Past Event! Note: this event has already taken place.
The Cost of Sugar: Dutch Caribbean and Slavery
November 10, 2016 at 3:30 PM to 8:00 PM
| Location: | St. Patrick’s Building Carleton University Art Gallery |
| Key Contact: | Sarah Casteel |
| Contact Email: | sarah.waisvisz@carleton.ca |
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.
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.
To register and for more information please contact sarah.waisvisz@carleton.ca
On Friday Nov. 11th from 11:30-12:30 a Workshop on the History of Slavery in Suriname and the Dutch Caribbean for Graduate Students will be given at 201D St. Pat’s ICSLAC Seminar Room (Faculty welcome!)