Caribbean Studies Working Group Concordia

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Join us for two panels exploring the literary oeuvre of Merle Collins and the living archives in LaDigue, building on conversations from What Can Grenada Teach Us? How can you participate?&nbsp;Join us in person or online by registering for the <a fr-original-style="" href="https://concordia-ca.zoom.us/meeting/register/FxRo3vRUQ-OA2Wf1b2dfqw" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration-color: initial; -webkit-user-select: auto; box-sizing: inherit;" target="_blank">Zoom Meeting</a> or watching live on <a fr-original-style="" href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEOJMoIqrd5vJDPIWZz7s_Q" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration-color: initial; -webkit-user-select: auto; box-sizing: inherit;" target="_blank">YouTube</a>. Merle Collins is Professor Emerita, University of Maryland. For 26 years, she has been a professor in the Department of English, University of Maryland, USA. For two years, she was Chair of the university&#39;s Latin American Studies Center (now the Latin American and Caribbean Studies Center). She has published widely &ndash; novels, poetry, short stories and critical essays. In the 1990s, she taught at the University of North London, UK. In the 1970s, she taught high school in Grenada and St. Lucia. From 1981 to 1983, she was a researcher on Latin America for the Grenada Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Her current research interest is the life and legacy of Louise Langdon Norton Little (Malcolm X&#39;s mother), and her novels include Ocean Stirrings (2023), Angel (2011), and The Colour of Forgetting (1995; 2023). See schedule below:Schedule<table border="1" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" fr-original-style="font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration-thickness: auto; text-decoration-style: solid; box-sizing: border-box; caption-side: bottom; border-collapse: collapse; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Inter, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; letter-spacing: -0.35px;" id="isPasted" style="font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration-thickness: auto; text-decoration-style: solid; box-sizing: border-box; caption-side: bottom; 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background-color: var(--bs-table-bg); box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 9999px var(--bs-table-bg-state,var(--bs-table-bg-type,var(--bs-table-accent-bg)));"><tr fr-original-style="box-sizing: border-box; border-color: inherit; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px;" style="box-sizing: border-box; border-color: inherit; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px;"><td fr-original-style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); vertical-align: top; padding: 10px; font-size: 18px; background-color: rgb(249, 249, 249); line-height: 30px; font-family: var(--cds-font-family-body); letter-spacing: var(--cds-letter-spacing-body);" style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); vertical-align: top; padding: 10px; font-size: 18px; background-color: rgb(249, 249, 249); line-height: 30px; font-family: var(--cds-font-family-body); letter-spacing: var(--cds-letter-spacing-body); min-width: 5px; -webkit-user-select: text;">&nbsp;</td></tr><tr fr-original-style="box-sizing: border-box; border-color: inherit; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px;" style="box-sizing: border-box; border-color: inherit; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px;"><td fr-original-style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); vertical-align: top; padding: 10px; font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 30px; font-family: var(--cds-font-family-body); letter-spacing: var(--cds-letter-spacing-body);" style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); vertical-align: top; padding: 10px; font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 30px; font-family: var(--cds-font-family-body); letter-spacing: var(--cds-letter-spacing-body); min-width: 5px; -webkit-user-select: text;">10:30am - 12:00pm</td><td fr-original-style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); vertical-align: top; padding: 10px; font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 30px; font-family: var(--cds-font-family-body); letter-spacing: var(--cds-letter-spacing-body);" style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); vertical-align: top; padding: 10px; font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 30px; font-family: var(--cds-font-family-body); letter-spacing: var(--cds-letter-spacing-body); min-width: 5px; -webkit-user-select: text;">Crossing Tides: The Literary Oeuvre of Merle Collins&nbsp;Black Feminist Caribbean Thought and Diasporic World-Makingwith&nbsp;Dr. Merle Collins,&nbsp;Dr. Laurie Lambert,&nbsp;Dr. Ronald Cummings, and&nbsp;Dr. Nalini Mohabir</td></tr><tr fr-original-style="box-sizing: border-box; border-color: inherit; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px;" style="box-sizing: border-box; border-color: inherit; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px;"><td fr-original-style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); vertical-align: top; padding: 10px; font-size: 18px; background-color: rgb(249, 249, 249); line-height: 30px; font-family: var(--cds-font-family-body); letter-spacing: var(--cds-letter-spacing-body);" style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); vertical-align: top; padding: 10px; font-size: 18px; background-color: rgb(249, 249, 249); line-height: 30px; font-family: var(--cds-font-family-body); letter-spacing: var(--cds-letter-spacing-body); min-width: 5px; -webkit-user-select: text;">12:00pm - 1:00pm</td><td fr-original-style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); vertical-align: top; padding: 10px; font-size: 18px; background-color: rgb(249, 249, 249); line-height: 30px; font-family: var(--cds-font-family-body); letter-spacing: var(--cds-letter-spacing-body);" style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); vertical-align: top; padding: 10px; font-size: 18px; background-color: rgb(249, 249, 249); line-height: 30px; font-family: var(--cds-font-family-body); letter-spacing: var(--cds-letter-spacing-body); min-width: 5px; -webkit-user-select: text;">Break</td></tr><tr fr-original-style="box-sizing: border-box; border-color: inherit; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px;" style="box-sizing: border-box; border-color: inherit; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px;"><td fr-original-style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); vertical-align: top; padding: 10px; font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 30px; font-family: var(--cds-font-family-body); letter-spacing: var(--cds-letter-spacing-body);" style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); vertical-align: top; padding: 10px; font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 30px; font-family: var(--cds-font-family-body); letter-spacing: var(--cds-letter-spacing-body); min-width: 5px; -webkit-user-select: text;">1:00pm - 2:30pm</td><td fr-original-style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); vertical-align: top; padding: 10px; font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 30px; font-family: var(--cds-font-family-body); letter-spacing: var(--cds-letter-spacing-body);" style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); vertical-align: top; padding: 10px; font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 30px; font-family: var(--cds-font-family-body); letter-spacing: var(--cds-letter-spacing-body); min-width: 5px; -webkit-user-select: text;">Beyond the University: Black Feminist Caribbean Living Archives in LaDiguewith Carlton Peter Antoine, Ms. Rohna Banfield-Cox, 6th Grade Students of Holy Innocents School, and&nbsp;Tesfa Peterson</td></tr><tr fr-original-style="box-sizing: border-box; border-color: inherit; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px;" style="box-sizing: border-box; border-color: inherit; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px;"><td fr-original-style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); vertical-align: top; padding: 10px; font-size: 18px; background-color: rgb(249, 249, 249); line-height: 30px; font-family: var(--cds-font-family-body); letter-spacing: var(--cds-letter-spacing-body);" style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); vertical-align: top; padding: 10px; font-size: 18px; background-color: rgb(249, 249, 249); line-height: 30px; font-family: var(--cds-font-family-body); letter-spacing: var(--cds-letter-spacing-body); min-width: 5px; -webkit-user-select: text;">3:00pm - 5:00pm</td><td fr-original-style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); vertical-align: top; padding: 10px; font-size: 18px; background-color: rgb(249, 249, 249); line-height: 30px; font-family: var(--cds-font-family-body); letter-spacing: var(--cds-letter-spacing-body);" style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); vertical-align: top; padding: 10px; font-size: 18px; background-color: rgb(249, 249, 249); line-height: 30px; font-family: var(--cds-font-family-body); letter-spacing: var(--cds-letter-spacing-body); min-width: 5px; -webkit-user-select: text;">Saracca and Nation - Documentary by Merle Collins, Screening and Discussion</td></tr></tbody></table> Have questions? Send them to info.4@concordia.ca

Hi <span contenteditable="false" data-custom-variable="{{firstname}}" fr-original-class="fr-deletable styled-tag-chip" fr-original-style="" style="background-color: rgb(248, 248, 255); border: 1px solid rgb(191, 191, 255); border-radius: 4px; color: rgb(42, 42, 196); padding: 1px 8px; font-size: 11px; display: inline-block; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: anywhere; -webkit-user-select: none; box-sizing: inherit;">First name, Thank you for registering for our event Living Archives, Moving Tides: Black Feminist Caribbean Thought, A Symposium Celebrating Merle Collins Have questions? Send them to info.4@concordia.ca

Join us for two panels exploring the literary oeuvre of Merle Collins and the living archives in LaDigue, building on conversations from What Can Grenada Teach Us? How can you participate? Join us in person or online by registering for the <a href="https://concordia-ca.zoom.us/meeting/register/FxRo3vRUQ-OA2Wf1b2dfqw" target="_blank">Zoom Meeting</a> or watching live on <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEOJMoIqrd5vJDPIWZz7s_Q" target="_blank">YouTube</a>. Merle Collins is Professor Emerita, University of Maryland. For 26 years, she has been a professor in the Department of English, University of Maryland, USA. For two years, she was Chair of the university's Latin American Studies Center (now the Latin American and Caribbean Studies Center). She has published widely – novels, poetry, short stories and critical essays. In the 1990s, she taught at the University of North London, UK. In the 1970s, she taught high school in Grenada and St. Lucia. From 1981 to 1983, she was a researcher on Latin America for the Grenada Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Her current research interest is the life and legacy of Louise Langdon Norton Little (Malcolm X's mother), and her novels include Ocean Stirrings (2023), Angel (2011), and The Colour of Forgetting (1995; 2023). See schedule below:Schedule<table><tbody><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td>10:30am - 12:00pm</td><td>Crossing Tides: The Literary Oeuvre of Merle Collins Black Feminist Caribbean Thought and Diasporic World-Makingwith Dr. Merle Collins, Dr. Laurie Lambert, Dr. Ronald Cummings, and Dr. Nalini Mohabir</td></tr><tr><td>12:00pm - 1:00pm</td><td>Break</td></tr><tr><td>1:00pm - 2:30pm</td><td>Beyond the University: Black Feminist Caribbean Living Archives in LaDiguewith Carlton Peter Antoine, Ms. Rohna Banfield-Cox, 6th Grade Students of Holy Innocents School, and Tesfa Peterson</td></tr><tr><td>3:00pm - 5:00pm</td><td>Saracca and Nation - Documentary by Merle Collins, Screening and Discussion</td></tr></tbody></table> Have questions? Send them to info.4@concordia.ca

Caribbean Studies Working Group Concordia

Living Archives, Moving Tides: Black Feminist Caribbean Thought. A Symposium Celebrating Merle Collins

1400 Maisonneuve Blvd W

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