Dear all,

With apologies for cross posts, those who are in London tomorrow may be interested in the below, free and open to all.

Best wishes,

Simon Reid-Henry


Closing Guantanamo: one year on
            A half-day symposium, and film screening, QMUL
 
Tuesday, 23 February, 2010, 1.30 – 7.00, Lock Keeper’s Cottage, QMUL, Mile End
 
 
1.15                        Arrival and registration, Lock Keeper’s Cottage
 
Part I – Historical perspectives

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'.

 


Afternoon Coffee

 


Part II – Contemporary realisations

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

 

4.30 – 5.00            Open Discussion (all welcome to participate):

“Closing Guantanamo/Opening the Past”

 

Chair: Simon Reid-Henry

Film Screening

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

 
Please send expressions of interest or confirmation of attendance to [log in to unmask] if possible. For full details: www.cgsd.org.uk/
* Please note, on arrival Lock Keeper’s cottage is locked to those without a QM card. Please use the door buzzer if there is no one to let you in. We regret that we are also unable to provide lunch prior to the event. There will be coffee and biscuits served mid afternoon.