![]() ![]() 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. ![]()
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