Camille Turner’s Piece on NL’s Role in the Transatlantic Slave Trade Is Literally Out of This World Two silent attendants dressed in futuristic capes, bright white turbans and boots, welcome citizen researchers into the dimly lit Afronautic Research Lab. They guide visitors to a long table covered in books and photocopies of historical documents, including […]
Book Description: When Grameen Bank was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2006, microfinance was lauded as an important contributor to the economic development of the Global South. However, political scandals, mission-drift, and excessive commercialization have tarnished this example of responsible or inclusive financial development. Politicized Microfinance insightfully discusses exclusion while providing a path towards […]
Nabila Islam won the Baptista Essay Prize on 2013. After the encouragement from the Awards Committee she decided to submit the manuscript entitle “Subject-making and Resistance in the Amazon” to the Journal of Colonialism and Colonial History. She was notify recently that her submission with be appearing in the journal’s summer issue (vol. 17, no […]
CERLAC is pleased to announce this year’s recipients of The Paavo and Aino Lukkari Award and Fellowship and The Grace and David Taylor Scholarship in Caribbean Studies. The recipient of The Paavo and Aino Lukkari Fellowship is: – Camille Turner The recipients of The Paavo and Aino Lukkari Award are: – Evelyn Amposah, – Sarah […]
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Call for Submissions: TLN Telelatino Awards 2016 CERLAC invites submissions from eligible undergraduate and graduate students of York University to the annual TLN Telelatino Awards on the Latin American diaspora. The TLN Telelatino Award is awarded annually to one York undergraduate and one York graduate student to recognize exceptional work in any area of study […]
Call for Nominations: Michael Baptista Essay Prizes 2016 Deadline: July 15, 2016. Nominations limited to York University students only. The Centre for Research on Latin America and the Caribbean (CERLAC) is pleased to announce the 2016 call for the Michael Baptista Essay Prizes. The Michael Baptista Essay Prizes recognize annually, at both the graduate and […]
CERLAC (the Centre for Research on Latin America and the Caribbean at York University) solicits applications to a scholarship fund intended to support the research of PhD students whose work is of relevance to Caribbean Studies. The Grace and David Taylor Graduate Scholarship in Caribbean Studies Application deadline: April 1, 2016 Description: The Grace […]
CERLAC invites applications for Graduate Award & Fellowship The Paavo and Aino Lukkari Human Rights Fund supports York graduate students engaged in research on human rights and social justice issues related to the situation of indigenous people and/or people of African descent in Latin America and the Caribbean CERLAC announces the call for applications for […]
This year’s recipient of CERLAC’s Grace and David Taylor Graduate Scholarship in Caribbean Studies, Savitri Persaud, recently gave a fascinating interview to PRIDE (Canada’s Weekly African Canadian and Caribbean News Magazine) http://pridenews.ca/2015/12/16/guyana-born-female-phd-student-wins-caribbean-studies-scholarship/