The group has held listening sessions, collected online feedback and hosted a scholarly symposium as it continues to review a proposal by members of the University community to remove or relocate a 2001 statue of John Witherspoon.
A call for papers for a virtual conference that explores slavery from religious and theological lenses
Scholars and experts must submit proposals by May 15
PRINCETON, N.J. Princeton Theological Seminary and joint sponsors Howard University School of Divinity and the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC) are calling for individual and panel paper proposals for a virtual conference, titled “‘The Troubles I’ve Seen’: Religious Dimensions of Slavery and Its Afterlives.” The event will examine the long-term effects of the enslavement of Africans in America from a unique perspective of the religious and theological dynamics. The conference will be held October 22-23.