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Damian Marley Delivers Lecture at UWI, Mona
Damian 'Junior Gong' Marley will deliver a lecture on Friday, February 10, 2012 at 7:30 pm at Assembly Hall, UWI, Mona in honour of the life and legacy of his father, Bob Marley and in celebration of Reggae Month. He will share about his career as a Grammy-winning dancehall artist.
The event is organized by Department of Literatures in English at UWI, Mona which offers a course on "Reggae Poetry". The event will be streamed live on UWI TV at http://tv.mona.uwi.edu/
St. Lucian PM, Dr. The Hon. Kenny Anthony Delivers Address at Law and Justice Conference
Prime Minister of St. Lucia, Dr. the Honourable Kenny Anthony will deliver the keynote address during the Opening Ceremony of the Law and Justice in the Commonwealth Caribbean Conference slated for February 2-3, 2012. The Opening Ceremony takes place on Thursday, February 2 at 6 pm at the Faculty of Law, UWI, Mona.
UWI, Mona Continues Climate Change Lecture Series
The second lecture in the Climate Energy Nexus: Call to Action Lecture Series is entitled: ‘The Geopolitics of Climate Change and Energy Balances’. The lecture will be delivered by Ambassador KGA Hill, on Tuesday January 24, 2012 at 5:30 pm at the Mathematics Lecture Room 3 (M3), UWI, Mona.
UWI, Mona Presents “A Christmas Gift”
The University of the West Indies, Mona presents A Christmas Gift – one solid hour of entertainment for the Christmas Season – to take place Thursday, December 22, 2011 at 6.00 p.m on the lawns across from the Assembly Hall, (Flagpole area).
UWI, Mona to Kick Off the Third Staging of its Annual Football Festival on January 3
The University of the West Indies, Mona will host sixth form students who participated in the Dacosta and Manning Cup during its third staging of the UWI, Mona Football Festival on January 3-5, 2012.
The Festival is designed to allow talented and academically eligible young athletes to be recruited by local and overseas coaches and provide an opportunity for the students to receive a scholarship through participation in the Festival. Over twenty five students have been given scholarships through this programme since the inception of the programme in January 2010.
UWI Panoridim Steel Orchestra “Give Love” for Christmas
The UWI Panoridim presents “Give Love”, its Christmas Concert, on December 20-21 at 7 pm at the Philip Sherlock Centre for the Creative Arts, UWI, Mona. This year’s Concert features guest artiste Kamla Hamilton for one solid hour of musical treat alongside the UWI Panoridim Steel Orchestra.
Tickets for the Concert are $1000 each and may be had from the Philip Sherlock Centre for the Creative Arts (PSCCA), UWI, Mona. For more information interested persons may telephone 995-9311/ 995-9290 or e-mail contact@panoridim.net.
The UWI Climate Studies Group, Mona Launches Docu-feature:“Time to Adapt”
The UWI Climate Studies Group, Mona (CSGM) in association with the UNDP/GEF CBA Programme launched and preview a docu-feature entitled, “Time to Adapt” on Wednesday, December 7, 2011. The docu-feature tells the stories of three Jamaican communities who have sought to adapt to climate change. Time to Adapt - 3 Jamaican Community Stories began documentation in 2010 and was funded by the UNDP/GEF Community-Based Adaptation (CBA) programme.
The 30 minute documentary will be aired on TVJ at 9 pm on Monday December 12, 2011.
Acclaimed Writer, Olive Senior Conducts Writers’ Workshop at UWI, Mona
The Department of Literatures in English, University of the West Indies, Mona will hold the second in a series of Writers’ Workshops on Saturday, December 17, 2011 from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. at the UWI, Mona Campus. Prize-winning Jamaican writer, Olive Senior, will conduct a workshop, entitled “The Art of Disguise in Poetry,” on developing poetic techniques for dealing with complicated, controversial, difficult or painful subject matter.
50 Participants Partake in Child Rights Course at UWI, Mona
The Sir Arthur Lewis Institute of Social and Economic Studies (Mona) in collaboration with the Child Development Agency (CDA) and the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ) hosted a Child Rights Course recently for approximately 50 persons from the private, public and non-governmental organizations in Jamaica. Financial and technical support were provided by the Inter-American Children‘s Institute.
UWI , Mona Hosts Seminar to Explore Why Do We Run So Fast?
“Why do people of African descent in the Caribbean run so fast? Explanations from Gender Analysis, History and Medicine” is the title of the seminar presentation to be delivered by Dr. William Aiken, Lecturer in Surgery (Urology), UWI Mona & Consultant Urologist. The seminar is set for Thursday, December 8, 2011 at 3 pm at the Council Room (Senate Building), at the University of the West Indies, Mona.
The Seminar will explore the medical and historical links between enhanced testosterone responsiveness in descendants of enslaved Africans surviving the transatlantic trade in Africans and sprinting prowess. The event is organized by The Institute for Gender and Development Studies, Regional Coordinating Unit.