Alison Donnell - Mapping missing Caribbean women narratives in Montreal

Alison Donnell, head of Humanities at the University of Bristol, will give a seminar based on her forthcoming book A-Z of Unknown Caribbean Writers. She will discuss Barbara Althea Jones, a Trinidadian poet and author of Among the Potatoes, who was also a physicist at McGill.

This seminar is aimed at students (both undergraduate and graduate level). The seminar will be mandatory for students in GEOG 418 (Postcolonial Geographies) which focuses specifically on the geo-humanities. This seminar will help students and colleagues think about the Caribbean diaspora within the localized context of Montreal, as well as consider the broader postcolonial forces that continue to impact the community.

A reading will be circulated in advance of the seminar. To register and receive a copy of the reading, email: brennan.mccracken@concordia.ca