CONFERENCE SCHEDULE Unless otherwise noted, all conference activities will be held at the Yale Center for British Art, 1080 Chapel St., New Haven, CT THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 1 4:30 p.m. — 5:30 p.m. Registration 5:30 p.m. — 6:30 p.m. Keynote Address "Despite and Because of: Legacies of Slavery" Alston "Barry" Chevannes, Mona School of Business, University of West Indies, Mona, Jamaica 6:30 p.m. — 7:30 p.m. Reception FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 2 8:15 a.m. — 9:00 a.m. Registration and Coffee 9:00 a.m. — 11.00 a.m. Panel 1: Legacies of Slavery in Jamaica Wayne Modest, Museum of History and Ethnography, Institute of Jamaica "(Un)Silencing the Past: Slavery and Repair in Contemporary Jamaica" Edward Rugemer, Yale University "Transatlantic Infuence: First of August Celebrations in the Antebellum United States" Petrine Archer-Straw, Cornell University "Accessory/Accessories: Or What's in Your closet? Moderator: Verene Shepherd, University of West Indies, Mona, Jamaica 11:00 a.m. — 11:30 a.m. Coffee Break with Pastries 11.30 a.m. — 12:30 p.m. Break Out Sessions 12:30 p.m. — 2:00 p.m. Lunch on own; time to tour exhibition 2.00 p.m. — 4.00 p.m. Panel 2: Legacies of Jamaican Slavery in the United Kingdom Eddie Chambers, Independent artist and scholar "Remembering the Crack of the Whip: Some Images of Slavery in the Recent Work of Black British Artists" Catherine Hall, University College, London "Britain 2007: Problematizing Histories" Bill Schwarz, Queen Mary, University of London "Remembering Jamaica" Moderator: David Blight, Gilder Lehrman Center, Yale University 4:00 p.m. — 4.30 p.m. Tea and Cookies 4:30 p.m. — 6: 30 p.m. Film Screening and Discussion FILM: Life and Debt (90 min) Stephanie Black, Film-maker and director of Life and Debt SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 3 8:30 a.m. — 9:00 a.m. Registration and Coffee 9:00 a.m. — 11:00 a.m. Panel 3: Labor and the Legacies of Slavery Gad Heuman, University of Warwick "The Legacy of Slavery: The World of the Jamaican Apprentices" Anthony Bogues, Brown University "The slaves dem work and so do we … so weh the difference: Reflections on Labor and Freedom in post-Emancipation Jamaica" Krista Thompson, Northwestern University "Postcards to Slavery: Photography, History, (Re)Memory" Moderator: David Brion Davis, Yale University 11.00 a.m. — 11.30 a.m. Coffee and Pastries 11:30 a.m. — 12:30 p.m. Break Out Sessions 12:30 p.m. — 2:00 p.m. Lunch on own; time to tour exhibition 2:00 p.m. — 4:00 p.m. Panel 4: Music and the Legacies of Slavery Kenneth Bilby, Center for Black Music Research, Columbia College, Chicago "Masking the Spirit in the South Atlantic World: Jankunu's Partially-Hidden History" Garnette Cadogan, Independent Author "Redemption Songs: The Legacy of Anti-Slavery in Jamaican Popular Music" Carolyn Cooper, University of West Indies, Mona, Jamaica "Erotic Maroonage: Embodying Emancipation in Jamaican Dancehall Culture" Moderator: Professor James Miller (New School) 4:00 p.m. — 6:30 p.m. Reception and Musical Performance by Inity Reggae Band Note: This event will be held at the Yale Graduate and Professional Student Center (GPSCY), 204 York Street "Breakout" sessions (same sessions to run on November 2 AND 3) All sessions to take place at Yale Center for British Art unless otherwise stated The Middle Passage and Iconography of the Slave Ship Cheryl Finley, Cornell University Location: Beinecke Library Mezzanine Visual Perspectives on Emancipation and the Plantation Tim Barringer, Yale University Stuart B. Schwartz, Yale University Location: Art and Emancipation exhibition Jamaican Masquerade and Africa Barbaro Martinez-Ruiz, Stanford University Location: Art and Emancipation exhibition Matters of Perception — Self as the Other Joy Gregory, independent artist Courtney Martin, Yale University Location: Yale Center for British Art Study Room Caribbean History in Digital Art: Roshini Kempadoo’s Ghosting Roshini Kempadoo, independent artist Rebecca Peabody, Getty Research Institute Location: Yale Center for British Art Lecture Hall Slave Gardens in Artistic Imagery Catherine Benoit, Connecticut College Stéphane Roy, Yale Center for British Art Location: Yale Center for British Art Second Floor Classroom Hidden Bonds: Revealing the Legacy of Slavery in American Art Graham Boettcher, Birmingham Museum of Art Location: Yale University Art Gallery, American galleries Mapping a New Kingston: Belisario’s Sketches of Character Gillian Forrester, Yale Center for British Art Location: Art and Emancipation exhibition Agostino Brunias: Plantocracy's Painter Geoff Quilley, University of Sussex Location: Yale Center for British Art, fourth floor galleries