Corrected version: Day Program on Indo-Caribbean Culture

[Guest guest]

My apologies for posting an incomplete notice of the meeting. It will

be held in Washington, DC, at the Library of Congress, in the Madison

Building as indicated below in the correct notice. The Madison Building

is at 101 Indepence Ave., SE, and is next to the Capitol South Metro

stop. The conference is free and open to the public.

 

Allen Thrasher

 

 

 

 

>From The Indentureship Period To The Present

Examining The Past, Creating The Future

A symposium devoted to Indo-Trinidadian/Indo-Caribbean history and

culture. Featuring scholarship, documentary film and oral histories that

illuminate a long journey from within.

 

 

The symposium will be held on September 27, 2004, from 9:30 AM to 5:00

PM, in the Mumford Room, 6th Fl, Madison Building, Library of Congress.

It will open with a documentary by Gideon Hanoomansingh: "Legacy Of Our

Ancestors : The Indian Presence In Trinidad and Tobago, 1845-1917".

 

Morning Session

Documentary - "Legacy Of Our Ancestors : The Indian Presence In

Trinidad And Tobago, 1845-1917"

Mr. Gideon Hanoomansingh - The Producer's Perspective

Chief Executive Officer, Premiere Video Productions, Trinidad & Tobago

 

Dr. Brinsley Samaroo - Emerging From Indentureship To Citizenship

Head, Department of History, The University of the West Indies, St.

Augustine, Trinidad

 

Mrs. Sonah Nagassar - The Impact of Hinduism On The History And Culture

Of Trinidad & Tobago

Member Caribbean authors' and publishers' network (CAPNET)

 

Nafeesa Mohammed, Esquire - Islam In A Plural Society

Legal Consultant, Ministry of the Attorney General, Trinidad & Tobago

 

Mr. Gideon Hanoomansingh and Dr. Brinsley Samaroo - Reverend Dr. John

Morton And The Presbyterian Church in Trinidad and Tobago

 

 

Afternoon Session

Dr. Brinsley Samaroo - Coping With Caribbean Society, the Indian

Experience

 

Dr. Somdath Mahabir - Challenges Facing The Indo-Guyanese

Cancer Prevention Fellow, National Cancer Institute, NIH

 

Dr. Mahin Gosine--Coping With The Promise Of America: Migration And

Mobility Among Indo-Caribbean People In The United States

Professor of Sociology and Anthropology, Department of Social Sciences,

Suffolk Community College, Brentwood, NY

 

Dr. Mahin Gosine and Dr. Somdath Mahabir Will Lead A Discussion Of The

Indo-Caribbean Diaspora (US Emphasis)

 

 

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Allen W. Thrasher, Ph.D.

Senior Reference Librarian

Southern Asia Section

Asian Division

Library of Congress

Jefferson Building 150

101 Independence Ave., S.E.

Washington, DC 20540-4810

tel. 202-707-3732

fax 202-707-1724

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