“大学联盟讲坛”：哈佛大学 Jacob Kehinde Olupona 教授
——《全球视野下的非洲研究》
在国际格局发生深刻复杂变化、中非新型战略伙伴关系迈上新台阶的重要历史背景下，
我校特邀哈佛大学 Jacob Kehinde Olupona 教授亲临重庆大学，为广大研究生开设人文素
质公共选修课——《全球视野下的非洲研究》，全面深入解析非洲。
一、课程及选课方式介绍：
Introduction to African Studies in a Global Perspective
课程名称
（全球视野下的非洲研究）
课程代码
S98002
学时学分
18 学时（1 学分）
上课地点
A 区研究生院 308 会议厅
考核方式
小论文
Jacob Kehinde Olupona
任课教师
（哈佛大学教授）
授课语言
英语
12 月 16 日
12 月 17 日
12 月 18 日
12 月 19 日
12 月 20 日
（周一）
（周二）
（周三）
（周四）
（周五）
14：30-16：00
9：00-12：00
9：00-12：00
9：00-12：00
9：00-12：00
上课时间
上午
下午
This course is an introduction to Africa. It focuses on the study of African
课程介绍
culture and society in an interdisciplinary fashion. It integrates geography,
history, anthropology, religion, sociology, and cultural studies. The goal
is to introduce studentsin China to emerging issues and concepts in various
dimensions of Africa particularly as they relate to traditionaland modern
Africa.
本课程旨在对非洲进行介绍，主要关注非洲文化和社会的跨学科研究。课程综合
了地理、历史、人类学、宗教、社会学和文化研究。课程目标是向中国学生介绍非洲
各个方面涌现的、尤其是与传统和现代非洲相关的问题与概念。
选课方式
重庆大学研究生（含 2014 秋入学的推免生）选课请登录研究生院 MIS 系统
http://graduate.cqu.edu.cn/mis/ ,在教学计划变动中添加选课。课程 18 学时 1 学
分，计入选修课学分。联系方式：研究生院培养办 415，电话：023-65106581。
二、Topics（课程专题）：
Lecture1: Introduction
to Africa（非洲简介）
Lecture2: Physical and
Human
Geography（自然与人文地理）
Lecture3: Historical Context（历史背景）
Lecture4: Politics and Governance（政治与统治）
Lecture5: Economics and Social Development（经济与社会发展）
Lecture6: Language, Literature, and Popular Culture（语言、文学及流行文化）
Lecture7: Religions, Traditions, Culture and Society（宗教、传统、文化和社会）
Lecture8: Women, Gender and Sexuality（女性、性别和性）
Lecture9: Family and Kinship（家庭和亲属关系）
Lecture10: Health,
Environment, and
Social Welfare（健康、环境和社会福利）
Lecture11: African-China Relations（中非关系）
教学提纲请参见附件。
三、主讲人简介：
Jacob Kehinde Olupona，哈佛大学哈佛神学院、文理学院教授，主要研究方向为非洲
及非裔美国人、非洲宗教传统。曾于 1971-1975 年在尼日利亚大学学习，1983 年毕业于美
国波士顿大学，并获得比较宗教学博士学位。1976-1990 年在尼日利亚依费大学任讲师，
1991 年进入加州大学戴维斯分校任副教授，并于 1995 年晋升为教授。在加州大学戴维斯
分校任职期间，Olupona 教授曾担任非裔美国人及非洲研究项目和宗教研究项目主管。2006
年他进入哈佛大学神学院、文理学院任非洲及非裔美国人研究教授、非洲宗教传统研究教
授。在哈佛大学任职期间，他于 2006-2009 年任非洲研究会主任，现任哈佛大学非洲及非
裔美国人研究系研究生项目主席。他还担任国际尼日利亚研究会魏德海中心主任。
他出版或主编了多部著作，包括 Kingship. Religion and Rituals in a Nigerian
Community: A Phenomenological Study of Ondo Yoruba Festivals which won the
University of Stockholm Social Science and Humanities grant for its publication
in Stockholm 等。他的著作 City of 201 Gods: Ile Ife In time Space and The Imagination
获得了哈佛大学卡伯特奖金、2012-2013 年度杰出教师奖金。他的著作涉及宗教现象学、
宗教仪式、神恩复兴派、非洲的伊斯兰教和基督教等。
欢迎感兴趣的师友旁听！
主办单位：研究生院、文理学部、国际合作与交流处
附件 1-Syllabus 教学提纲
Introduction to African Studies in a Global Perspective
Chongqing University
Professor Jacob K. Olupona
Harvard University
Course Description
This course is an introduction to Africa. It focuses on the study of African culture and society in an
interdisciplinary fashion. It integrates geography, history, anthropology, religion, sociology, and cultural
studies. The goal is to introduce students in China to emerging issues and concepts in various
dimensions of Africa particularly as they relate to traditional and modern Africa.
Topics and Readings
Lecture 1: Introduction to Africa

April A. Gordon and Donald L. Gordon. Introduction (Gordon, et al., 2007) pp.
1–6

Peyi Soyinka Airewele and Rita Kiki Edozie. “Reframing Contemporary Africa:
Beyond Global Imaginaries,” (Soyinka-Airewele and Edozie 2009), pp. 4-33
Lecture 2: Physical and Human Geography

Jeffrey W. Neff. Africa: A Geographic Preference (Gordon, et al., 2007) pp. 7 –
22

Iheanyi N. Osondu. Not Out of Africa? Sifting Facts from Fiction in the New
Balkanization of Africa (Soyinka-Airewele and Edozie 2009) pp. 36 - 46

Oyekan Owomoyela. The Myth and Reality of Africa: A Nudge Towards a
Cultural Revolution (Soyinka-Airewele and Edozie 2009) pp. 47 – 60
Lecture 3: Historical Context

April A. Gordon and Donald L. Gordon. The Historical Context (Gordon, et al.,
2007) pp.

23 – 56
Peyi Soyinka-Airewele and Rita Kiki Edozie. “The Political Histories of Africa –
Introduction” (Soyinka-Airewele and Edozie 2009) pp. 61 – 64
Lecture 4: Politics and Governance

Donald L. Gordon. African Politics (Gordon, et al., 2007) pp. 57 – 89

Jeffrey Herbst. States and Power in Africa: Comparative Lessons in Authority
and Control (2000) Chapter 5 “National Design and the Broadcasting of
Power” pp. 139-172.
Lecture 5: Economics and Social Development

Virginia DeLancey. The Economies of Africa (Gordon, et al., 2007) pp. 109 –
154

Dambisa Moyo. Dead Aid: Why Aid is Not Working and How There is a Better
Way Forward (2010) Chapter 1 “The Myth of Aid” and Chapter 2 “A Brief
History of Aid”, pp. 3-28

Steve Radelet. Introduction & Chapter 1 “Emerging Africa” in Emerging Africa:
How 17 Countries are Leading the Way (2010) pp. 1-25 and conclusion
“Challenges & Opportunities on the Road Ahead,” pp. 141-159
Lecture 6: Language, Literature, and Popular Culture

Virginia DeLancey. African Literature (Gordon, et al., 2007) pp. 109 – 154

Peyi Soyinka-Airewele and Rita Kiki Edozie. “Political and Popular Culture and
the Dynamics of a Contemporizing Continent” (Soyinka-Airewele and Edozie
2009) pp. 255 – 257

short, concise intro into the debate between Ngugi Wa Thiong’o and Chinua
Achebe: http://www.glpinc.org/Classroom%20Activities/
Kenya%20Articles/Ngugi%20Wa%20Thiong'o-On%20Language%20and%20Cul
ture.htm
Lecture 7: Religions, Traditions, Culture and Society

Ambrose Moyo. Religion in Africa (Gordon, et al., 2007) pp. 317 – 350

Jacob K. Olupona. “Introduction,” in Olupona (ed.) African Spirituality ( 2000)
pp. xv-xxxvi

Umar Habila Dadem Danfulani. Chapter 5 “Pa Divination: Ritual Performance
and Symbolism among the Ngas, Mupun, and Mwaghavul of the Jos Plateau,
Nigeria,” in Olupona (ed.) African Spirituality (2000) pp. 87-113
Lecture 8: Women, Gender and Sexuality

April A. Gordon. Women and Development
(Gordon, et al., 2007) pp. 293
-316

Kendra Sundal. “Between Multiple ideals of Feminism: An Intercontinental
Engagement with Womanhood” (Soyinka-Airewele and Edozie 2009) pp. 307 –
318
Lecture 9: Family and Kinship

Eugenia Shanklin. Family and Kinship (Gordon and Gordon 2007) pp. 265 -292

Luise White. “Matrimony and Rebellion: Masculinity in Mau Mau,” in Lisa A.
Lindsay and Stephan F. Miescher (eds.) Men and Masculinities in Modern
Africa (2003), pp. 177-191. (Kenya)
Lecture 10: Health, Environment, and Social Welfare

April A. Gordon. Population, Urbanization, and AIDS (Gordon, et al., 2007) pp.
203 - 234

Julius E. Nyang’oro. Africa’s Environmental Problems (Gordon, et al., 2007) pp.
235 - 264

Paul Tiyambe Zeleza. “The Struggle for Human Rights in Africa,” in Canadian
Journal of African Studies / Revue Canadienne, Vol. 41, No. 3, Rethinking
Rights in Africa: The Struggle for Meaning and the Meaning of the Struggle
(2007), pp. 474-506.
Lecture 11: African-China Relations

Giles Mohan and Ben Lampert. “Negotiating China: Reinserting African Agency
into China-Africa Relations.” African Affairs 112, no. 446 (Jan 1, 2013): pp.
92-110

Report on “China and Africa: A Century of Engagement,” Chatham House.
Accessed May 15, 2013.
Reading Materials
In additional to providing a Reader that has relevant essays and articles, the students will
read an African novel and the following books:
Gordon, April A. and Donald L. Gordon. Understanding Contemporary Africa [Book]. Boulder, London:
Lynne Rienner Publishers, Inc., fourth edition, 2007.
Soyinka-Airewele, Peyi and Rita Kiki Edozie. Refraiming Contemporary Africa - Politics, Economics, and
Culture in the Global Era. CQ Press, 2009.
附件 2- Short Biodata
JACOB. K. OLUPONA
Jacob Kehinde Olupona is Professor of African and African American Studies, Faculty of Arts
and Sciences and Professor of African Religious Traditions, Harvard Divinity School, Harvard
University. He studied at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka(1971-75) and
Boston University,
USA, where he received Ph.d. in Comparative Religion in 1983. He was a lecturer at the
University of Ife (Obafemi Awolowo University ), Ile Ife, Nigeria from 1976-1990. He joined
the University of California , Davis as a tenured Associate Professor in 1991 and he became a
full Professor in 1995. While at UC Davis Olupona served as the Chair of the African
American and African Studies Program and the Religious Studies Program. He joined Harvard
University in 2006 as Professor of African and African American Studies, Faculty of Arts and
Sciences and Professor of African Religious Traditions, Harvard Divinity School, Harvard
University. At Harvard, he chaired the Committee on African Studies 2006-2009 and is currently
the Director of Graduate Studies, in the Department of African and African American Studies,
Harvard University. He also direct’s the Weatherhead Center for International Studies Seminar
on Nigeria in the World. Through this forum he has brought as speakers to Harvard University
distinguished speakers: diplomats, professors administrators, traditional rulers, politicians and
military leaders.
Professor Olupona has authored or edited several books, including Kingship. Religion and
Rituals in a Nigerian Community: A Phenomenological Study of Ondo Yoruba Festivals which
won the University of Stockholm Social Science and Humanities grant for its publication in
Stockholm. His book City of 201 Gods: Ile Ife In time Space and The Imagination (University
of California Press, 2011 )won the Harvard University Cabot Fellowship, 2012-2013 for
distinguished faculty scholarship which was established on 1905. In this prize winning book,
Olupona examines the modern urban mixing of ritual, royalty, gender, class, and power, and how
the structure, content, and meaning of religious beliefs and practices permeate daily life. He
has written on Phenomenology of Religion, Rituals, Pentecostalism, Islam and Christianity in
Africa. His most recent book, In My Father’s Parsonage: The Story of An Anglican Family In
Southwestern Nigeria(University Press, Ibadan 2012) is a family memoir
and account of his
parents mission works in the Anglican Church.
Professor Olupona has mentored generations of young African Scholars some of who now serve
as Professors in Europe Africa, and USA. In appreciation of his friendship and mentorship,
several of them contributed to a festschrift in his honor on the occasion of his 60th birthday
celebration in 2001. Professor Olupona has received prestigious grants from the Guggenheim
Foundation, the American Philosophical Society, the Ford Foundation, the Davis Humanities
Institute, the Rockefeller Foundation, the Wenner-Gren Foundation, and the Getty Foundation.
He has lectured or taught in several Universities all over the world, including Oxford,
Birmingham and Edinburgh in U.K; Bayreuth in Germany, Rome in Italy and Uppsala and
Stockholm, in Sweden. He has also lectured in several Universities in Africa: Kenya, South
Africa, Ghana, Tanzania and Zimbabwe. He served on the editorial boards of several influential
journals and was the President of the African Association for the Study of Religion (1992-2005).
He served on the Board of Trustees and Executive Council of the American Academy of
Religion. In the course of his career he has organized several International conferences all of
which resulted in major publications such as Beyond Primitivism: indigenous Religions and
Modernity, The Global Orisha Traditions, African Immigrant Religious Communities in USA.
In 2000, Professor Olupona received an Honorary doctorate in divinity from the University of Edinburgh
in Scotland and in 2009 he received a Honorary Doctor of Letters degree from the University of Abuja in
Nigeria.
In 2008, he was conferred with the Nigerian National Order of Merit (NNOM) by President
Shehu Yar’Adua for his scholarship in the humanities. This is the highest academic honor Nigeria confers
on its citizens.
In 2013, Olupona received the 2013 Everett Mendelsohn Excellence in Mentoring Award Presented
by the Student Council of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences