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2019
October
The Great Suriname Exhibition
A comprehensive exhibition about Suriname opens at De Nieuwe Kerk Amsterdam on Saturday 5 October 2019. The Great Suriname Exhibition tells the fascinating story of the country and its inhabitants, a community of people from different backgrounds. The exhibition covers the entire cultural history of Suriname, from the earliest settlements to the independent republic it is today.
The Games We Played
Exhibition: The Games We Played.
Date: 28th Oct. 2019 – 10th Jan. 2020
Mon. - Fri. 09:00 - 5:00 Sat. 09:00- 1:00
Venue: The Museum Exhibition Center.
December
Antigua and Barbuda Warri Academy Weekly Warri Workshop
Antigua and Barbuda Warri Academy Weekly Warri Workshop at the Public Library. Come and learn this exciting and intellectual board game from internationally acclaimed Grand Masters.
4th Caribbean-International Tourism Conference
The 4th Caribbean International Tourism Conference under the theme “Navigating the Destination of the Future” is to be held 11-13th December 2019 at the University of the West Indies, Cave Hill Campus, Barbados.
2020
January
Inward Outward Symposium: Critical Archival Engagements with Sounds and Films of Coloniality
Mapping New Caribbean Cinema: A Meeting of Filmmakers and Film Scholars at the Festival de Cine Global Dominicano
The Caribbean is the site of an emerging film culture that has been generating interest around the world. A 2015 article in Variety cited Argentinian producer Gema Sanchez’s characterization of recent films from the region as having “a different rhythm, a different cadence. something very vibrant in terms of the human energies, textures and colors.
February
The International Scientific Committee on Cultural Routes, Scientific Meeting
The International Scientific Committee on Cultural Routes (CIIC) of ICOMOS, will hold its Scientific Meeting from February 10 to 17, 2020, with the theme "Living the Cultural Routes" which will take place in the city of Chihuahua, Mexico.
'BLACK MIGRATIONS' Symposium
Presented by the Department of Black Studies and Department of Statistics, University of Missouri, Columbia
Kala Pani Crossings #2: Diaspora and Gender across the Indian and Atlantic Oceans
This symposium follows up on the seminar ‘Kala pani Crossings: India in Conversation’ that was held at the Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Shimla (September 23-25, 2019). Kala pani Crossings #1 had meant to throw more light on the 19th century migrations from India to Fiji, Mauritius, the Caribbean and Africa, and to revisit the history from the perspective of India.
March
Caribbean Without Borders 2020: Voices of Change & Resistance
The theme of Voices of Change and Resistance is broadly conceived to welcome presentations of literary, linguistic, pedagogical, and social representations that explore the voices of change and resistance within the Caribbean.
Suggested topics include but are not limited to: