latin america events

Spring series of Public Seminars and
Conferences from the Centre for Caribbean and Latin American Research and Consultancy, London Metropolitan University
Admission to these events are free but please let us know by email if you
wish to attend:

s.wilkinson@londonmet.ac.uk

1. INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE on the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of
our America – ALBA. 29 January 2011, 10am – 4.30pm:

The Vice Chancellor of London Metropolitan University, Norman Gillies, is
to open this conference, the first international academic conference on
the ALBA to have been held anywhere in the world.

A pdf poster is attached. Please help by passing this to others who may be
interested.

http://www.londonmet.ac.uk/depts/hal/research/clarc/events/alba.cfm

NB: BOOKING EARLY IS ESSENTIAL TO ENSURE A PLACE AT THIS CONFERENCE.

2. PUBLIC SEMINAR: Miguel Barnet’s Diary of a Runaway Slave with Dr
William Rowlandson of the University of Kent at Canturbury. 23 February
2011, 7pm.

Venue: Room TM1-83
Tower Building
London Metropolitan University
Holloway Road,
N7 8DB

Dr William Rowlandson of the University of Kent at Canturbury will deliver
a seminar on Cuban ethnologist Miguel Barnet’s seminal book: Biografía de
un cimarrón and sign copies of the newly published student edition, which
William has annotated.

http://www.londonmet.ac.uk/depts/hal/research/clarc/events/rowlandson.cfm

3. PUBLIC LECTURE: General Gustavo Chui, Chinese-Cuban General and
co-author of the book: “Our History is still being written” 15 March 2011,
7pm.

Venue: Henry Thomas Room
Tower Building

http://www.londonmet.ac.uk/depts/hal/research/clarc/events/chui.cfm

4. TWO DAY CONFERENCE: Responding to Climate Change in the Caribbean.
13-14 June 2011.

A conference organised jointly by London University’s Institute for the
Study of the Americas (ISA), London Metropolitan University’s Centre for
Caribbean and Latin American Research and Consultancy (CLARC) and the
International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED)

Venue: TBA

http://www.londonmet.ac.uk/depts/hal/research/clarc/events/climate.cfm

5. International Journal of Cuban Studies

Vol. 2. Nos. 3 and 4 is now published. To subscribe:

http://cubanstudies.plutojournals.org

Call for articles

Academics are invited to contribute articles to the journal.

Send your proposals, titles and abstracts to Dr Stephen Wilkinson:

s.wilkinson@lonodnmet.ac.uk

For guidelines visit the website:

http://cubanstudies.plutojournals.org

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Dr Stephen Wilkinson
Director,
Centre for Caribbean and Latin American Research and Consultancy,
London Metropolitan University
31 Jewry Street,
London
EC3N 2EY

+44 (0)20 7320 3060
+44 (0)7956 381640