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 22nd January 2010, 13.30 pm 18.45 pm
University of Liverpool
Research Institute of Latin American Studies, 86 Bedford Street South
Programme
1.30 – 2.00 Registration, tea and coffee
2.00 - 2.45 Dr Kate Marsh (University of Liverpool)
‘Rights of the Individual’, Indentured Labour and Indian Workers: The Slavery Debate in the French Antilles post-1848
2.45 - 3.30 Dr Elaine Bauer (Institute of Education) and Professor Paul Thompson (University of Essex)
Jamaican Migration and Shifting Identities
3.30 - 4.00 Tea and Coffee
4.00 - 4.45 Dr Leon Wainwright (Manchester Metropolitan University)
In the Aftermath of Painting: Caribbean Transnationalism and Aubrey Williams
4.45 - 5.30 Dr Andy Green, Birmingham Stories Project
Black History and Public Heritage
5.30 - 6.00 Wine Reception (hosted by RILAS)
6.00 - 6.45 Tanya Barson (Curator, Tate Collection)
Black Atlantic Modernism
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 the evening. Please let us know you are coming, and if you would like to be included in the dinner reservation, by emailing Amanda Sives asives@liverpool.ac.uk.
Funded by JISLAC
