Published November 21, 2011
by iris_author
CERLAC Caribbean Lecture Series present
Erna Brodber
Jamaican Historian, Sociologist and Novelist
Nature vs Order: Growing up in Jamaica
Thursday November 24
12:30 - 2:30 pm
006 ACW (Accolade West)
York University
Erna Brodber is one of the most important Caribbean scholars, fictional writers and community activists of our time. In addition to her pioneering research in Caribbean social and cultural histories and sociology, she has published four highly acclaimed novels. Her work has been recognized in a number of important ways. Among her many achievements, she holds the Prince Claus Award from the Netherlands (2006); the Order of Distinction, Commander Class, Jamaica (2004); the Jamaican Musgrave Gold Award for Literature and Orature (1999); and the Commonwealth Writers Prize, Caribbean and Canadian section (1989). In addition, in November 2011, she will receive an honorary Doctor of Letters Degree from the University of the West Indies (Mona campus).
Co-sponsors: Humanities, the Latin American and Caribbean Studies program (LACS)
http://www.yorku.ca/cerlac/events11-12.htm#erna
Co-sponsors: Founders College, History, Humanities, Sociology & the Latin American and Caribbean Studies program (LACS)
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