#  Africa in the Medieval World Lecture Series 2018-2019 

 



- Lecture 1, October 1, 2018:

Steven Kaplan, *In Search of Medieval Africa: Sources, Methods and Traps*

 

 





 

 

 



 

 

 

- Lecture 2, October 22, 2018:

Giovanni Ruffini, *Nubia and the Question of 'Medieval Africa'*

 

 





 

 

 



 

 

 

- Lecture 3, November 12, 2018:

Daphne Gallagher, *Reflecting on Medieval West Africa: Archaeological Perspectives from Burkina Faso, Mali, and Senegal*

 

 





 

 

 



 

 

 

- Lecture 4, February 20, 2019

Sam Nixon, *The Gold Route to Timbuktu: Tracing Medieval Camel Caravan Networks from Morocco to Mali*

 

 





 

 

 



 

 

 

- Lecture 5, March 25, 2019

Stephanie Wynne-Jones, *Objects and Encounters on the Medieval East African Coast*

 

 





 

 

 



 

 

 

- Lecture 6, April 8, 2019

Samantha Kelly, *Connected Histories: Ethiopia and the Global Middle Ages*

 

 





 

 

 



 

 

 

Lecture Series Co-sponsored with the [Center for African Studies](https://africa.harvard.edu/), the [Committee on Medieval Studies,](https://medieval.fas.harvard.edu/) and the [Department of African and African American Studies](https://aaas.fas.harvard.edu/)