A conference in honour of Professor Rupert Lewis

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Oct 11 2013 - 8:00am - Oct 12 2013 - 5:00pm

The conference will be held under the theme "Black Radical Thought, Pedagogy and Praxis: A Conference in Honour of Professor Rupert Lewis". A Launch (by invitation only), takes place on Thursday October 10.
Rupert Lewis has spent a lifetime dedicated to teaching and activism meant to affirm people of African descent in the Caribbean and globally. His work on Marcus Garvey and Walter Rodney has been critical to the search for knowledge and understanding in the realities of African Diaspora peoples. He has also been involved in giving practical expression to Pan African ideals through efforts to build institutions of scholarship in Africa and its Diaspora and through activism. Rupert Lewis has also been a thinker and activist of the Left.
 

Venue: 
UWI Mona Campus (Specific venue to be announced)
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Staff
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Students
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General Public
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Contact Information
Department of Government
Tel: 
977 5935
Email: 
rupertlewisconference@gmail.com

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