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Allen F. Roberts
Distinguished Professor
Office: Kaufman 130E
Field of Study:
Education
- Postdoctoral Fellow, Michigan Society of Fellows, University of Michigan, 1980-1, 1984-5.
- Ph.D. (1980) and MA (1972) in Socio-Cultural Anthropology, University of Chicago.
- B.A. (1968) in Socio-Cultural Anthropology, Amherst College.
Publications
- âSpiritscapes of the Indian Ocean Worldâ (with M.N.Roberts), in Afrique/Asie, D. Malaquais, ed. Paris: PURH 2015
- âIcons from the End of Days: Visual Hagiography Among Layennes of Senegal,â World Art, 2013.
- âMovement of Ideas and Forms Between Central and Eastern Africa,â in Shangaa! Art of Tanzania, CUNY, 2013.
- âCitoyennetĂ© visuel au SĂ©nĂ©gal contemporain,â Les arts de la citoyennetĂ©, M. Diouf, ed. Karthala, 2013.
- âPerforming Cosmology,â in African Cosmos, C. Kreamer, ed. Smithsonian National Museum of African Art, 2012.
- ââSufi Arts of Senegalâ (with M. N. Roberts), Companion to African Religions, E. Bongmba, ed. Blackwell, 2012.
- âLes arts itĂ©ratifs au SĂ©nĂ©galâ (with M. N. Roberts), La fabrique des images, MusĂ©e du quai Branly 2010.
- âResignification and the Migration of Images,â in Religion and Material Culture, D. Morgan, ed. Routledge, 2009.
- âFlickering Images, Floating Signifiersâ (with M.N.Roberts), Material Religion, 2008.
- âMystical Graffiti and the Refabulation of Dakarâ (with M.N.Roberts), Africa Today, 2008.