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UC Alum Returns to Speak on Haiti

Bellegarde-Smith Examines History, Discusses Future

Written By Rocco Suppa '12, PR Intern

Contact - cleogrande@utica.edu

Utica, NY (03/06/2012) - Patrick Bellegarde-Smith, author, international lecturer and professor, will speak at Utica College on Tuesday, March 20 at 4 p.m. in DePerno Hall’s Macfarlane Auditorium.

His speech, "Haiti at the Crossroads: Cultural Constructions in the 19th and Early 20th Centuries,” will detail the creation and cultural history of Haiti and what it will take to transform the nation into a democratic state.

Bellegarde-Smith, a Utica College alumnus, has edited or co-edited several books on Haiti and its culture. Such works include Haitian Vodou: Spirit, Myth, and Reality (2006), and Vodou in Haitian Life and Culture: Invisible Powers (2006). Bellegarde-Smith's Haiti: The Breached Citadel (2004), and In the Shadow of Powers: Dantes Bellegarde in Haitian Social Thought (1985), remain important works for those seeking a sophisticated analysis of Haitian history, economics, politics and culture.

He has lectured broadly at universities in the U.S., Brazil, Cuba, France and the United Kingdom. He has also appeared on a number of media outlets including Radio Television Francaise, CNN International, National Public Radio and Al Jazeera.

He is currently a professor emeritus at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee where he is affiliated with the department of Africology. Presently, his research focuses on Latin American and Caribbean cultures, especially Haitian culture, history, and voodoo.

Bellegarde-Smith earned a bachelor’s degree in political science at Utica College in 1968, a master’s in Latin American studies from American University in 1970, and a Ph.D. in international studies in 1977, also from American University.

This event is free and open to the public.
 
For more information, please contact Helen Blouet, assistant professor of anthropology, at (315) 223-2468 or hblouet@utica.edu. 

About Utica College – Utica College, founded in 1946, is a comprehensive private institution offering bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral degrees. The College, located in upstate central New York, approximately 90 miles west of Albany and 50 miles east of Syracuse, currently enrolls over 3,700 students in 37 undergraduate majors, 27 minors, 22 master’s and two doctoral degree programs.

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