Friday, 1st October 2021 (16:15-17:30 CEST) | Hybrid Event: In-person & online via Zoom – Access will be provided after registration for the event.
Prof. Dr. Shamil Jeppie is a historian at the University of Cape Town where he founded and heads the Tombouctou Manuscripts Project. His has written about South African and West African history and heritage issues. His current work focuses on the neglected history of books, book collectors and collecting in African history.
This lecture will examine Heinrich Barth and books. His major contribution to the exploration of Africa led to the publication of thousands of pages of text, which should itself be a subject for a "book history". In his writing Barth commented on a range of objects he encountered in markets and various places he stayed. Books feature in these remarks. This lecture is a reading of Barth and books in the Sahara/Sahel.
16:00 - 16:15 | Arrival and exhibition of objects/ Sign in to online video platform |
16:15 - 16:20 | Welcome and Introductory Remarks Dr Stefanie Zehnle, Assistant Professor of Extra-European History at the University of Kiel |
16:20 - 17:10 | Keynote Lecture Heinrich Barth and African Book Cultures Dr Shamil Jeppie, Associate Professor at the Department of Historical Studies of the University of Cape Town |
17:10 - 17:30 | Q&A with the audience |
17:30 | End of the Keynote Lecture |
We are very happy to be hosting in-person events again! Please note that the number of spots for in-person participation is limited due to Covid-restrictions. In-person participation is only possible in line with the "3G Rule". Please have a certificate of vaccination or recovery or a certified negative rapid test result with you.
If you are unsure whether you will actually be able to participate in person, kindly consider registering for online participation.
