Shodona Kettle to co-chair Haiti event at UCL Centre for the Study of Legacies of British Slavery

UCL Americas PhD student Shodona Kettle will act as co-moderator, together with Professor Matthew J Smith (UCL History and director of UCL CSLBS) at an upcoming event on Haiti co-organised by the UCL Centre for the Study of Legacies of British Slavery (CSLBS) and Haiti Support Group (HSG). At this event, titled 'Haiti Now and Then' a panel of experts will consider and discuss recent events in and related to Haiti in the context of the country's long history. This event is scheduled to take place online on October 22 2021, starting at 18:30. More information and registration details via this link. Shodona will be participating at this event in her capacity as Chair of HSG.

Shodona Kettle

Shodona completed her Globalisation and Latin American Development MSc at UCL Institute of the Americas in 2013. She is currently pursuing her PhD studies at UCL Institute of the Americas under the supervision of Dr Kate Quinn and Dr Par Engstrom. Her research project, Reparative histories and healing contemporaries: A comparative investigation into transnational movements for reparations in the Americas pursues a comparative analysis of reparations movements in Haiti, Colombia, and Ecuador, encompassing geographic and historical comparisons, allowing for the identification of patterns and intricate connections between the local, global and transnational. She is Chair of the Haiti Support Group

Links:

Shodona Kettle | academic profile

Professor Matthew J Smith | academic profile

UCL Centre for the Study of Legacies of British Slavery | website

Haiti Support Group | website

Link to event registration site

Globalisation and Latin American Development MSc at UCL Institute of the Americas | prospectus

Postgraduate research degrees at UCL Institute of the Americas | prospectus

Dr Kate Quinn | academic profile

Dr Par Engstrom | academic profile

Image:

[top] Protestor at demonstration in Haiti; [bottom] Shodona Kettle