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 30th January 2009, 13.45 pm 17.30 pm
Hosted by the Centre for Contemporary Arts
350 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow G2 3JD [Club Room CCA]
13.45 Introduction and Announcements
14.00 Nigel Leask (University of Glasgow.), "‘The coward slave we pass him by": Burns and Slavery Revisited.’
14.45 Pax Noxolo & Marika Preziuso (Loughborough University), 'Wilson Harris and Maryse Condé: Language in Translation.';
15.30 Coffee & Tea Break
15.45 Bill Schwarz (Queen Mary, University of London), ‘Volcanic Blackness:C.L.R. James & Aimé Césaire.’
16.30 Leah Gordon, will present her documentary film Atis-Rezistans: The Sculptors of Grand Rue.
17.30 Conference Closes & Dinner (optional)
For further information, to book a place at the seminar and for dinner at a local restaurant, please contact: Alasdair Pettinger via email at alasdair@bulldozia.com
For details of the venue visit www.cca-glasgow.com
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 Henrice Altink ha501@york.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