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Did the Plague Impact Sub-Saharan Africa before 1899?April 22-23, 2016 · Williamsburg, VirginiaWilliam and Mary, Blair Hall, Room 206 Thursday, April 21, 2016At the invitation of our Provost, all invited scholars are invited to the William &#38; Mary Faculty and Board of Visitors Reception in the Wren Courtyard, 5:15-7:00 pmFriday, April 22, 2016 8:30: Coffee and pastries available 8:45: WelcomePhilip Daileader, James Pinckney Harrison Associate Professor of Medieval History, William &#38; Mary(I) 9:00 – 9:25: IntroductionGérard Chouin, William &#38; Mary: “Preliminary Reflections on Plague in Medieval and post-Medieval Sub-Saharan Africa”(II) 9:30 – 12:30: Genetic and Paleogenomic approachesMonica Green, Arizona State University: “Putting Africa on the Black Death Map: The Genetics Narrative of Y. pestis from the Perspective of Medieval History”Kelly M. Harkins, University of California at Santa Cruz: “Detecting ancient plague in sub-Saharan Africa: a paleogenomic approach”Hendrik Poinar, McMaster University: “A tale of many cities: Screening for the presence of pathogens in archaeological samples and the capture, sequencing and tales plague genomes tell” (Videoconference)Chair: François-Xavier Fauvelle, CNRS, University of ToulouseDiscussant: Joseph Jones, William &#38; Mary12:30 – 1:30 – Lunch(III) 1:30 – 3:00: What do Written Sources Say?Marie-Laure Derat, CNRS, Institut des Mondes Africains (IMAf): “Christianity and Black Death in Fifteenth Century Ethiopia”Gérard Chouin, William &#38; Mary: “Written sources and the invisibility of the plague in sub-Saharan: reflections on the way forward”Chair: Ann Cooper, William &#38; MaryDiscussant: Jeremy Pope, William &#38; Mary3:00-3:15: Break(IV) 3:15-5:45: Plague and Changes in Regional Settlement PatternsFrançois-Xavier Fauvelle, CNRS, Université de Toulouse: “Why and how did most African Islamic sites disappear in the 15th century?”Daphne Gallagher, University of Oregon : “Identifying Plague Epidemics in the Archaeological Record: Site Abandonments and Social Transformations in 14th-16th century CE Mali and Burkina Faso”Gérard Chouin, William and Mary: “The abandonment of earthworks and settlement sites in the forest belt of West Africa: update on on-going research”Chair: Neil Norman, William &#38; MaryDiscussant: Susan K. McIntosh, Rice University6:00-7:30: Reception, Tyler Family Garden, William &#38; MarySaturday, April 23, 20168:30: Coffee and pastries available (V) 9:00 – 11:00: Plague in the Art: tantalizing evidence Vs ethical dilemmasSuzanne Blier, Harvard University: “Historicizing Disease at Ancient Ife: Evidence for the Plague and other Diseases”Kristina Van Dyke, independent scholar: “West African Figurative Terra Cottas and the Plague”Chair: Jeremy Pope, William &#38; MaryDiscussants: Neil Norman, William &#38; Mary; Susan K. McIntosh, Rice University11:00-11:15: Break(VI) 11:15 – 1:00: African religions and the plague: anthropological and linguistic approachesMei Mei Sanford, William &#38; Mary: “The Drop of Oil that Puts Out the Fire: The Orisa Sopona, Moral Knowledge, and Responsibility in the Age of AIDS and Biowarfare”Sandro Capo Chichi, University of Paris VII: “Bubonic plague before 1899 in the Bight of Benin? Clues from the West African deity Sakpata”Chair: Kelly Harkins, University of California at Santa CruzDiscussant: Suzanne Blier, Harvard University1:00 – 2:00 – Lunch (VII) 2:00 – 3:00: The way forward? Chair: Monica Green, Arizona State UniversityCo-Chair: Gérard Chouin, William &#38; Mary7:30-9:30: Dinner at the Blue TalonSunday, April 24, 2016Departure of guests&#160;Plague Workshop April 2016_Program&#160;