Dr. Karl Watson, noted Caribbean Historian and President of the Barbados National Trust, will present "The Sephardic Jews of Barbados and Slavery: Religion, Ethnicity, Sex, Family and Economics" at the 27th Elsa Goveia Memorial Lecture which will be co-hosted by the Department of History and Philosophy and the Nation Publishing Co. Ltd. Based on his recent research and archaeological work at the Nidhe Israel Synagogue and Museum in Bridgetown, Dr. Watson will trace the relationship between the Barbadian Jewish community and African slavery.
Dr. Watson and a team of archaeologists recently excavated the oldest mikvah (ritual bath) in the Western Hemisphere near the Synagogue's 17th century Jewish cemetery. He has also been invoilved in the restoration and interpretation of the 19th century synagogue and museum.
The Public Lecture is scheduled on Wednesday, April 20, 2011 at 7:30pm in LT4, CLICO Centre for Teaching Excellence.
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