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
'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.
‘Cheddi Jagan: Developmentalist and Political Visionary’ by H. E. Hon President Donald Ramotar
The Ameena Gafoor Annual Lecture was held on Wednesday 22nd May. An audio recording of President Ramotar's talk is here.
Events
Research seminar on Tuesday 26th November at 5.15pm in OC1.01 with Dr Agostinho Pinnock (Royal Holloway, University of London) on ‘Intellectual Gaslighting: Mapping the Decolonial Erasures and Recovery of Global Black Geographies in Europe’
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
- Transatlantic Visiting Fellowship - available to support a Caribbean-based postdoctoral fellow or established academic who wishes to spend a short period at Warwick University with a Warwick-based academic, up to $2,000