As part of its 34th cycle of Caribbean Conferences Conferencias Caribeñas 34 the Institute of Caribbean Studies at the University of Puerto Rico-Río Piedras (UPR-RP) invites the academic community and the general public to the online lecture “Cuba’s Ciénaga de Zapata: Despoiled Landscapes and Biodiversity Conservation,” by Dr. Lizabeth Paravisini-Gebert (Sarah Tod Fitz Randolph Distinguished Professor Chair, Vassar…
As part of its 34th cycle of Caribbean Conferences Conferencias Caribeñas 34 the Institute of Caribbean Studies (ICS) at the University of Puerto Rico-Río Piedras (UPR-RP) invites the academic community and the general public to this year’s Gordon K. & Sybil Lewis Annual Memorial Lecture. Now in its 8th iteration, the memorial lecture will be delivered by…
As part of its 33rd cycle of Caribbean Conferences Conferencias Caribeñas 33 the Institute of Caribbean Studies at the University of Puerto Rico-Río Piedras (UPR-RP) invites the academic community and the general public to the lecture “’La Ceiba de Ponce’ de Francisco Oller y Cestero: Iconicidad y resiliencia ante el cambio climático” [‘La Ceiba de Ponce’ by…
As part of its 33rd cycle of Caribbean Conferences Conferencias Caribeñas 33 the Institute of Caribbean Studies at the University of Puerto Rico-Río Piedras (UPR-RP) invites the academic community and the general public to the lecture “Convirtiendo al ‘otro’ haitiano: Narrativas racializadas y ‘genderizadas’ sobre la felicidad liberal en el Caribe” [Transforming the Haitian 'other': Racialized and…
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ICS Lecture: Volcanic Activity in the Caribbean and its Impact
As part of its Conferencias Caribeñas 7 lecture series for the 2010-2011 academic year, the Institute of Caribbean Studies (ICS) of the University of Puerto Rico-Río Piedras (UPR-RP) invites the academic community and the general public to the lecture “La actividad volcánica en el Caribe: Algunos de sus impactos” [Volcanic Activity in the Caribbean: Some of its Impacts] by Dr. Lizzette A. Rodríguez Iglesias (Geology Department, UPR-Mayagüez). Dr. José Molinelli (Departament of Environmental Sciences, School of Natural Sciences, UPR-RP) will serve as commentator. The activity will be held on Thursday, September 9, 2010, from 1:00 to 3:00pm in Amphitheater REB 238 (Ramon Emeterio Betances Building), School of Social Sciences, University of Puerto Rico-Río Piedras.