The Faculty of Social Sciences, UWI, Mona continues to host its Inaugural Professorial Lecture Series in which Professor Patricia Anderson from the Department of Sociology Psychology and Social Work will present on the topic, “Jamaican Fathers: Between Culture and Economy.” This event takes place on Tuesday, December 5 at 6 pm in the Social Sciences Lecture Theatre (SSLT). The public and the University community are invited to attend. For further information please contact: Stephanie Pinnock, Administrative Assistant in the Faculty of Social Sciences at 977-3536.

The UWI Press in collaboration with the Institute of Education, UWI, Mona will launch the book “Inside Hillview High School: an ethnography of an urban Jamaican school” by Professor Hyacinth Evans on Wednesday, December 6 at 5:30 p.m. in the Multifunctional Room of the Main Library, UWI, Mona. The guest speaker for the event will be Pro-Vice Chancellor and Principal, Professor Elsa Leo-Rhynie. The public is invited to this book launch.

Professor Rex Nettleford, Vice Chancellor Emeritus at the University of the West Indies has been named a member of a high level Commonwealth group comprising ten members to be known as the Commonwealth Commission on Respect and Understanding. In this regard Professor Nettleford will be representing Jamaica and the wider Caribbean.
The Commission will be chaired by the Indian Nobel Laureate, Professor Amartya Sen. The other nine members are from the United Kingdom, Canada, Singapore, Bangladesh, Toga, Kenya, South Africa and Australia.

The Michael Manley Foundation hosts the Michael Manley Lecture 2006 at the LOJ Auditorium located at 28-48 Barbados Avenue, Kingston 5 on Sunday, December 10 at 4:30 p.m. The lecture will be given by Professor Manning Marable, Director of the Centre for Contemporary Black History, Columbia University. The topic of his lecture is: “Empire, Racism and Resistance: Prospects for a Democratic Future.”