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UWI Calendar of Events : January 2010 - March 2010

Interlocking Basins of a Globe
Conference honouring Nobel Laureate Derek Walcott

Tuesday 12 to Friday 15 January, 2010
The Learning Resource Centre,UWI St Augustine

Poet, playwright, essayist, critic, dramatist and painter, Derek Walcott, is recognised as one of the world’s greatest living writers. Among his many awards and honours is the 1992 Nobel Prize for Literature. The conference Interlocking Basins of a Globe will explore the multifaceted nature of Walcott’s work. It invites reflections on his evolving thought and analyses of Caribbean civilization.

FEATURE SPEAKERS: Professor Edward Baugh, Dr Jean Antoine-Dunne and Professor Gordon Rohlehr.

Papers are on the following topics:

  • Literary Ghosts and Confrères
  • Here and Elsewhere: The Politics of Exile and Belonging
  • Myths and Histories
  • The Visual Imagination
  • Rethinking the Sublime
  • Time, Landscape and Myth
  • Walcott’s Cities: A Babel like Heaven
  • Caribbean Contestations
  • Walcott as Critic, Commentator and Journalist

For further information, please contact Dr Jean Antoine-Dunne at Jean.Antoine@sta.uwi.edu, Professor Barbara Lalla at Barbara.Lalla@sta.uwi.edu, Dr Paula Morgan at Paula.Morgan@ sta.uwi.edu, or Walcott.Conference@sta.uwi.edu


UWI Fete
Sunday 17 January, 2010 Noon to 8pm
St Augustine Campus, UWI.

It has been twenty years of awarding bursaries generated by the annual fete that has become one of the biggest social events on the Carnival season’s calendar. The theme of this year’s fete will be China. Tickets cost $700.

For further information, please contact Alana Campbell-John, Administrative Assistant, Student Advisory Services UWI, Tel: 662-2002 Ext. 2326, or email: Alana.Campbell-John@sta.uwi.edu


The Legacy Continues
AFUWI’s 13th Annual Awards Dinner
Thursday 28 January, 2010
The Pierre, New York City, USA

The American Foundation for The University of the West Indies (AFUWI), a not for profit entity that drives the fundraising efforts of The UWI in the United States, will host its 13th Annual “The Legacy Continues” Awards Dinner on Thursday 28th January, 2010, at the Pierre, New York City, New York, USA.

The Patron of the event is Dr. the Hon. Harry Belafonte OJ and Spike Lee will receive the AFUWI Bob Marley Award. Legacy Awards will be presented to the Hon. David J.H. Thompson, QC, Prime Minister of Barbados, Dr. the Hon. Dean O. Barrow, Prime Minister of Belize, the Hon. Tillman J. Thomas, Prime Minister of Grenada and Dr. the Hon. Patrick A. M. Manning, Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago.

This is a black tie event. Cocktails will begin at 6.30pm and dinner will be served at 7.30 pm.
For further information, please contact annmariegrant@afuwi.org


World of Work (WOW) Career Fair
January-March 2010
St Augustine Campus, UWI

Registration: 27 January-3 February, 2010
Interview Preparation and Resume Writing Workshop: 4 February, 2010
Seminar: 6 February, 2010
Mock Interviews: 27 February and 6 March, 2010
Recruitment Fair: 11-12 March, 2010

For further information, please contact Student Advisory Services at (868) 662-2002, Ext. 2360


UWI Benefit Gala
Saturday 27 February, 2010 Time: 6.30pm
Four Seasons Hotel,

21 Avenue Road, Toronto, Ontario, Canada The UWI Benefit Gala will take place on Saturday 27th February, 2010, at the FourSeasons Hotel, 21 Avenue Road, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, under the patronage of Dr. G. Raymond Chang, Chair of CI Financial (CI), one of Canada’s three largest investment fund companies, and Chancellor of Ryerson University.

Held for the benefit of UWI’s Scholarship Fund which provides scholarships for outstanding academic achievers, this gala will honour the recipients of the 2010 Luminary Award, the 2010 Chancellor’s Award and the 2010 Vice Chancellor’s Award.

The reception begins at 6.30pm and dinner starts at 7.30pm. Please note that this is a black tie event. To reserve your ticket, please call 416-214-7578, or email uwi@adriaansandassociates.com.

To find out more, visit the UWI Benefit Gala website at www.uwitorontogala.com