Together with José da Silva Horta and Carlos Almeida from the Faculty of Letters, University of Lisbon, our long standing research partner and former Frobenius fellow Peter A. Mark (Wesleyan University) won the Arnold Rubin Award for their book African Ivories in the Atlantic World, 1400-1900/Marfins Africanos no Mundo Atlântico, 1400-1900 in the category of the best multi-authored work in the field of African art.

This award is given by ACASA, the Arts Council of the African Studies Association. African Ivories, a compendium of 25 essays, is the fruit of a four-year international research project, organized by the three co-editors. The project, for which Peter Mark served as Principal Investigator, was funded by the Portuguese scientific research council FCT.

Photo: Peter Mark