ACWWS 2008 Special Events and Activities

Monday

 Featured Events –

1) Opening Ceremony Monday - 10:30 AM in the Bourne Lecture Hall

2) Opening Reception Monday - 7 PM to 9 PM in the Caribbean House

 

Tuesday

 Featured Events –

1) Book Launch and Signing - 4:45 PM to 6:30 PM in the Caribbean House 

2) Keynote/Public Lecturer:

Merle Collins - Caribbean Women Writing in the 21st Century: Visions to Recover, Creations to Re‐Create.

7:00 PM to 9:00 PM in the Bell Lecture Hall

Wednesday

 Featured Events –

 1) Featured Speaker:

Evelyne Trouillot - Memories and Traumatism.

4:45 PM to 6:30 PM in the Bourne Lecture Hall

 2) A Gathering and a Celebration of Caribbean Women Writers -

7:00 PM to 9:00 PM at the Coconut Beach Restaurant

 Optional Activities –

·        Back in Times Party at Fantasia 2001 – 10:30 PM - Late

Thursday

 Featured Events –

1) The Status of Dutch Caribbean Literature - 9:00 AM to 10:45 AM in the Bourne Lecture Hall

2) Remembering the Grenada Revolution - 11:15 AM to 1:00 PM in the Bourne Lecture Hall

3) Viewing of SARAKA: a Video Documentary - 1:00 PM to 2:30 PM in the Bourne Lecture Hall

4) ON THE MAP: a Video Documentary - 2:30 PM to 4:15 PM in the Bourne Lecture Hall

5) Featured Speaker:

Josefina Baez - Del alma al sol, del sol al alma: Intervenciones Personales de una Artista Dominican - York, en Estos Tiempos Glocales. (Soul to Sun, Back and Forth and All in Between: Interventions of the Self by a Dominican‐York Artist)

4:45 PM to 6:30 PM in the Bourne Lecture Hall 

Friday

 Featured Events –

1) Featured Speaker:

 Ellen Ombre – Departure and Arrival, Alienation and Familiarity

11:15 AM to 1:00 PM in the Bourne Lecture Hall

2) Trip to Gouyave Fish Friday in Saint John's Parish

 Optional Activities -

Afternoon Liming –

bullet Prickly Bay
bullet Bananas
bullet Dodgy Dock
bullet Old Skool Pub
bullet Southside
bullet Garfield’s Beach Bar

Night Clubbing -  

bullet Club Karma Night Club
bullet Fantasia 2001
bullet Bananas (late)

 

WEEKEND ACTIVITIES

Optional activities organized for those who are staying in Grenada and would like to participate -

·       Carriacou Trip

For information on Carriacou, click here.

 

·       Tours around the Island

***Tours provided by Mt. Stanhope Estate Adventure Tours - Click here for more information.

e-mail: info@mtstanhope.com

·       Daytime Sailing Trip

 Please inform the ACWWS Conference 2008 organizing committee’s activities liaison – Mr. Kieran Rooney – if you would like to participate in either the Carriacou Trip or the Daytime Sailing Trip before May 19th (Conference Day 1).  E-mail: kjrooney@sgu.edu