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LIVE STREAM: UWI Vice-Chancellor to Speak On Slavery and Universities at Harvard Conference

For Release Upon Receipt - March 1, 2017

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 On March 3, 2017, Vice-Chancellor of The University of the West Indies (The UWI), Professor Sir Hilary Beckles will speak at a one-day conference at Harvard University. The conference which is themed Universities and Slavery: Bound by History will be streamed live in its entirety via: www.uwitv.org

 Slavery and Universities Globally, beginning at 3.15 p.m. EST. The discussion will also feature Max Price, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cape Town and Christiane Taubira, former Minister of Justice (France) and will be moderated by Alejandro de la Fuente, Robert Woods Bliss Professor of Latin American History and Economics; Professor of African and African American Studies and of History; Director, Afro-Latin American Research Institute, Harvard University.

For more, please visit: https://www.radcliffe.harvard.edu/event/2017-universities-and-slavery-conference

About Professor Sir Hilary Beckles

Professor Sir Hilary Beckles is an Economic Historian, was installed as the 8th Vice-Chancellor of The University of the West Indies (The UWI) on 30, May, 2015. Before assuming the office of Vice-Chancellor of The UWI, Sir Hilary was Principal and Pro Vice-Chancellor of the University’s Cave Hill Campus in Barbados for thirteen years (2002-2015). Sir Hilary is a distinguished university administrator, and transformational leader in higher education.

For his complete biography, visit: www.uwi.edu/VCBiography.asp

About The UWI

Since its inception in 1948, The University of the West Indies (UWI) has evolved from a fledgling college in Jamaica with 33 students to a full-fledged, regional University with well over 40,000 students. Today, The UWI is the largest, most longstanding higher education provider in the Commonwealth Caribbean, with four campuses in Barbados, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, and the Open Campus. The UWI has faculty and students from more than 40 countries and collaborative links with 160 universities globally; it offers undergraduate and postgraduate degree options in Food & Agriculture, Engineering, Humanities & Education, Law, Medical Sciences, Science and Technology and Social Sciences. The UWI’s seven priority focal areas are linked closely to the priorities identified by CARICOM and take into account such over-arching areas of concern to the region as environmental issues, health and wellness, gender equity and the critical importance of innovation. For more information, visit www.uwi.edu

(Please note that the proper name of the university is The University of the West Indies, inclusive of the “The”, hence The UWI.)

 

 

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