Diaspora to Diaspora: Creating links between Africana, African, and Jewish Studies

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John Jackson

School Affiliation: School of Arts and Sciences
Country or Region Engaged: Africa
Fund: Global Engagement Fund
Year Awarded: 2011-12
Expertise: History, Religion, Culture
This grant brought British historian Tudor Parfitt to campus to stimulate conversation between students and faculty in the too-rarely intersecting fields of Africana Studies, African Studies, and Jewish Studies. Tudor’s work, particularly on the movement of the Biblical Ark within Africa, sits at the nexus of these fields.