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Das Forschungskolleg Humanwissenschaften: Veranstaltungen
Donnerstag, 26.06.2025, 14:30 UhrForschungskolleg Humanwissenschaften, Am Wingertsberg 4, 61348 Bad Homburg
Forschungskolleg Humanwissenschaften der Goethe-Universität
FKH Kolloquium
Peter A. Mark
»A philosophical reflection on the early history of Senegambia«
Abstract
My plan to write a history of Senegambia (West Africa) during the century immediately preceding and following the arrival on the coast of the first European mariners (1400–1600), has been significantly altered by the colloquia here at the Forschungskolleg, with their focus on democracy and its challenges. Senegambian cultures follow a distinctive identity model, one divorced from reference to skin color and characterized by multiple, changing identities. Partly in response to the colloquia, partly as a challenge to myself, and very much as an experiment, I have decided to view the early history of this region and its distinctive identity model, through the filter of moral philosophy, as articulated by Martin Buber and Paul Ricœur.
Redner
Peter A. Mark is Professor emeritus of Art History at Wesleyan University. His work focuses on the cultural history of West Africa and European-African Interaction from the 16th to the 19th century. In the summer semester 2025, he is a fellow at the Forschungskolleg Humanwissenschaften, on the invitation of Roland Hardenberg, Director of the Frobenius Institute for Research in Cultural Anthropology at Goethe University. During his stay at the Forschungskolleg, Peter is collaborating with researchers from Goethe University's interdisciplinary field of potential »Religion and De:Toxification (RelTox)«.
Teilnahme
Geschlossene Veranstaltung. Kontakt: Beate Sutterlüty; E-Mail: b.sutterluety@forschungskolleg-humanwissenschaften.de
