The Cost of Sugar: Talk and Film Screening by Surinamese novelist Cynthia McLeod
CTCA (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 November 10, 2016
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 November 11, 2016
Workshop for Graduate Students (faculty welcome!)
201D St. Patrick’s building (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.
