Caribbean Research Seminar in the North
An Interdisciplinary Research Seminar on the Caribbean and its Diasporas, in association with the Society for
Caribbean Studies
Friday 28th May 2010, 13.30 pm 17.30 pm
University of Sheffield
Room B59, Portobello Building, Mappin Street, Sheffield.
Programme
1.30 – 2.00 Registration, tea and coffee
2.00 - 2.45 Dr Jennifer Lavia (University of Sheffield)
‘Revisiting Eric Williams. “Education in the British West Indies: Decolonisation and its Intent”.
2.45 - 3.30 Antony Bounds (University of Warwick)
‘“The Nature of Independence”: The West Indies Federation and Decolonisation in the Caribbean.’
3.30 - 4.00 Tea and Coffee
4.00 - 4.45 Dr Christer Petley (University of Southampton)
'What is Caribbean History Now? Region, Empire and Atlantic in Studies of Slavery and Abolition'.
4.45 - 5.30 Dr Ruth Minott Egglestone
(Sir Henry Floyd Grammar School, Aylesbury)
‘Beanstalk to Macca Tree – The Essence of Jamaican Pantomime’.
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 Henrice Altink ha501@york.ac.uk stating your topic and giving the name and email address of your supervisor.
Registration is free.
A reservation for dinner at a local restaurant will be made for 6.30pm. Please let us know if you are coming to the seminar, and if you would like to be included in the dinner reservation, by emailing Sandra Courtman (s.courtman@sheffield.ac.uk) or telephone 0114 222 7116.
For travel directions and visitor attractions see http://www.sheffield.ac.uk/visitors/
Funded by JISLAC
