Past Event! Note: this event has already taken place.
Lecture and Film Screening with Surinamese novelist and activist Cynthia McLeod
November 10, 2016 — November 11, 2016
| Location: | CUAG, 201D St.Pat's ICSLAC Seminar Room |
| Cost: | Free |
| Key Contact: | Sarah Waisvisz |
| Contact Email: | sarah.waisvisz@carleton.ca |
The Centre for Transnational Cultural Analysis is pleased to invite you to several events featuring internationally-renowned novelist and activist Cynthia McLeod who will share her creative and scholarly work on the Dutch Caribbean and the history of slavery in her native Suriname.
Thursday Nov. 10th
3 Special Events
Carleton University Art Gallery, St. Patrick’s Building
- 3:30 Public Lecture and Q&A: “The Free Negress Elisabeth”
- 4:45-5:30 Reception
- 5:30-8:00 Film Screening and Q&A: The Cost of Sugar (based on McLeod’s acclaimed novel)
All events are free, accessible, open to the public, and co-sponsored by CTCA, CUAG, and the Institute for African Studies.
Friday Nov. 11th
Workshop for Graduate Students
201D St. Pat’s ICSLAC Seminar Room
- 11:30-12:30 History of Slavery in Suriname and the Dutch Caribbean
To register and for more information please contact sarah.waisvisz@carleton.ca
CTCA is a research hub that brings together scholars and students working with transnational approaches to studies in the humanities. Our research theme for 2016/2017 is the intersection between indigeneity, migration, and diaspora.
