A Different Imagination of the Caribbean

A visit by film director and scholar Patricia Mohammed to Rutgers University, New Brunswick
November 27 – 29

Activities include:

Tuesday, November 27
Ruth Dill Johnson Crockett Building Conference Room, 162 Ryders Lane

6:30 p.m
Reception

7:00 p.m.- 9:00 p.m
Film screening and conversation with the Director, Patricia Mohammed. “Windows to the Past”-22 mins and “The Sign of the Loa”-20 mins, both edited by Luke Paddington

Moderator: Anjali Nerlekar (AMESALL)

Wednesday, November 28
Teleconference Lecture Hall, 4th Floor, Alexander Library
4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Roundtable: “Approaches to Critical Caribbean Studies”

Participants: Aisha Khan (Anthropology, NYU), Patricia Mohammed (University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad), Tatiana Flores (Art History and LHCS, Institute for Women in the Arts)
Moderator: Abena Busia (WGS)

To access readings for this event contact yolamsm@rci.rutgers.edu

Thursday, November 29

10:00 a.m. to 12 noon
Center for Cultural Analysis, Room 102, 8 Bishop Place, College Campus. Office hours (for appointments please contact yolamsm@rci.rutgers.edu)

1:40-3:00 p.m.
Lucy Stone Hall B115 (Livingston)
“Introduction to Caribbean Studies,” Professor: Kathleen Lopez. (Class open to visitors)

5:00-6:20 p.m. · Lucy Stone Hall A-256 (Livingston)
“Caribbean Pluralities and Indo-Caribbean Literature,” Professor: Anjali Nerlekar. (Class open to visitors)

For more information, please contact: Yolanda Martínez-San Miguel (yolamsm@rci.rutgers.edu) or Anjali Nerlekar ( nerlekar@rci.rutgers.edu)