Dear colleagues,
See below.
All the best,
Pat
Dr Patricia Noxolo,
Senior Lecturer in Human Geography
School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences,
University of Birmingham,
Edgbaston,
Birmingham
B15 2TT
UK
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Dear all,
You may remember that Clara Rachel Eybalin Casseus was a visiting scholar with us last year. She is returning to UoB to launch her new book on Wednesday 15th May at 14:15. The launch will take place in the Learning Centre, Room UG-10.
Clara's book is called Geopolitics of Memory and Transnational Citizenship: Thinking Local Development in a Global South, and is published by Peter Lang. A flyer is attached and a plain text version of the book blurb is shown below.
Clara will introduce her book and then there will be opportunities to talk with her and network over some refreshments. To get an idea of numbers, it would be great if you could let me know if you plan to attend by 1st May.
Please feel free to forward this message to other colleagues and PhD students who might be interested, and/or to relevant mailing lists.
Many thanks,
Peter
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Clara Rachel Eybalin Casséus
Geopolitics of Memory and Transnational Citizenship: Thinking Local Development in a Global South
This book offers new perspectives on transnational citizenship, memory and strategies of development. Beginning with an exploration of belonging and cultural memory, the book turns to a series of case studies in order to examine the ways in which citizens actively engage with their state of origin through narratives of remembrance. In the Haitian case, community engagement is primarily a grassroots movement in spite of the early creation of a Ministry of Haitians Abroad (MHAVE). The Jamaican case, however, differentiates itself by having a top–down structure promoted by an administration that actively seeks to engage Jamaicans abroad by way of solidarity funds. By treating simultaneously two geopolitical entities, Francophonie and the Commonwealth, this study offers a unique, comparative perspective on a complex web of family networks, spiritual bonds and entrepreneurial cross-border practices at the core of a common Caribbean culture of resilience and self-reliance. The findings on the relationship between memory, citizenship and the State challenge the existing assumption that communities abroad become increasingly assimilated into the new society, whereas, in fact, the idea of a transnational citizenship has become increasingly prevalent. This evolution is enhanced by memory, which acts as a powerful dynamic engine to deconstruct citizenship while connecting beyond borders.
Clara Rachel Eybalin Casséus is an independent researcher, formerly a Visiting Fellow of the Centre for the Study of Cultural Memory at the Institute of Modern Languages Research, School of Advanced Study, University of London (2016–2017), and in the Faculty of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences at the University of Birmingham (Autumn 2017–2018). She holds a PhD in Geography from the University of Poitiers, an MPA in Strategic Public Policy (The American University of Paris) and an MA in International Affairs and Sociology (Institut Catholique de Paris). Her research lies at the intersection of diaspora and memory politics, critical migration and development studies.
Professor Peter Kraftl
Chair in Human Geography, University of Birmingham
Honorary Professor, School of Education, RMIT
Contact:
School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 2TT, United Kingdom
Telephone: 0044 (0)121 4145524
Homepage: http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/staff/profiles/gees/kraftl-peter.aspx
Twitter: @peterkraftl
Editor, Area: https://rgs-ibg.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/14754762
Director, Children and Childhoods Network: https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/research/activity/ias/CCN-UoB/Children-and-Childhood-Network.aspx
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