Event

IIR delves into Inter-American relations

Event Date(s): 14/04/2009 - 16/04/2009


 The Institute of International Relations will host an international colloquium with the financial support of the government of Canada. This colloquium held to mark the 5th Summit of the Americas in Port-of-Spain, will take place on Tuesday 14th and Thursday 16th April, 2009 at 5:30p.m. in the Boardroom, Institute of International Relations.

On Tuesday 14th April, 2009, Professor Norman Girvan (Professorial Research Fellow, IIR) will present on the topic ‘The Caribbean in a Turbulent World’.  Ms Alexandra Bugailiskis (Assistant Deputy Minister, Latin America & the Caribbean & Summit Sherpa, Canada) will speak on ‘The Importance of the 5th Summit of the Americas’.

On Thursday 16th April, 2009, the event will feature A Roundtable of Voices from the Americas with hemispheric think-tanks: Carlo Dade (FOCAL), Francisco Rojas (FLACSO), Cristina Equizabal (LACC), Andres Serbin (CRIES), Paulo Sotero (WWC) & Tim Shaw (IIR). This event will also host the launches of ‘The Summitry of Small States: towards the “Caribbean Summit”’ (CIGI); Cooper & Shaw (eds) Diplomacies of Small States: between vulnerability & resilience (Palgrave Macmillan); & ‘Americas Diplomatist Magazine’  

For more information, please call 662-2002 Ext. 2011 or email: iir@sta.uwi.edu .

 


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