Event

The Institute for Gender and Development Studies invites the campus community and wider public to its upcoming Lunchtime Seminar, “The Asian Caribbean: Unpacking Histories at Home and in Diaspora,” on Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 12:00 p.m. via Zoom.

Part of the Post-Indenture Feminisms series, the seminar will feature Aleah N. Ranjitsingh, Editor of The Asian Caribbean in the Caribbean Diaspora: Essays on Migration, Identity, and Literary and Cultural Representations.

The discussion will explore the long-standing Asian presence in the Greater Caribbean, shaped by histories of indenture, plantation labour, empire, migration and economic opportunity. It will also consider why Asian Caribbean experiences are central to understanding the region’s formation, its diasporas and its multi-ethnic relations.

Aleah Ranjitsingh will be joined by Nikoli Attai, Tarika Sankar and Sandrine Soukaï, who will discuss their chapters, interdisciplinary approaches and the significance of these histories for Caribbean and diaspora studies. The seminar will be hosted by Gabrielle Jamela Hosein.

For further information, contact igdsoutreach@sta.uwi.edu

Register here