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Reassembling the Fragments

For Release Upon Receipt - July 27, 2011

St. Augustine


The Departments of Liberal Arts and History in the Faculty of Humanities, The University of the West Indies (UWI) will host a conference entitled, “Reassembling the Fragments” on August 25th-27th, 2011. The event, which honours three retired professors of the UWI, St. Augustine – Ian Robertson, Bridget Brereton and Barbara Lalla – Professors of Linguistics, History and Language and Literature respectively, will be held at the Centre for Language Learning (CLL) Auditorium, on the St Augustine Campus.   

The conference will provide a forum for scholars and practitioners to interrogate the body of work compiled by the three honorees over the years. It will aim to examine the socio-cultural contexts which framed and informed their endeavours, as well as evaluate the tangible outworking of their enquiries. Conference presentations will take the form of poster sessions, panel and round table discussions, performances (dance, drama, music, oratory, etc.), demonstrations/exhibitions (art, craft, film etc.) and workshops.    

Among the specially invited guests  addressing the conference are David Trotman , Associate Professor at York University; Velma Pollard, retired Senior Lecturer at The UWI Mona Campus and Lise Winer, Professor at McGill University.  

The conference is open to anyone wishing to attend – staff, students, alumni and the general public. The cost to attend the conference is US$100.    

For further information on Reassembling the Fragments please call (868) 662-2002 Ext. 2031 or 4235.

 

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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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