The University of the West Indies, Open Campus Antigua and Barbuda, The Antigua and Barbuda Studies Association and the Antigua and Barbuda Youth Enlightenment Academy
Present
A Conference and Distinguished Lecture
GENDER EQUALITY IN ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA
AT
UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES, OPEN CAMPUS
AND
THE ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA YOUTH ENLIGHTENMENT ACADEMY
AUGUST 11-12, 2016
PROGRAM
Thursday, August 11th (5:00 – 9:30 PM)
Opening Ceremonies
Opening Speakers: Allison Hull (UWI), Ian Benn (UWI), Paget Henry (ABSA)
5:30 – 6:45: Dorbrene O’Marde, “Update on Reparations for Slavery”
Pictured are two of the conference’s presenters: left, Brenda Lee Browne, and, right, Dr. Natasha Lightfoot. This was taken at the launch of Dr. Lightfoot’s book Troubling Freedom. Not to be re-used without permission and credit.
7:00- 8:30: Distinguished Lecturer: NATASHA LIGHTFOOT, Prof. of History at Columbia University, and author of Troubling Freedom: Antigua and the Aftermath of British Emancipation
Title: “Women in Post-slavery Antigua and Barbuda”
8:30 – 9:00: Launch of Volume 9 of The Antigua & Barbuda Review of Books
9:00 -9:30: REFRESHMENTS
Friday, August 12th (12:30 – 1:50 PM)
LOCATION: ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA YOUTH ENLIGHTENMENT ACADEMY
1) OPENING GENERAL DISCUSSION: “Male and Female in Antigua and Barbuda Today”
Anchors: Don Charles and Loretta Benjamin
Friday, August 12th (2:00-3:20)
2) GROWING UP FEMALE IN ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA
Presenters
Aziza Lake, “Growing up Female in Antigua and Barbuda”
Valerie Knowles-Combie, “Writing and Growing up Female in Antigua & Barbuda”
Paget Henry, “Female Identity and the Transition From the African to the European Family”
Chair: Susan Lowes
Friday, August 12th (3:30-4:50 PM)
3) ANTIGUAN AND BARBUDAN WOMEN IN MUSIC AND CARNIVAL
Presenters:
Dorbrene O’Marde, “Women in Calypso/Arts”
Brenda Lee Browne, “Art as a Vehicle for Expression: Pushing Beyond the Political
Boundaries”
Chair: Arthur Paris
Friday, August 12th (5:00 – 6:30 PM)
ANTIGUAN AND BARBUDAN WOMEN IN PUBLIC LIFE
Presenters:
E. Ann Henry, “TBA”
Nneka Nicholas, “TBA”
Janeille Matthews, “Gender and Crime”
Chair: Janelle O’Marde
BREAK AND REFRESHMENTS
Friday, January 11th (7:30 – 9:00 PM)
CLOSING GENERAL DISCUSSION: “The Challenges of Growing up Male in Antigua and Barbuda”
Anchors: Magistrate Veronica Thomas and Paget Henry
FINAL REMARKS
Download Programme: Book Launch, Distinguished Lecture & Symposium, 2016 – Programme for Aug 11 & 12, 2016
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