Apr 22-North Carolina-Two Centuries of Haiti’s History at Duke

Posted: April 19th, 2010 | Author: admin | Filed under: Events-Recommended, Haiti |

Duke University
East Duke Building and Richard White Lecture Hall, East Campus

Thursday, April 22: Two Centuries of Haiti’s History

1-2:30 p.m.: Haiti’s Foundations(East Duke Parlors)

Julia Gaffield,Duke University-“Negotiating Independence: Haiti and the International Atlantic Community, 1803-1807”

Deborah Jenson, Duke University - “Dessalines’s America”

Watson Denis,Université d’Etat d’Haiti -“Haiti, History, and Historiography during the XIXth Century: Independence, Nationalism, and Modernization.”

3:00-4:30 p.m.: The 20^th and 21^stCenturies(Richard White Lecture Hall 107)

Kate Ramsey, University of Miami -“The Uses of Vodou: Historical and Post-Earthquake Reflections”

Chantalle Verna, Florida International University- “‘The situation is up to the Haitians’: Visions of National Development in Haiti’s Post- U.S. Occupation Period”

Matthew Jordan Smith, University of the West Indies, Mona -“Another Port-au-Prince is Possible: Being Present to the History and Future of Haiti’s Capital.”

5:00 p.m. Reading by Lyonel Trouillot(Richard White Lecture Hall 107)

Friday, April 23: The Future of the Past in Haiti

1:30-4:30p.m. (with coffee break) : Reconstructing Archives, Libraries and Universities in Haiti(Nelson Music Room 204)

Watson Denis,Université d’Etat d’Haïti -“State University of Haiti after the Earthquake 2010: Problems and Perspectives.”
Brooke Wooldridge, Coordinator,Digital Library of the Caribbean- “The Protecting Haitian Patrimony Initiative:  Preserving Patrimony while Respecting Local Sovereignty”

Patrick Tardieu, Head Archivist, Bibliothèque Haïtienne des Pères du Saint-Esprit -“The Past and Future of Bibliothèque Haïtienne des Pères du Saint-Esprit”

Ted Widmer, Director, John Carter Brown Library - “SavingHaiti’s Libraries”

Sponsored by the Center for French and Francophone Studies, the Office of the President, The Office of the Provost, the Franklin Humanities Institute, the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies, and the Duke University Libraries.

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