Caribbean Research Seminar in the North:
An Interdisciplinary Research Seminar on the Caribbean and its Diaspora, in association with the Society for Caribbean Studies.
Friday, 25th April 2008 (2 pm - 5.30 pm) : Nottingham Trent University, Clifton Campus, GE219
1.30 Registration and Lunch
2.00 Introduction
2.10 John McLeod (Reader in Postcolonial and Diaspora Literatures, Leeds University) British Freedoms: Caryl Phillips, Simon Schama, and the staging of Rough Crossings
3.00 Tea and Coffee Break
3.15 Shalini Puri (Associate Professor of English, University of Pittsburgh) Residues of Revolution: Cultural Memory and the Grenadian Revolution
4.05 Tea and Coffee Break
4.20 Jason Toynbee (Senior Lecturer in Media Studies, Open University) Translating Jamaica: Bob Marley's Performance of Reggae as Rock
For further information, to book a place at the seminar and for dinner at a local restaurant, please contact:
Dr. Clare Newstead
History, Heritage, Geography
Nottingham Trent University
clare.newstead@ntu.ac.uk
Direct line:01158483105
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