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Lunchtime
Seminars
The
Lunchtime Seminar Series is an important area of the
activities of the Centre For Gender And Development Studies.
The
Series, which takes place bi-monthly on Thursdays from
12:00 noon to 1.30pm, is designed to give exposure to academics,
artists and activists working in the area of Caribbean
and international studies in gender - masculinity and
femininity studies, feminism, and gender related topics.
The
Lunchtime Seminar Series encourages interdisciplinary,
cross-faculty and inter-university exploration of themes
and ideas of concern to women.
The Series is open to the Public, who may put forward ideas for Seminars, as
well as being invited to attend and participate in discussions at the end of
each presentation.
The
Outreach Officer at the Centre, Ms.
Camille Antoine is responsible for all arrangements
relating to the Lunchtime Seminar Series. Suggestions
and abstracts may be forwarded to Ms. Antoine at cantoine@cgds.uwi.tt or
645-3232 exts 3548/9
Recently Held Seminars
| 2007 LUNCH TIME SEMINAR SCHEDULE |
Date |
Presenter |
Topic
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January 31st |
Dr. Marina Mia Cunin |
The Japanese Higher Education System: A Gendered Student Perspective
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February 7th |
Dr. Rita Pemberton |
Beauty, Sustenance, Disease And Death: Water In 19th Century Trinidad
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February 28th |
Dr. Michelene Adams
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The Trickster Aesthetic in Erna Brodber’s Jane and Louisa and Louisiana |
March 14th |
Dr. Judy Sheperd- Faculty of Social Sciences, Visiting Scholar
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Domestic Violence in Rural Communities: Towards Appropriate Interventions: Similarities between Alaska Native villages and Trinidad and Tobago? |
March 23rd |
Dr. Opal Palmer Adisa |
Reading:
Until Judgement Comes |
April 4th |
Ms.Dionne Griffiths |
Caribbean Dance Fusion: Redefining Contemporary Dance
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April 18th |
Mrs. Elinor Sisulu |
‘When elephants fight, it is the grass that suffers’: Violence against women in the Zimbabwean crisis
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April 27th |
Dr. Joanne Dowdy |
Ph.D Stories – Conversations with my sisters |
May 2nd |
Dr. Helen Moffett |
Gender and Cricket |
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May 4th
Venue TBD |
Mrs. Elinor Sisulu:
Award Winning writer from Zimbabwe |
Public Lecture
“ Mrs. Sisulu’s Husband: Gender Relations in an African Marriage” |
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| 2006
LUNCH TIME SEMINAR SCHEDULE |
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NAME
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TOPIC
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DATE |
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| Lisle Waldron |
Video Documentary on Abortion |
November 24th 2006 |
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| Nicole Roberts (Dr), Faculty of Humanities
and Education |
Race and Identity: Interpreting Black Female
Identity in Hispanic Caribbean Poetry |
November 10th 2006 |
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| Hamid Ghany; Gaietry Pargass; Paula Robinson;
Guild Representative |
Gender Policy discussion |
October 27th 2006 |
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| Gloria Rolando |
Film on
Eyes of the Rainbow
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October 13th 2006 |
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| Ms. Veronica
Farrell |
Displacement of Desire in Biblical and Literary
Texts |
April 27th 2006 |
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| Marie
Therese Bernard, M.Phil Candidate |
Women in Management |
April 20th 2006 |
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| Dr. Grace Sirju- Charran |
Reproductive Choices: Who Chooses? |
April 6th 2006 |
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| Dr. Jean
Antoine |
The Shaping of a Mother Tongue: The Poetry
of Jennifer Rahim |
March 23rd 2006 |
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Interactive Discussion
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With A Focus on Men: Engendering a Dialogue |
March 8th 2006 |
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| Ms. Raquel
Sukhu, Mphil Candidate |
Why Men Batter: Male violence, Malevolence
and Misogyny |
February 23rd 2006 |
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| Ms. Shelene Gomes |
Locating Identity in Remembered Self: Commemorating
the Hosay Riots |
February 9th 2006 |
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2005
LUNCH TIME SEMINAR SCHEDULE
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November
10th 2005
Racialised
Identities, Caribbean Realities:
Analyzing Black Female Identity
on Hispanic Caribbean Poetry
Dr. Nicole Roberts |
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October
26th 2005
National
Gender Policy and Action Plan
for Trinidad and Tobago
Professor
Patricia
Mohammed |
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