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Origins and Afterlives of Kush Conference

The origin of the second Kingdom of Kush (c. 850 BCE to 350 CE) has been the subject of much discussion and debate over the years. The kingdom that arose at Napata lasted over a thousand years, evolving over time and continuing to influence the polities that emerged after the kingdom broke apart in c. 350 CE. One of the kingdom’s legacies continues on today as an early example of an African state, allowing for an exploration of larger theoretical questions surrounding state formation, religion and ideology, political economy, identity and intercultural interaction. At the same time, the Kingdom of Kush has played an important and controversial role in the development of Black Studies, the discourse of Afrocentrism, and a consideration of the asymmetries in the racial discourse surrounding Egypt in particular and Africa more generally both in their historical and contemporary incarnations.

Click here for Call for Papers announcement

Click here for the Program and here for Abstracts.

Use the following link to register for the conference (the registration fee is $120):

https://www.eiseverywhere.com/ereg/index.php?eventid=454351&

Sponsored by the Department of Anthropology with support from the College of Letters and Sciences and Institute for Social, Behavioral, and Economic Research.

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