Cécile Fromont
Assistant Professor in Art History, published The Art of Conversion: Christian Visual Culture in the Kingdom of Kongo (Omohundro Institute Book Publication Program with the University of North Carolina Press, 2014). The monograph was listed as "One of Fifteen Outstanding Books of 2014 for Mission Studies" by the International Bulletin of Missionary Research. It is also a finalist for both the American Academy of Religion Best First Book Prize and the Journal of African Religion Best Book Prize. Fromont received a UChicago Course Arts Resource Fund grant and an African Studies Faculty Small Grant. She organized the conference "Color in the Early Modern Atlantic World" and received funding support from UChicago's Center for the Study of Gender and Sexuality, France Center Chicago, Norman Wait Harris Fund, Franke Institute for the Humanities, and Center for Latin American Studies. Fromont also organized a conference at Yale University, "Afro-Christian Festivals in the Americas."
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