By The Africa Institute

Nineteen students from Carleton College, a private liberal arts college located in Northfield, Minnesota, USA, visit The Africa Institute between March 28 – 30, 2022.

The Africa Institute faculty and staff greeted and supported students with an itinerary including museum tours in Sharjah, a welcome dinner, and lectures engaging them in topics representing The Africa Institute’s areas of focus and study.

Professor Nidhi Mahajan,  Fatema Mernissi Post-doctoral Fellow in Social and Cultural Studies, The Africa Institute shared conceptual thoughts on contemporary connections between East Africa and the Middle East via the dhow trade. Mahajan received her Ph.D. in Anthropology from Cornell University; her studies focus on the Indian Ocean‘s transregional maritime connections, including shipping and commerce networks, ports, and their interplay with state sovereignty.

Professor Ahmad Sikainga, Ali A. Marzui Senior Fellow discussed slavery, oil, and wage labor in Qatar from the late nineteenth to mid-twentieth century with students.

The closing lecture was conducted by Professor Abdul Mohammed Hussein Sheriff, Ali A. Marzui fellow deliberated Africa’s reputation for being an isolated continent among outsiders and among Africans themselves.

Overall, the students were stimulated to examine the start of a whole new world of sustenance, resources, opportunities, and perils, all while remaining tied to Africa.

The excursion was part of the an off-campus study program titled “History, Culture, and Commerce: Africa and Arabia” slated between late March to early June 2022 led by Carleton College’s Associate Professor of History, Dr. John Willis who curated a unique educational experience not only traveling to the Emirate of Sharjah but also visiting and collaborating with institutions in the Kingdom of Bahrain, and the Sultanate of Oman.

Nineteen students from Carleton College, a private liberal arts college located in Northfield, Minnesota, USA, visit The Africa Institute between March 28 – 30, 2022.

Nineteen students from Carleton College, a private liberal arts college located in Northfield, Minnesota, USA, visit The Africa Institute between March 28 – 30, 2022.

The Africa Institute faculty and staff greeted and supported students with an itinerary including museum tours in Sharjah, a welcome dinner, and lectures engaging them in topics representing The Africa Institute’s areas of focus and study.

Professor Nidhi Mahajan,  Fatema Mernissi Post-doctoral Fellow in Social and Cultural Studies, The Africa Institute shared conceptual thoughts on contemporary connections between East Africa and the Middle East via the dhow trade. Mahajan received her Ph.D. in Anthropology from Cornell University; her studies focus on the Indian Ocean‘s transregional maritime connections, including shipping and commerce networks, ports, and their interplay with state sovereignty.

Professor Ahmad Sikainga, Ali A. Marzui Senior Fellow discussed slavery, oil, and wage labor in Qatar from the late nineteenth to mid-twentieth century with students.

The closing lecture was conducted by Professor Abdul Mohammed Hussein Sheriff, Ali A. Marzui fellow deliberated Africa’s reputation for being an isolated continent among outsiders and among Africans themselves.

Overall, the students were stimulated to examine the start of a whole new world of sustenance, resources, opportunities, and perils, all while remaining tied to Africa.

The excursion was part of the an off-campus study program titled “History, Culture, and Commerce: Africa and Arabia” slated between late March to early June 2022 led by Carleton College’s Associate Professor of History, Dr. John Willis who curated a unique educational experience not only traveling to the Emirate of Sharjah but also visiting and collaborating with institutions in the Kingdom of Bahrain, and the Sultanate of Oman.

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