General Notices

The UWI presents the launch of the recently established Centre for Reparation Research (CRR) – the first of its kind in the academy. The launch includes feature speaker Samia Nkrumah, daughter of the late President of Ghana, Kwame Nkrumah.

The launch takes place October 10 at 5.30pm (Jamaica time)/6.30pm (Eastern Caribbean time) at The UWI Mona Visitors’ Lodge & Conference Centre, Jamaica.

Tune into the livestream at www.uwitv.org. For more programme information, click here. To view a printable flyer, please click here. 

The launch will be followed by a One-Day Symposium on the topic, Post-Independence Cross Roads: Economic Growth, Sustainable Societies and Reparatory Justice. The Opening Plenary will be by Professor Sir Hilary Beckles, Vice-Chancellor, The University of the West Indies.

The symposium takes place October 11 from 9am to 7pm (Jamaica time)/10am to 8pm (Eastern Caribbean time). Tune into the livestream at www.uwitv.org. For more programme information, click here. To view a printable list of the Symposium’s speakers, please click here. 

For more information on the launch and symposium, please view the News Release here.