Apologies for cross posting.
Please find attached a call for papers for the following conference:
Missionaries, Materials and the Making of the Modern World
15-17 September 2014
Emmanuel College Cambridge
United Kingdom
While some scholars have understood the activity of overseas Christian missionaries primarily in terms of a 'Colonization of Consciousness' (Comaroff & Comaroff 1992), a range of recent scholarship has also emphasised the profoundly material dimensions of much missionary activity. While religious conversion was never unimportant historically, many missionaries have been equally heavily involved in practical projects to remake the world. Their global projects have transformed landscapes, forms of architecture and modes of dress, but have also shaped underlying narratives of modernity and modernisation (Keane 2007).
This flagship international conference will bring scholars from different disciplines together with heritage professionals to explore the global networks of exchange established by Christian missionary organisations, the materials that circulated through these, and the transformational effects these exchanges had in many different parts of the world, including Europe itself.
Deadline is 29 April
Please get in touch with me if you have any queries before then.
Best wishes,
Chris
Dr Chris Wingfield
Senior Curator (Archaeology)
MAA, Museum of Archaeology & Anthropology
University of Cambridge, Downing Street, Cambridge, CB2 3DZ
Tel: + 44 (0)1223 333515
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Web: http://maa.cam.ac.uk
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