This in-depth exploration of Caribbean literature and culture features Commonwealth Foundation Literature Prize winners Earl Lovelace of Trinidad and Olive Senior of Jamaica, as well as a Cosford Cinema screening of the powerful film Kaleb and appearance by filmmaker Kervans Barthelemy.

A special day of activities at the Lowe Art Museum exploring the traditions, new technologies, discoveries, and revelations about human experience that are all part of the exploration of human history.

The Center for Latin American Studies and the University of Miami School of Architecture are co-sponsors of this symposium, which focuses on the realities, challenges, and lessons of informal cities as they are found in Latin America and the Caribbean: undocumented “off-the-map” urban communities that are beyond the reach of the law, government services, and infrastructure, yet show surprising resilience and vitality and could hold lessons for global development efforts.

Focusing on the theme of early modern women, this collaborative symposium will be keynoted by Professor Mary Garrard.

Keynote speaker of this event, a collaboration of the School of Law in conjunction with the Center of Humanities, is UM Professor Amitav Ghosh.

This  interdisciplinary symposium among the College of Arts and Sciences’ Department of Philosophy, the Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, and the Abess Center for Ecosystem Science and Policy probes the boundaries and overlaps among philosophy and science.

The College of Arts and Sciences’ Urban Studies Program is a co-sponsor of the conference, which is currently in the planning stages; details forthcoming.