UWI to host two-day emancipation lectures

The University of the West Indies Open Campus is hosting two public lectures in commemoration of the 176th anniversary of the ending of slavery in the English speaking Caribbean.

Historian and Former Head of the UWI Open Campus, Dr. Adrian Fraser, delivered the first lecture on the topic, “Reflections on Slavery in St. Vincent ” on Wednesday July 30 at the UWI Open Campus.{{more}}

The lecture, by focusing on St. Vincent, provided an historical background that could inform the public debate on Reparations. It raised questions about the connections between the struggles of the Caribs and the growth of the Sugar Industry and Slavery.

The second lecture, “The Coloniality of Everyday Violence” will be done by Dr. Halimah DeShong, Lecturer at the Institute for Gender and Development Studies, the Nita Barrow Unit, University of the West Indies, Cave Hill Campus.

Dr. DeShong’s lecture will explore the ways in which the brutality and violence of the colonial period, and contemporary manifestations of violence are inextricably linked. Emphasis will be placed on various forms of everyday violence – physical and symbolic, interpersonal and collective – in St. Vincent and the Grenadines, with examples drawn from the wider Caribbean.”__This lecture will be held on Thursday August 14 at 7 p.m. at the UWI Open Campus Lecture Hall. The Open Campus extends an invitation to the public.