Welcome
Trinidad & Tobago gained independence from Great Britain in 1962 and the country’s leading calypsonian, Slinger Francisco (Mighty Sparrow), announced to the world in song that here was “a model nation at last!”
How true was that assertion 50 years ago?
How true is it now?
Will it be true tomorrow?
How does Trinidad & Tobago compare with other countries of similar age?
How does it compare with other countries that did not seek the route of Independence (Martinique, Guaadeloupe)?
The Faculty of Social Sciences and the Sir Arthur Lewis Institute of Social and Economic Studies (SALISES) of the University of the West Indies (UWI), St Augustine Campus are organizing an international conference on the theme Trinidad and Tobago at 50: A Model Nation? where answers to these and other questions shall be sought.
The conference will be held over the period April 25-27, 2012, on the St Augustine Campus of the University of the West Indies, Trinidad and Tobago.
