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September 2013
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UWI Calendar October - November 2013Art exhibition: How the light enters “How the light enters – Visualising absence and continuity in the Jacmelian ruinscape,” is an art exhibition by The UWI’s Kwynn Johnson, MA, PhD Cultural Studies candidate, and artist. The exhibition will also run at the Alliance Française, Jacmel, Haiti, from November 15-25, 2013. For more information please contact: Dr Maarit Forde, Lecturer, Coordinator of the Postgraduate Program in Cultural Studies, Department of Literary, Cultural and Communication Studies at 662-2002 ext. 83567 or email: maarit.forde@sta.uwi.edu. UWI Research Expo Research that has made a difference will be showcased at the Research Expo, where interactive displays will feature work in the arts and sciences done by UWI staff and students. A Symposium on ‘Research, Enterprise and Impact’ will also be held at the Learning Resource Centre. There will be mini-workshops, book readings, concerts, special tours, film screenings and a gift shop where UWI products including UWI Press publications, chocolates and plants will be on sale. On Saturday 5, members of the public are welcome to enjoy The UWI Market Place and Children’s Fun Park. COTE 2013 COTE is an annual landmark event of the Department of economics at UWI, at which findings from quality research and other studies are presented to inform stakeholders on economic and social policy. This year’s conference honours previous Head of Department, Dr Ralph Henry, and will examine the theme “Managing for Development in the Caribbean: Addressing the Challenges of Poverty and Inequality”. For more information, please visit http://sta.uwi.edu/conferences/13/cote/index.asp. SRC Open House In celebration of its 60th anniversary, the Seismic Research Centre has been hosting a monthly Open House on the last Thursday of each month until November 2013. For more information, please visit http://www.uwiseismic.com/. UWI SPEC HALF-MARATHON The tenth edition of the UWI SPEC International Half-Marathon kicks off at a special time: ten to six in the morning, and features celebrity runners who have joined in to help raise funds for various charities. Come and support the event, and donate $10 to a worthy cause. For further information, please contact Mr Justin Latapy-George, Director, Sport & Physical Education Centre at E-mail: justin.latapy-george@sta.uwi.edu | Tel/ext: (868)-662-2002 ext.82307, or Mrs Renata Sankar-Jaimungal, Communications Manager (Ag.), Marketing & Communications, at E-mail: renata.sankar-jaimungal@sta.uwi.edu | Tel/ext: (868)-662-2002 ext.84245 UWIAA Distinguished Alumni Awards 25 special UWI Alumni Awards will be presented on November 2, 2013, to celebrate The University of the West Indies Alumni Association’s 25th anniversary year. All alumni of The UWI (degrees, diplomas, certificates) graduating between the 1960s and the present are eligible, EXCEPT current or retired full-time members of staff, and members of the current executive of the Alumni Association Chapter. Posthumous awards will not be made. For more information, please contact: UWI Alumni Association, Trinidad & Tobago Chapter trinidad.tobago@alumni.uwi.edu Gender Transformations Under the auspices of the Institute for Gender and Development Studies (IGDS), Regional Coordinating Unit, Mona, the St. Augustine Campus hosts the 20th Anniversary Conference on Gender Transformations in the Caribbean. The aim of the three-day regional conference is to map the legacy of interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary discourses in the areas of Caribbean and diasporic research on gender. For more information contact: IGDS at 662 2002 ext. 83573/83577, or igdssau2013@sta.uwi.edu |
