Robyn Cope, assistant professor of romance languages and literatures, presented at the 27th Annual Haitian Studies Association Conference, 鈥淗aiti in the Global Environment: Presence, Representations, and Performances,鈥 at the University of Montreal in Quebec, Canada, on Oct. 24. Leading Haiti scholars and activists from a wide range of disciplines gathered in Montreal, home to one of the largest Haitian Diaspora communities in the world, to consider Haiti both within and beyond its borders. Cope鈥檚 presentation, 鈥淗aiti in the World鈥檚 Eyes: Edwidge Danticat鈥檚 Claire of the Sea Light,鈥 demonstrated how Danticat鈥檚 latest novel鈥檚 content and structure work together to balance singularity and universal human experience in a way that urges the World not only to see Haiti but also to see itself in Haiti.
Robyn Cope
October 30, 2015