Trading Tastes: Islam, the Indian Ocean and the Asian-Africa Interchange
On November 6-8, 2008, the workshop, “Trading Tastes: Islam, the Indian Ocean, and the Asia-Africa Interchange,” will explore the history, economics, and cultural exchanges that followed the spice routes between Indonesia and East Africa, well before European exploration.
Our speakers will include the following: Barbara Andaya, director for the Center for Southeast Asian Studies at the University of Hawai’i, who will talk about Indonesian cultures; Tim Carmichael, director of the African Studies Program at the College of Charleston, who will discuss trade in East Africa; Naomi Duguid, an independent scholar and author of award-winning cookbooks, who will focus on the culture of food; Patricia Henry, from the Foreign Languages and Literatures Department at Northern Illinois University, who will examine the transformation of literature and art through different cultures; Peter Hershock from the East-West Center in Honolulu, who will represent the Asian Studies Development Program; Tansen Sen from the History Department at Baruch College, who will demonstrate the roles of early Chinese explorers in this period; and Christopher Wright from the History Department at The Citadel, who will speak on the spread of Islam into India and Southeast Asia.
With generous support provided by the Asian Studies Development Program at the East-West Center, The Humanities CouncilSC, a state program of the National Endowment for Humanities, and Trident Technical College’s Humanities and Social Sciences Division, the workshop will be held at St. Christopher Conference Center on Seabrook Island, South Carolina (for more information on the center, please refer to http://www.stchristopher.org/ ). Participants will pay a registration fee of $135.00, which will cover their accommodations and meals. Please send in your registration form by September 30, 2008. For more information, please contact katharine.purcell@tridenttech.edu or call Katharine at 843- 574-6457.
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