![]() ![]() ![]() Our research theme for 2016/2017 is the intersection between indigeneity, migration, and diaspora. After twelve years of intensive research Cynthia McLeod reveals the remarkable character Elisabeth Samson must have been. To register and for more information please contact is a research hub that brings together scholars and students working with transnational approaches to studies in the humanities. ![]() Patrick’s building (ICSLAC Seminar Room)ġ1:30-12:30 “History of Slavery in Suriname and the Dutch Caribbean” ![]() Workshop for Graduate Students (faculty welcome!)Ģ01D St. Patrick’s Buildingģ:30 Public Lecture and Q&A: “The Free Negress Elisabeth”ĥ:30-8:00 Film Screening and Q&A: The Cost of Sugar (based on McLeod’s acclaimed novel)Īll events are free, accessible, open to the public, and co-sponsored by CTCA, CUAG, and the Institute for African Studies. The Cost of Sugar: Talk and Film Screening by Surinamese novelist Cynthia McLeodĬTCA (Centre for Transnational Cultural Analysis) is pleased to invite you to several events featuring internationally-renowned novelist and activist Cynthia McLeod who will share her creative and scholarly work on the Dutch Caribbean and the history of slavery in her native Suriname.Ĭarleton University Art Gallery, St. Worlding the Global: The Arts in the Age of Decolonization Elisabeth Samson, a free black Surinamese woman who lived in 18th-century Dutch Guyana, is the central character in this compelling novel. ![]()
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