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March 2010


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UWI Calendar of Events : March – April 2010

Lunchtime Seminars
Wednesday 31 March and April 7, 2010
Noon-1.30pm
IGDS Seminar Room, St. Augustine Campus, UWI

The Institute of Gender and Development Studies (IGDS) continues to host lunchtime seminars that are free and open to the public.

David Lewis, of Indiana University, will discuss Musical Responses to HIV/AIDS in Trinidad and Tobago on March 31. Matt Bishop, a Lecturer at the Institute of International Relations, UWI, will discuss Beyond the Impasse in Caribbean Development Theory on April 7.

For further information, please contact the IGDS at IGDS@sta.uwi.edu or 662-2002 ext. 3577 & 3573

100 years of Revolution
Tuesday 6 to Thursday 8 April, 2010
The Centre for Language Learning (CLL),
St. Augustine Campus, UWI

An international conference to mark the 100th anniversary of the Mexican Revolution: “Cien Años de la Revolución Mexicana: Revisiones y Balances” or “One Hundred Years of the Mexican Revolution: New Perspectives and Reconfigurations,” will be held at the Auditorium, Centre for Language Learning (CLL), UWI, St Augustine.

It is being hosted by CENLAC (Centre for Latin America and the Caribbean), College of Science, Technology & Applied Arts of Trinidad & Tobago, the Centro de Investigaciones sobre América Latina y el Caribe, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México and the Pan-African Studies Department, University of Louisville.

Guest Speakers:

  • Dr. Marcela del Río Reyes, Prof. Emérita University of Central Florida
  • Dr. Adalberto Santana Hernández, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
  • Dr. Carlos Huamán López, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
  • Dr. Herminio Núñez Villavicencio, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México
  • Dr. John Mraz, Universidad Autónoma de Puebla

For further information, please contact the Centre for Latin America and the Caribbean, UWI, St. Augustine, tel.: 1-868-662-2002 ext.2655, or email: cenlac2003@yahoo.com.

A Gathering of Lesbian and Gay Writing
Public Lecture and IGDS Book Launch
Thursday 15 April, 2010
5.30-8.30pm
Daaga Hall Auditorium, St. Augustine Campus, UWI

Thomas Glave, Professor in the Department of English, State University of New York at Binghamton, will gave a public lecture as the Institute of Gender and Development Studies (IGDS) launches his book locally at Daaga Hall. The book, Our Caribbean: A Gathering of Lesbian and Gay Writing from the Antilles, was published by Duke University Press in 2008. The event is free and open to the public.

For further information, please contact the IGDS at IGDS@sta.uwi.edu or 662-2002 ext. 3577 & 3573

Scientific Conference
Tuesday 22 to Saturday 24 April, 2010
Hyatt Regency Trinidad Hotel, POS

The Caribbean Health Research Council is hosting its 55th Annual Scientific Conference, from April 22nd-24th, 2010, at the Hyatt Regency Trinidad Hotel, Trinidad & Tobago. This meeting is intended for researchers, policy makers, health care providers, students and other interested persons.
The conference will include presentations on: HIV/AIDS/STI, Chronic Diseases, Communicable Diseases, Nutrition, Health Services, Clinical Studies, a research workshop and satellite meetings.

For further information, please contact the Caribbean Health Research Council, 25a Warner Street, St. Augustine, Trinidad & Tobago, Tel: (868) 645-3769; 7421, Fax: (868) 645-0705, email: chrc@trinidad.net or chrc@chrc-caribbean.org, or visit the CHRC website www.chrc-caribbean.org

Future of Financial Services
Friday 30 April, 2010
8am-5pm
Hyatt Regency Trinidad Hotel, POS

The Caribbean Centre for Money and Finance (CCMF) at The UWI holds its annual Caribbean Business Executive seminar at the end of April on the theme: The Future of the Financial Services Industry after the Crisis. With two sessions—the first outlining the new financial order and post-crisis growth strategies, and the second looking at financing growth in emerging markets—the day offers vital information for businesses, governments and the financial market.
The Feature speaker is Minister of Finance, Karen Nunez-Tesheira, among the other presenters are Mr Michael Mansoor, Mr Clarence Tong, Suresh Sookhoo, Dodridge Miller, Paolo Nogueira Batista Jr and Prof Jan Kregel.

For further information, please contact Ms. Kathleen Charles at kathleen.charles@sta.uwi.edu or at 645-1174 or visit the website at http://www.ccmf-uwi.org/.