Shodona Kettle to chair Haiti event at University of London's Institute of Modern Languages Research

6 September 2021

UCL Americas PhD student Shodona Kettle will act as chair of an upcoming event on Haiti organised by the Centre for Latin American and Caribbean Studies (CLACS) of the Institute of Modern Languages Research (IMLR). At this event, titled 'A Revindication of Haitian Futures: Beyond Disaster Discourses' Professor Mimi Sheller (Dean of the Global School at Worcester Polytechnic Institute) will seek to re-situate external interpretations of Haiti's predicament(s) through the lens of Haitian history and struggles, and its context within the wider Caribbean community. This talk will be taking place on October 12, 2021, 16:00 - 17:30 UK time. More information and registration details via this link. The IMLR is an institute part of the School of Advanced Study, University of London.

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

Centre for Latin American and Caribbean Studies | website

Institute of Modern Languages Research | website

Professor Mimi Sheller | academic profile

Link to event webpage

School of Advanced Study | website

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

The Haiti Support Group | website

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Shodona Kettle