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Interview Archives: Caribbean
Friday January 27, 2012, 11:06 AM
Haiti: The Aftershocks of History
Laurent Dubois, Ph.D., Marcello Lotti Professor of Romance Studies and History, Duke University; Director of the Center for French and Francophone Studies, and Co-Director, the Haiti Lab, the Franklin Humanities Institute
Host: David Inge
In January of 2010 Haiti was devastated by a powerful earthquake, the worst in more than 200 years. As many as 300,000 people may have died. Now, over two years later, the country is still struggling to rebuild, in spite of billions of dollars in aid promised by the international community. We’ll get an update on Haiti and look at the ways the country’s past continues to shape its present. Our guest will be Laurent Dubois from Duke University, author of "Haiti: the Aftershocks of History."
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Categories: History • Caribbean • Haiti
Wednesday July 13, 2011, 11:06 AM
The Natural Mystics: Marley, Tosh, and Wailer
Colin Grant, Historian and Producer for the BBC; Associate Fellow in the Centre for Caribbean Studies
Host: David Inge
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Categories: Biography • Cultural Studies • History • Music • Caribbean • Jamaica
Wednesday April 06, 2011, 11:06 AM
"The Invisible Forces of Haiti: How Can Books and Culture Help the Reconstruction Process"
Elizabeth Pierre-Louis, Ph.D., Library Program Coordinator, Foundation Connissance et Liberté (FOKAL), Port au Prince, Haiti
Host: David Inge
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Categories: University of Illinois • Caribbean • Haiti
Thursday March 10, 2011, 11:06 AM
"Haiti: Roots of Inequalities, the New Social Contract, and Consideration for Effective Reconstruction"
Claudine Michel, Ph.D., Department of Black Studies, University of California Santa Barbara
Host: David Inge
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Bonus video: Claudine Michel says Haitians need to be part of the conversation about the reconstruction of their country.
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Categories: Disasters • Caribbean • Haiti
Monday May 10, 2010, 11:06 AM
Post-Disaster Recovery in the United States and Abroad
Robert B. Olshansky, Ph.D., Professor and Associate Head of Urban and Regional Planning, University of Illinois
Host: David Inge
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Categories: Architecture • Community • Disasters • Environment • Land Use • Water resources • Infrastructure • Asia • Japan • Caribbean • Haiti
Wednesday February 24, 2010, 11:06 AM
Disaster Coverage by the Media
Barbie Zelizer, Ph.D., Professor of Communication, holding the Raymond Williams Chair of Communication and Director of the Scholars Program in Culture and Communication, Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania
Host: David Inge
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Categories: Media and journalism • Military • Photography • Privacy • Violence • War • Caribbean • Haiti
Monday February 22, 2010, 10:06 AM
Intersections of International and Domestic Law: Human Rights in the United States and Abroad
Elizabeth Andersen, J.D., Executive Director, and Executive Vice President of the American Society of International Law
Host: David Inge
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Categories: Civil Rights • Human Rights • International Affairs • Law • United States • Asia • Africa • Caribbean • Central America • Europe • Middle East • South America
Friday January 22, 2010, 11:06 AM
Current Developments in Haiti
Robert Fatton, Jr., Ph.D., Julia A. Cooper Professor of Government and Foreign Affairs in the Department of Politics at the University of Virginia
Kathleen Robbins, D.Min., Co-founder of the Jatropha Pepinye in northeast Haiti
Tom Price, Senior Manager for Communications for U.S. Operations, Catholic Relief Services, Baltimore, MD
Host: David Inge
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Categories: Disasters • Caribbean • Haiti
Friday October 09, 2009, 10:06 AM
The Lemann Institute for Brazilian Studies and Current Developments in Latin America
Werner Baer, Ph.D., Jorge Lemann Professor of Economics, University of Illinois
Joseph L. Love, Ph.D., interim Director of the Lemann Center for Brazilian Studies and Professor Emeritus of History, University of Illinois
Host: David Inge
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- Professor Love's Profile
- Professor Baer's Profile
- Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies
- Lemann Institute for Brazilian Studies
Categories: Foreign Policy-U.S. • International Affairs • Caribbean • South America • Brazil
Monday August 28, 2006, 10:06 AM
AFTER FIDEL: THE INSIDE STORY OF CASTRO’S REGIME AND CUBA’S NEXT LEADER
Brian Latell, Senior Associate at the Center for Strategic and International Studies
Host: David Inge
