Public Engagement
Caribbean Connections
When the Drum Is Beating
Friday, October 26, 2018
2 p.m.
Mid-Manhattan Library at 42nd Street
New York Public Library
476 5th Avenue
New York, NY
The award-winning film directed by Whitney Dow explores Haiti's complex past and present through the music of the country's oldest and best-known band, Septentrional, and the memories of its founder and leader, Ulric Pierre-Louis. (Haiti, Documentary, 2011, 89 min.)
Introductory talk by Jean Eddy Saint Paul, professor of sociology, founding director, CUNY-wide Haitian Studies Institute, housed at Brooklyn College.
Mouth of the Phoenix
Tuesday, September 25, 2018
12:30–2 p.m.
3309A James Hall
"Mouth of the Phoenix" is a conversation centered around the sharing of life challenges and accomplishments of black and Latino figures within the Brooklyn College and the broader Brooklyn community.
Jean Eddy Saint Paul is the director and founder of the CUNY Haitian Studies Institute, housed at Brooklyn College, and an internationally known sociologist. His geographic focus is Latin American and the Caribbean, with expertise on Haiti, the Dominican Republic, and Mexico. He earned a B.A. in social work from the State University of Haiti, then completed an M.A. in Latin American studies from Pontificia University in Bogotá. Saint Paul holds a Ph.D. in sociology from El Colegio de México and was the first Haitian to do so since the founding of the college in 1940.