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 16th September 2011, 12.30pm – 5.30pm
Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities, Hope Park Square, University of Edinburgh
Programme
12.30pm – 1.15pm Lunch
1.15 – 2.40 Session 1
Paola Monaldi, Department of Film Studies, University of St. Andrews
‘Folding Cubania: A Deleuzian Approach to Contemporary Cuban Cinema’
Susan Mains, Department of Geography, University of Dundee
‘Local Haunts: (Re)Visiting Heritage and Identity in Caribbean Tourism’
2.40-3 Coffee Break
3pm-4pm Session 2
Fionnghuala Sweeney, School of Cultures, Languages and Area Studies, University of Liverpool
The Black Napoleon and the bête noir: revolutionary performance in British interwar theatre
4.10-5.30 Session 3
Celia Britton, Professor of French, University College London
Strategies of conscious concealment and unconscious repression in the work of Édouard Glissant.
5.30 – 6.15 Wine reception
7pm dinner
Registration (including lunch) is free.
A reservation for dinner at a local restaurant will be made following the event. 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 Lorna Burns at lorna.burns@glasgow.ac.uk
Bursaries may be available to cover the costs of travel within the UK for postgraduate students attending this event. To apply, please email Henrice Altink (henrice.altink@york.ac.uk) stating your topic, university and the name and address of your supervisor.
Location maps and travel directions: http://www.iash.ed.ac.uk/map.html
This event is free, but please reserve your place in advance by contacting lorna.burns@glasgow.ac.uk
