Shodona Kettle to participate in reparations roundtable discussion

UCL Americas PhD student Shodona Kettle will be participating as panellist at an event organised by the Critical Criminology and Social Justice Research Group, Nottingham Trent University on March 2, 2022. Chaired by Dr Paul Bermingham (Nottingham Trent University) this roundtable discussion is intended to facilitate and broaden out discussions around the need for, and role of reparations to address the harms caused by historic injustices including slavery, anti-black racism, reparations in a South American Context, anti-semitism and other important topical areas. Panel members include:

Dr Angus Nurse (Nottingham Trent University)

Dr Onwubiko Agozino (Virginia Tech University)

Shodona Kettle (UCL Institute of the Americas)

This event is likely to be of interests to academics, activists, policymakers and students interested in postcolonialism and reparations. More details and registration via this link.

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

Nottingham Trent University | website

Link to event registration site

Haiti Support Group | 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

Image:

[top] Event poster - Protestors at demonstration for reparations [bottom] Shodona Kettle