Seminar - Reflections on Historical Anthropological Research on Religion in a Digital Age: The View from West Africa and Elsewhere by Professor Benjamin F. Soares

Our next seminar Reflections on Historical Anthropological Research on Religion in a Digital Age: The View from West Africa and Elsewhere presented by Professor Benjamin F. Soares takes place on Wednesday, 16 September 2026 @ 13H00pm in the REL Seminar room, LS5.67 (Leslie Social Sciences Building, level 5) and online via MS Teams: Join Online / Meeting ID: 353 464 788 996 318 / Passcode: Bq25jG6V 

Professor Benjamin Soares, an anthropologist and scholar of Islam and religious encounters in Africa, is Emeritus Professor of religion at the University of Florida where he served as the director of the Center for Global Islamic Studies. A former editor of Africa (IAI, London), his publications include the coedited volume, New Media and Religious Transformations in Africa.

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