The Cost of Sugar: Dutch Caribbean and Slavery

• In-person event
• St. Patrick’s Building, St. Patrick’s Building, Carleton University
• 1125 Colonel By Drive, Ottawa, ON, K1S 5B6

• Contact
• Sarah Casteel, 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!)