Trans-Saharan Exchange and the Global Medieval: Visual and Cultural Studies Research at the Crossroads of Disciplines and Regions, The Block Museum of Art, April 26, 2019
On April 26, the Block Museum and the Department of Art History at Northwestern University will present the symposium Trans-Saharan Exchange and the Global Medieval: Visual and Cultural Studies Research at the Crossroads of Disciplines and Regions. The symposium will consider Africa’s participation in extensive trade and global interconnections in the eighth to 16th centuries. The symposium coincides with The Block’s exhibition “Caravans of Gold, Fragments in Time: Art, Culture and Exchange across Medieval Sharan Africa”, the first major exhibition addressing the scope of Saharan trade and the shared history of West Africa, the Middle East, North Africa and Europe in the medieval period.