March 31 | Online
As restrictions on social gathering loosen and confirmed cases of COVID-19 fall, the region is being required to assess the consequences of this disruptive period. This March, UWI St Augustine’s Department of Economics will bring together several experts to discuss the pandemic’s impact as part of the Demas-Rampersad Seminar Series, a forum for scholarly presentations and discussion.
Participants include:
Dr Regan Deonanan, Chair of the Demas Rampersad Committee and Lecturer Mr Dindial Ramrattan, Statistician with the Caribbean Development Bank Dr Henry Mooney, Economic Advisor at the Inter-American Development Bank Prof Abdullahi Abdulkadrin Coordinator of the Statistics and Social Development Unit at the UN Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC)
The seminar takes place on Thursday, March 31, from 1pm to 3pm on Zoom. For more information, email FSS-DeptEcon@sta.uwi.edu
April 7 and 8 | Online
The Department of Behavioural Sciences within the Faculty of Social Sciences hosts its 4th Biennial Postgraduate Conference to showcase students' projects and research. Attendees will be exposed to discourse on a range of important topics pertinent to the Caribbean and its diasporas during a global pandemic.
Featured speakers include Dr David R. Williams, Professor of African and African American Studies, and Sociology at Harvard University; Justice of Appeal Charmaine A. Joy Pemberton
To register, visit https://bit.ly/DBSUWI.
