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 Department of History, University of York
Friday 3 October 2008, 12:30-17:30
King’s Manor campus, Room KG07
University of York
SEMINAR PROGRAMME
12:30-13:30 Lunch
13:30-13:45 Introduction and announcements
13:45-14:30 Rhonda Cobham-Sander (Amherst College, U.S.)
For Edward: The death of the father in Kaman Brathwaite’s Barbajan poems
14:30-15:15 Christian Hogsberg (University of York)
C.L.R. James and the labour rebellions of the 1930s in the British Caribbean
15:15-15:45 Coffee and tea break
15:45-16:30 Shirley Tate (University of Leeds)
Creolising Europe? Black beauty and feminist knowledge
16:30-17:15 Sharon Meredith
Music and Diaspora: Celtic traditions in the Caribbean
17:30 Conference closes and dinner
For further information, directions to the King’s Manor, to register for the seminar, and to book a place for dinner at a local restaurant, please contact:
Dr Henrice Altink
Dept. of History
University of York
York, YO10 5DD
Ha501@york.ac.uk
01904 432989
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 research interests and giving the name and email address of your supervisor. We may contact your supervisor to confirm your status.
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Last updated 17 September 2008