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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 ________________________________ From: British Black Studies [[log in to unmask]] on behalf of [log in to unmask] [[log in to unmask]] Sent: 19 October 2017 07:19 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: The Centre for Reparation Research at UWI FOR INFORMATION http://www.reparationresearch.org/<https://nam03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reparationresearch.org%2F&data=02%7C01%7Carthurtorrington%40HOTMAIL.COM%7C2d52f442228c49e935cb08d5159845a7%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C636438666101412952&sdata=dSm0aP1CgE7TXYUrhZVeht0aZ%2Fa%2FUYLOzu0UyKDrkmg%3D&reserved=0> The Centre for Reparation Research (CRR) at the University of the West Indies (UWI) was mandated by Heads of government of CARICOM at the Thirty-Fourth Meeting of CARICOM Heads of Government in July 2013. The idea for the Centre emerged out of the need to support the CARICOM /Global Reparatory Justice Movement, build awareness, engage in advocacy and conduct research which will advance the claim to Europeans for various forms of reparation for native genocide, African enslavement, deceptive indentureship, colonialism and its legacies The Centre for Reparation Research was approved by the TAC of the UWI in 2016 and the proposal for the establishment of the Centre was approved and established by the UWI’s F&GPC in February 2017. Its establishment was prompted by the UWI Vice Chancellor’s engagement with the Heads of Government of CARICOM, especially after Heads agreed in 2013 to join the long-standing movement for reparatory justice, pioneered by enslaved Africans and sustained by Rastafari and civil society, and to request that the UWI supported the research agenda of the movement. The Centre, directed by Historian Verene A. Shepherd, seeks to build awareness and conduct research that will advance the claim for reparation for native genocide, African enslavement, deceptive indenture, colonialism and its legacies, in support of the CARICOM and Global Reparatory Justice Movement.