Volcanoes: Natural Disaster Narratives and the Environment in Caribbean Literature

‘New Directions in Caribbean Studies Seminar’, TORCH, Race and Resistance Programme, the Fiction and Human Rights Network, and the Bodleian Library are hosting an event on ‘Volcanoes: Natural Disaster Narratives and the Environment in Caribbean Literature’. This event accomapnies the Bodleian Library exhibition. More details about the exhibition can be found here.

Please join us for a panel discussion where researchers on Caribbean literature reflect on the current Bodleian Volcanoes exhibition and explore more broadly how the theme of natural disaster narratives and the environment shape other aspects of Caribbean literature.

A light lunch is available.

All welcome.

Speakers include:

Richard Scholar (The Faculty of Medieval and Modern Languages)

Annie Castro (The Faculty of Medieval and Modern Languages)

Vanessa Lee (The Faculty of Medieval and Modern Languages)

Jemima Paine (The Faculty of Medieval and Modern Languages)

Chair: Imaobong Umoren (Faculty of History)

Date: 5 May 2017, 12:30 (Friday, 2nd week, Trinity 2017)
Venue:
Weston Library
Broad Street OX1 3BG
See location on maps.ox

Details: Lecture Room
Speakers: Richard Scholar (Oriel College), Dr Imaobong Umoren (University of Oxford), Anne Margaret Castro (University of Oxford), Vanessa Lee (University of Oxford), Jemima Paine (University of Oxford)
Organising department: The Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities (TORCH)
Organiser contact email address: torch@humanities.ox.ac.uk
Topics:
Booking required?: Required
Booking url: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/volcanoes-natural-disaster-narratives-and-the-environment-in-caribbean-literature-tickets-33040297419
Cost: 0.00
Audience: Public
Editor: Laura Miller