JISLAC: Joint initiative for the study of Latin Ameria and the Caribbean

An Interdisciplinary Research Seminar on the Caribbean and its Diaspora

 

(Caribbean Research Seminar in the North)

 

Friday 11 May, 1:30 - 5:30 pm

Department of Anthropology, Durham University

SEMINAR PROGRAMME

 

1:00 Registration and Lunch

 

2:00 Introduction - Dr R. Simpson

 

2:10 Sailing to Bequia and Beyond
Charles Gullick (Durham University)

 

Tourism in the Bay Islands
Elisabeth Kirtsoglou (Durham University)
Note: a short version of the paper will be read on the speaker's behalf

 

3:00 Tea and coffee break

 

3:15 Religion, Law, and Nation in the Anglophone Caribbean, 1890-1940
Diana Paton, University of Newcastle

 

4:05 Tea and coffee break

 

4:20 Miskitu & Ulwa Ideas about Obeah
Mark Jamieson (Durham University)

For further information, or to book a place, please contact Dr. Charles Gullick, Department of Anthropology, Durham University, 43 Old Elvet, Durham DH1 3HN or via e-mail at: c.j.m.r.gullick@durham.ac.uk.

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 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.

 

Location maps and travel directions are available at: http://www.dur.ac.uk/map/

 

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Last updated 4 May 2007