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UWI hosts 100th Anniversary Celebration for IR Journal

For Release Upon Receipt - December 1, 2009

St. Augustine


“The Round Table: the Commonwealth Journal of International Affairs,” arguably the first journal of International Relations in the world, celebrated its centenary in 2010 with the launch of its book, “The Contemporary Commonwealth: an assessment, 1965-2009.” The Institute of International Relations (IIR) of The University of the West Indies (UWI), in collaboration with The Round Table, hosted this launch, themed “The Contemporary Commonwealth,” on Friday 27th November, from 3 to 6:30 p.m. at the Boardroom of the Institute of International Relations, UWI, St Augustine.                

“The Contemporary Commonwealth: an assessment, 1965-2009,” is a collection of essays which analyses the history of the modern Commonwealth since its establishment in 1966. The launch took the form of a seminar examining The Round Table’s contributions to International Relations as policy and theory at the turn of the century. 

The seminar began with a discussion of the book, chaired by IIR Director, Professor Timothy Shaw. Speakers included Professor James Mayall, University of Cambridge and Round Table Editor, Richard Bourne, Round Table Chair, and Sir Ronald Sanders, former Caribbean Diplomat and current author and columnist.  

The second session of the event was chaired by Richard Bourne. Sandra McIntyre-Trotman, Director of the Policy and Planning Unit, Trinidad and Tobago Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and Zoe Ware, Commonwealth Affairs Manager, Royal Commonwealth Society, addressed the topic “The Caribbean and the Commonwealth.” Dr. Venkat Iyer, Round Table Editor, ended the book launch with a discussion of “The Round Table at 100.” 

To find out more, please contact Professor Timothy Shaw at (868) 662-2002 Ext. 2010 or Timothy.Shaw@sta.uwi.edu. 

 

About UWI

Over the last six decades, The University of the West Indies (UWI) has evolved from a fledgling college in Jamaica with 33 students to a full-fledged University with over 40,000 students. Today, UWI is the largest and most longstanding higher education provider in the English-speaking Caribbean, with main campuses in Barbados, Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago, and Centres in Anguilla, Antigua & Barbuda, The Bahamas, Belize, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Dominica, Grenada, Montserrat, St Christopher (St Kitts) & Nevis, St Lucia, and St Vincent & the Grenadines. UWI recently launched its Open Campus, a virtual campus with over 50 physical site locations across the region, serving over 20 countries in the English-speaking Caribbean. UWI is an international university with faculty and students from over 40 countries and collaborative links with over 60 universities around the world. Through its seven Faculties, UWI offers undergraduate and postgraduate degree options in Engineering, Humanities & Education, Law, Medical Sciences, Pure & Applied Sciences, Science and Agriculture, and Social Sciences.

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