The Legacies of Slavery and Emancipation: Jamaica in the Atlantic World
CONFERENCE SCHEDULE
Unless otherwise noted, all conference activities will be held at
the Yale Center for British Art, 1080 Chapel St., New Haven, CT
Unless otherwise noted, all conference activities will be held at
the Yale Center for British Art, 1080 Chapel St., New Haven, CT
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 1
4:30 p.m. — 5:30 p.m. Registration
5:30 p.m. — 6:30 p.m. Keynote Address
- “Despite and Because of:�Legacies of Slavery”
Alston “Barry” Chevannes, Mona School of Business, University of West Indies, Mona, Jamaica
6:30 p.m. — 7:30 p.m. Reception
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 2
8:15 a.m. — 9:00 a.m. Registration and Coffee
9:00 a.m. — 11.00 a.m. Panel 1: Legacies of Slavery in Jamaica
- Wayne Modest, Museum of History and Ethnography, Institute of Jamaica
“(Un)Silencing the Past: Slavery and Repair in Contemporary Jamaica” - Edward Rugemer, Yale University
“Transatlantic Infuence: First of August Celebrations in the Antebellum United States” - Petrine Archer-Straw, Cornell University
“Accessory/Accessories: Or What’s in Your closet?Moderator: Verene Shepherd, University of West Indies, Mona, Jamaica
11:00 a.m. — 11:30 a.m. Coffee Break with Pastries
11.30 a.m. — 12:30 p.m. Break Out Sessions
12:30 p.m. — 2:00 p.m. Lunch on own; time to tour exhibition
2.00 p.m. — 4.00 p.m. Panel 2: Legacies of Jamaican Slavery in the United Kingdom
- Eddie Chambers, Independent artist and scholar
“Remembering the Crack of the Whip: Some Images of Slavery in the Recent Work of Black British Artists” - Catherine Hall, University College, London
“Britain 2007: Problematizing Histories” - Bill Schwarz, Queen Mary, University of London
“Remembering Jamaica”Moderator: David Blight, Gilder Lehrman Center, Yale University
4:00 p.m. — 4.30 p.m. Tea and Cookies
4:30 p.m. — 6: 30 p.m. Film Screening and Discussion
FILM: Life and Debt (90 min) Stephanie Black, Film-maker and director of Life and Debt
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 3
8:30 a.m. — 9:00 a.m. Registration and Coffee
9:00 a.m. — 11:00 a.m. Panel 3: Labor and the Legacies of Slavery
- Gad Heuman, University of Warwick
“The Legacy of Slavery: The World of the Jamaican Apprentices” - Anthony Bogues, Brown University
“The slaves dem work and so do we � so weh the difference: Reflections on Labor and Freedom in post-Emancipation Jamaica” - Krista Thompson, Northwestern University
“Postcards to Slavery: Photography, History, (Re)Memory”Moderator: David Brion Davis, Yale University
11.00 a.m. — 11.30 a.m. Coffee and Pastries
11:30 a.m. — 12:30 p.m. Break Out Sessions
12:30 p.m. — 2:00 p.m. Lunch on own; time to tour exhibition
2:00 p.m. — 4:00 p.m. Panel 4: Music and the Legacies of Slavery
- Kenneth Bilby, Center for Black Music Research, Columbia College, Chicago
“Masking the Spirit in the South Atlantic World: Jankunu’s Partially-Hidden History” - Garnette Cadogan, Independent Author
“Redemption Songs: The Legacy of Anti-Slavery in Jamaican Popular Music” - Carolyn Cooper, University of West Indies, Mona, Jamaica
“Erotic Maroonage: Embodying Emancipation in Jamaican Dancehall Culture”Moderator: Professor James Miller (New School)
4:00 p.m. — 6:30 p.m. Reception and Musical Performance by Inity Reggae Band
Note: This event will be held at the Yale Graduate and Professional Student Center (GPSCY), 204 York Street
“Breakout” sessions (same sessions to run on November 2 AND 3)
All sessions to take place at Yale Center for British Art unless otherwise stated
- The Middle Passage and Iconography of the Slave Ship
Cheryl Finley, Cornell University
Location: Beinecke Library Mezzanine - Visual Perspectives on Emancipation and the Plantation
Tim Barringer, Yale University
Stuart B. Schwartz, Yale University
Location: Art and Emancipation exhibition - Jamaican Masquerade and Africa
Barbaro Martinez-Ruiz, Stanford University
Location: Art and Emancipation exhibition - Matters of Perception — Self as the Other
Joy Gregory, independent artist
Courtney Martin, Yale University
Location: Yale Center for British Art Study Room - Caribbean History in Digital Art: Roshini Kempadoo�s Ghosting
Roshini Kempadoo, independent artist
Rebecca Peabody, Getty Research Institute
Location: Yale Center for British Art Lecture Hall - Slave Gardens in Artistic Imagery
Catherine Benoit, Connecticut College
St�phane Roy, Yale Center for British Art
Location: Yale Center for British Art Second Floor Classroom - Hidden Bonds: Revealing the Legacy of Slavery in American Art
Graham Boettcher, Birmingham Museum of Art
Location: Yale University Art Gallery, American galleries - Mapping a New Kingston: Belisario�s Sketches of Character
Gillian Forrester, Yale Center for British Art
Location: Art and Emancipation exhibition - Agostino Brunias: Plantocracy’s Painter
Geoff Quilley, University of Sussex
Location: Yale Center for British Art, fourth floor galleries