An Interdisciplinary Research Seminar on the Caribbean and its Diaspora
(Caribbean Research Seminar in the North in association with the Society for Caribbean Studies and The Equiano Project)
Friday 5 October 2007 12:30 - 5:00 pm
Illustration is from Olaudah Equiano The African: Frontispiece to 'The Interesting Narrative', 1793
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SEMINAR PROGRAMME
12:30 Registration and Lunch. Arrive early to view the Equiano exhibition in the Gas Hall
1:15 Introduction to the Equiano project
Francesca Davies, Exhibitions Assistant
1:30 Dismantling Slavery: The Apprentice System in the Caribbean
Professor Gad Heuman (Warwick University)
2:30 The British West India Lobby and the Defence of the Slave Trade
Ian Barrett (Kings College, London).
3:15 Tea and coffee break
3:30 Remembering “Black Britain”: Historiography and Historical Fiction
Dr Dave Gunning (University of Leeds).
4:15 Dictators, National Parks and Conservation: The Politics of the Environmental in the Dominician Republic since 1492
George Holmes (University of Manchester).
5.00 Seminar closes and dinner (optional).
For further information, to book a place at the seminar and for dinner at a local restaurant, please contact: Dr. Sandra Courtman, Institute of Lifelong Learning, University of Sheffield, 196-198 West Street, Sheffield S1 4ETor via e-mail at: s.courtman@sheffield.ac.uk
Birmingham visitor attractions and travel directions to the Museum and Art Gallery are available at: http://www/birminghamheritage.org.uk/museum.htm
Registration (including lunch) is free. A limited number of bursaries to cover the costs of travel within the UK are available for postgraduate students attending this event. To apply, please email Diana Paton on Diana.paton@ncl.ac.uk stating your topic and giving the name and email address of your supervisor. We may contact your supervisor to confirm your status.
Funded by JISLAC and The Equiano Project www.equiano.org
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Last updated 6 September 2007