
Underground Railroad Museum Burlington Co., 803 Smithville Road, Eastampton, NJ
Greeting- Alvin Corbett, Board Member, Underground Railroad Museum
Introduction- Dreaming of Timbuctoo Martha Swan, Executive Director, John Brown Lives!