SUFIS, TOLERATION AND DEMOCRACY IN SENEGAL
International Conference, Art Exhibit & Sufi Music Recital
FRIDAY, SATURDAY & SUNDAY, MARCH 7-9
* Columbia University
Kellogg Center, International Affairs Building, Room 1501
420 West 118th Street
* The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
515 Malcolm X Boulevard (at West 136th Street)
SENEGAL is one of a very few countries with a large Muslim
population (over 90 percent) that is governed by democratic
institutions. The conference investigates how Sufi brotherhoods have
played a crucial role in establishing this democratic and tolerant society.
In conjunction, the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
presents A Saint in the City: Sufi Arts of Urban Senegal, a landmark
project curated by the Fowler Museum at UCLA, which features
contemporary Senegalese art and representations of Sheikh Amadou Bamba,
the founder of the Sufi Mouride brotherhood.
FRIDAY, MARCH 7
Columbia University
* 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.: Conference: Session One
The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
* 6 p.m.: Opening of A Saint in the City to the COLUMBIA COMMUNITY
* 7 p.m.: Recital by Musa Dieng Kala (Reservations only)
SATURDAY, MARCH 8
Columbia University
* 9 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.: Conference: Session Two
SUNDAY, MARCH 9
The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
* 1 p.m. – 6 p.m.: Public Opening of A Saint in the City
* 3 p.m.: First Public Recital by Musa Dieng Kala
* 4:30 p.m.: Second Public Recital by Musa Dieng Kala
Sponsored by Institute for Religion, Culture and Public Life; Institute
of African Studies; The Center for the Study of Democracy, Toleration
and Religion; & Committee on Global Thought.
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UPCOMING EVENTS
NEW DRAFT CONSTITUTION OF TURKEY
Monday, March 3, 9 a.m–5 p.m
Kellogg Center, International Affairs Building, Room 1501
A conference on the possibility of amending the current Turkish 1982
Constitution.
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Emily Brennan
Assistant Director
Columbia University
Institute for Religion, Culture, and Public Life
80 Claremont Avenue, Room 306, MC 9611
New York, NY 10027
Tel. 212-851-4145
Fax. 212-851-0781
