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UWI Calendar April - June 2017
DAOC Intensive Course on Brazilian Foreign Policy in the 21st Century
April 25-26
Institute of International Relations
UWI St. Augustine Campus
The Diplomatic Academy of the Caribbean (DAOC) presents the “Intensive Course on Brazilian Foreign Policy in the 21st Century” facilitated by Professor Paulo Gustavo Pellegrino da Costa (Professor of International Relations and Pro-Rector for Cooperation and International Relations, Federal University of Amapa, Brazil).
The course takes place from 9 to noon and 1.30 to 4.30 pm at the Institute of International Relations (IIR), Lecture Room 1 on both days.
Registration rates are: $1000 – per participant, $500 – UWI staff, $250 – UWI students.
To register, please contact DAOC at 662-2002 exts: 85362/85360/85359 or email DiplomaticAcademy@sta.uwi.edu.
18th Annual SALISES Conference
April 26-28
Hyatt Regency Trinidad, Port-of-Spain
The Sir Arthur Lewis Institute of Social and Economic Studies (SALISES) presents their 18th annual conference under the theme, “Small Nations, Dislocations, Transformations, Sustainable Development in SIDS”.
The conference takes place at the following times: April 26: 6 to 9 pm, April 27 and 28: 8.30 am to 5.30 pm at the Hyatt Regency Trinidad. There will be a Distinguished Lecture by Professor James A. Robinson, 2017 Sir Arthur Lewis Distinguished Lecturer, on the evening of April 27.
There is no registration deadline and fees are as follows: Academic US$300, Student US$100, Corporate/Government US$600 (full registration).
For more information, please visit http://sta.uwi.edu/conferences/17/salises/.
Th?nk3 One-day Symposium
April 27
UWI St. Augustine Campus
The Department of Creative and Festival Arts (DCFA), UWI, St. Augustine hosts Th?nk 3 One-day Symposium under the theme, “No Luxury Item: Cultural Policy and the Necessary Art of Development”.
The forum is designed to be a platform for advancing a dialogue on a national cultural policy for Trinidad and Tobago and driving the national policymaking process.
Presentations will focus on the following themes: “Culture and Sustainable Development” – Linking culture with social, economic, environmental and technological pillars of growth; “Policy and the Arts” – Status of the artist in society, art education, art institutions, art form politics and “A Culture of Remembrance: Heritage and Memory”.
For updates, please visit https://www.facebook.com/DCFAUWISymposium/.
Inspire. Innovate. Go Global. ALJGSB Conference
May 5
Hyatt Regency Trinidad, Port of Spain
The Arthur Lok Jack Graduate School of Business (ALJGSB) presents the Distinguished Leadership and Innovation Conference (DLIC) under the theme, “Inspire. Innovate. Go Global”. Challenge your potential to be innovative, take your leadership to new heights and business to the international playground with Jim Collins, Sir Ken Robinson and Pankaj Ghemawat.
The conference takes place May 5 at Hyatt Regency Trinidad.
For full details on registration and more, please visit http://www.dlictt.com/.
UWI inStyle Fashion Show
May 7
National Academy for the Performing Arts (NAPA), Port of Spain
The Office of Institutional Advancement and Internationalisation (OIAI) and Division of Student Services and Development (DSSD) present the UWI inStyle Fashion Show – a fundraiser showcasing leading local fashion designers’ Summer 2017 resort and ethnic-inspired collections.
The fashion show takes place from 6 to 9 pm at NAPA.
This event was created to generate much needed funding to support student bursaries at the St. Augustine Campus as well as to celebrate the contributions of Caribbean people through fashion.
Tickets are priced as follows: General Admission – $200 | Special Reserve – $300 | VVIP – $500.
For more information, please visit https://sta.uwi.edu/news/notices/notice.asp?id=14183.
Call for Papers: 36th West Indian Literature Conference
May 19 (Submission deadline)
Online
The UWI St. Augustine’s Department of Literary, Cultural and Communication Studies (LCCS), has issued a call for papers for the 36th Annual Conference on West Indian Literature under the theme, “Affect and Ethical Engagement”.
The conference takes place October 4 to 7 at the Teaching and Learning Complex (TLC). The deadline for submission of abstracts is May 19.
For further information about the conference, please email Wiltconf36@sta.uwi.edu.
UWI Games 2017
May 24-June 2
UWI Cave Hill, Barbados
The UWI Games is the biennial competition among the St. Augustine, Mona, Cave Hill and Open Campuses. This year the games will be held at The UWI Cave Hill Campus in Barbados.
Approximately 500 athletes from across the Caribbean will take part in basketball, football, tennis, swimming, table tennis, track and field, volleyball, cricket, netball and six-a-side hockey. Competition in all sports will involve both male and female participants except for cricket and netball, which will be male only and female only respectively.
For more information, please visit https://www.facebook.com/TheUWIGames/. |
