Thursday 11th February 2021, 13:00-14:30 (GMT) Poster ‘Caribbean migration to Britain’ CIMS The Cultural Identity and Memory Studies Institute (CIMS) presents this webinar on ‘Caribbean migration to Britain’ via Zoom. Professor Catherine O’Leary, Director of CIMS and from the School of Modern Languages, will chair the webinar, supported by Professor Huon Wardle, Department of Social … Read more
Monday 9th December, 2019. Lecture Room II (St Mary’s Quad, South Street) A one-day symposium bringing together researchers from different fields and disciplines who work on the Americas through the lens of Memory or Identity studies. Co-sponsored by the Cultural Identity and Memory Studies Institute (CISI/CIMS) and the Centre for Amerindian, Latin American and … Read more
In August 2019, Karunika Kardak and Juan Mosquera (PhD students in the Spanish Department at the time) led a discussion with playwright, actor, theatre director and teacher, Raquel Diana (born in Montevideo, 1960). Her plays have received different prizes in Uruguay, including: Ministerio de Educación y Cultura de Uruguay (Premio Nacional de Literatura six times), … Read more
CISI Postgraduate Symposium, 6 September 2019 (UCO Room 31) Organisers: Karunika Kardak & Ellie Crabtree 09.30 – 10.00 Registration 10.00 – 10.15 Introductions 10.15 – 11.00 Darya Tsymbalyuk (Modern Languages and IR), ‘The sun rises differently in Kyiv: Mental mapping and memories of the displaced’ 11.00 – 12.30 PGR Panel Sohni Chakrabarti (English): ‘Belonging … Read more
