An Interdisciplinary Research Seminar on the Caribbean and its Diaspora, in association with the Society for Caribbean Studies and The Equiano Project
Friday, 5 October 2007, 12:30 - 5:00 pm
AV conference room
Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery
Chamberlain Square
Birmingham
B3 3DH
SEMINAR PROGRAMME
Illustration is from Olaudah Equiano The African: Frontispiece to 'The Interesting Narrative', 1793. Copyright Local Studies: Birmingham Central Library
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 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