The SALISES department is about to launch a series of public lectures during the months October-November. These lectures are geared towards an engagement with the public about the vast social and economic issues that confront us today. The series is entitled SALISES developmental talks 2014 under the general theme; Getting Real with Research: Insights for Today’s Caribbean. The series is as follows: October 15: Speaker: Dr. Don Marshall Title: “Caribbean Development Theory and Praxis: State of the Art” Location: Steel Shed, Queen’s Park Time: 7:00-8:30pm October 22: Speaker: Mr. Clarence Henry Faculty: Social Science Title: “FDI, Growth and the OECS Economic Integration Scheme” Location: CARICOM Research Building, Conference Room (Ground floor) Time: 2:00-3:30 November 04: Speaker: Dr. Ian Craig Faculty: Humanities Title: “The Intercultural Caribbean: Study Abroad and Overseas Immersion in and beyond the Region” Location: (Outreach school to be announced) Time: 2:00-3:30 Abstract: “The Intercultural Caribbean: Study Abroad and Overseas Immersion in and beyond the Region” As is well known, since before independence, gifted Caribbean men and women have studied overseas, joining the ranks of developing-world “international students” who gravitate to the perceived centres of knowledge creation. Eric Williams, Michael Manley, Errol Barrow, Dame Eugenia Charles and many other prominent regional luminaries travelled to be educated in the prestigious halls of the colonial metropolis or its new incarnations. Recently, Anglophone Caribbean study abroad has opened pathways to new destinations beyond the traditional Northern Hemisphere English-speaking axis, through scholarships to study in Cuba, Mexico, Brazil, Chile, the Pacific Islands… My research focuses on study abroad for foreign-language learning, but addresses questions applicable to any Caribbean study abroad: • What do we know about study abroad and its effects on participants? • What is distinctive about the experience of Caribbean students’ study abroad? • How much is study abroad valued by employers and society at large in a country such as Barbados? • How can the benefits of Caribbean study abroad be maximised and its value recognised by employers and society in general? November 12: Speaker: Dr. David S. Berry (Dean of Law) Faculty: Law Title: “Caribbean Integration Law: Individual Rights in CARICOM” Location: To be announced Time: 3:30-5:30 November 19: Panel on Religion and Society in today’s Caribbean Speaker 1: Dr. Latoya Lazarus Discussant: Dr. Judith Soares Women and Development Unit- Open Campus of the U.W.I Location: (Outreach school to be announced) Time: 2:00-3:30
Posted on: Wed, 01 Oct 2014 19:52:08 +0000
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