Folk Research Centre & the Harold Simmons Folk Academy
In association with
The Cultural Development Foundation
5th Saint Lucia Studies Conference 2014
In honour of the centenary of the birth of Harold Simmons 1914-1966.
Theme: “Discovering ourselves – recent research on St. Lucia”
Venue: Cultural Development Foundation Conference Room
Thursday June 12th 9am – 4 pm & June 13th 9.30 – 3.00
Thursday June 12th 2014
9 am – 9.30 am Registration
9.30 – 10.30 Opening ceremony and key note address
• National Anthem
• Prayers
• Welcome remarks – Chair FRC
• Welcome remarks – CDF Representative
• Introduction of key note speaker – Ms. Lindy Alexander
• Keynote address: Dr. Merle St. Clair-Auguste, Vice Principal, Sir Arthur Lewis Community College
• Vote of thanks – Ms Floreta Nicholas
10.30-11.00 Refreshments
11.00 – 12.00 Travis Weekes – “Walcott, Creole and the craft of a postmodern memory dramaturgy.” Moderator – Kennedy ‘Boots’ Samuel
12.0 – 1.00 Patricia Fay – “Broader Horizons: St. Lucian Pottery in a Regional, Multidisciplinary Context.” Moderator – Hilary La Force
1.00 – 2.00 Lunch
2.00 – 3.00 Dr. Terencia Kyneata Joseph – “Out of the mouth of babes: experiences of Indian Children, 1859-1900” Moderator –Dr. Gregor Williams
3.00 – 4.00 Dr. R. Sandra Evans –“We reduce it in writing”: assessing the role of Kwéyòl in the legal system in St. Lucia.” Moderator –Dr. Martha Isaac
Friday June 13th 2014
9.30 – 10.30 Dr. Sonia Alexander – “Dengue Fever Research.” Moderator – Celeste Burton
10.30 – 11.30 Mrs. Virginia Albert-Poyotte –“Development cooperation and Teacher Unions in the OECS: an auto-biographical, historical approach to capacity building.” Moderator – Floreta Nicholas
11.30 -12.30 Dr. Kentry JnPierre – “The Treatment of Curriculum and Indigenous Knowledge in Schools in St Lucia” Moderator – Lindy Ann Alexander
12.30 – 1.30 Lunch
1.30 – 2.30 Vladimir Lucien – “Pli Fò: Power, Status and Respectability among Tjenbwatè”
Moderator – Dr. Anderson Reynolds
2.30-3.00 Conclusion