Yesu Persaud Centre for Caribbean Studies
About Us
The Centre for Caribbean Studies was established in 1984 as one of the first research centres in the UK dedicated to the region. It encourages study of the Caribbean from a comparative, cross-cultural and interdisciplinary perspective through academic events, fellowships and research projects.
Bussa emancipation statue, Barbados. c_Joanne Norcup
In 2010 it was renamed the Yesu Persaud Centre for Caribbean Studies in honour of the support given by the Guyanese philanthropist and businessman.
For 2024/25 the co-directors of the Centre are Professor David Lambert and Professor Ben Richardson.
News
Public History and the Caribbean
Presentations were given by Kate Astbury on War and Resistance in the Caribbean: The Monuments at St Paul's, Maureen Cottle on Coventry's Caribbean history, and Lily Crowther on Leamington Spa and the Black Atlantic.
'Without limits: Walter Rodney’s radical Caribbean ‘groundings’ and its continuities within diasporic practices' by Prof. Joan Anim-Addo
The Walter Rodney Annual Lecture was held on Tuesday 29th October.
Ameena Gafoor in memoriam
The YPCCS pays respects to Dr Ameena Gafoor following her recent passing.
Events
This year's Ameena Gafoor public lecture will be given by Shivanee Ramlochan on Tuesday 13th May at 5:15pm in S0.19, Social Sciences, University of Warwick campus. The title of Shivanee's talk is 'Unkillable: Disobedience in Indo-Caribbean Women's Art and Lives Since Indenture'. The lecture is free to attend and open to all.
Funding
The Yesu Persaud Centre for Caribbean Studies provides two sources of funding:
- Gad Heuman postgraduate travel bursary - available every year to support substantive research in the Caribbean by PGT and PGR students at the Warwick University up to £2,000
- Caribbean Studies Visiting Fellowship - available to support a post-doctoral researcher or established academic currently based in the Caribbean who wishes to spend a short period at Warwick University with a Warwick-based academic, up to £4,000