1.30 – 2.00 Geraldine
Lievesley (MMU): 'Guantánamo: symbol of the relationship between Cuba and the
US and metaphor for US imperialist thrust in Latin and Central America'.
2.00 – 2.30 Will
Rowlandson (Kent) – The slaves of Guantánamo – Zomai: “There, where the light
is not allowed”
2.30 – 3.00 Wayne
Morrison (QMUL) 'Imagining' state power and human dignity: the challenge of
Guantanamo Bay'.
3.30 – 4.00 Andy
Worthington "Principles v. pragmatism: Obama's failure to close
Guantanamo"?
4.00 – 4.30 Simon
Reid-Henry (QMUL) The Unbelonging: Guantanamo and the problem of closure
“Closing Guantanamo/Opening the Past”
Chair: Simon Reid-Henry
5.15 – 6.45 Outside
the Law: stories from Guantanamo (dir.
Polly Nash and Andy Worthington)
The screening will be followed by a short Q & A with director, Andy Worthington