Caribbean Research Seminar in the North
An Interdisciplinary Research Seminar on the Caribbean and its Diaspora
in association with the Society for Caribbean Studies and the Department of Humanities, University of Central Lancashire, Preston
Friday 18 January 2008 12.30 – 5.00 pm
Adelphi Conference Room, Adelphi Building, University of Central Lancashire, Preston
PROGRAMME
12.30 Registration and Lunch
1.30 Introductions and Announcements
1.45 Peter Hulme (University of Essex)
Oriental Encounters: Cuba and its Visitors
2.30 Gillian Forrester (Yale University)
Art & Emancipation In Jamaica: Isaac Mendes Belisario And His Worlds
3.15 Tea and Coffee Break
3.30 Lee Jenkins, (University College, Cork)
"NewWorld/NewWord style": Kamau Brathwaite and the sycorax video-style
4.15 Tea and Coffee Break
4.30 Godfried Donkor (Artist, Ghana/London)
A Retrospective Virtual Exhibition of Black Atlantic Images - including Revisioning the Sable Venus (1793) with the Birth of Venus (2005)
5.30 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. Alan J. Rice, National Teaching Fellow, Reader in American Cultural Studies
Dept. of Humanities
University of Central Lancashire
Preston, PR1 2HE
arice@uclan.ac.uk
direct line 01772 893024
department 01772 893020
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.
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