Webinar
Thursday, January 2, 2025, 1:00-2:30PM EST & HST / 10:00-11:30AM PST / 11:00AM-12:30PM MST / 6:00-7:30PM GMT & UTC+1 / 7:00-8:30PM CET / 8:00-9:30PM IST
This International Center for the Study, Prevention and Treatment of MultiGenerational Legacies of Trauma will address the notable, disturbing absence of Haitian women in both oral and written Haitian historiography. Held on January 2 – when Haitians pay tribute to ancestors and founding fathers — this webinar will acknowledge Haiti’s women’s multiple vital roles as resilient pillars of Haitian society and honor their invaluable contributions at and since Haiti’s birth. International Haitian experts will present and analyze in-depth, and attempt to fill these psycho-socio-cultural historiographical gaps, believing that augmenting Haiti’s full heritage through bringing true women’s stories to light will inspire and enrich future Haitians and other generations.
Haitian Creole- and French-English translation provided
Speakers:
William Leslie Balan-Gaubert
A native of Haiti, William is a Haitian History & Society Scholar in Residence and Lecturer at the University of Chicago. With extensive studies in Haiti, France, and the United States, he focuses on and explores Haitian Vodun as both cultural memory and ethical life. Through numerous lectures and writings, Balan-Gaubert has significantly contributed to the understanding and appreciation of Haitian Vodun and its profound impact on societal and cultural dynamics.
Professor Bayyinah Bello
Professor Bayyinah Bello is native of Haiti, writer, historian, and expert in Haitian and Pan-African history and Founder and President of the historical research-based organization Foundation Marie Claire Heureuse Félicité Bonheur Dessalines. A healer and spiritual leader, Professor Bello traveled extensively to advocate for a revised narrative surrounding Haitian identity highlighting women’s vital contributions, defined as “Sheroes”, in the nation’s history. She has also written several books about Haitian women.
Marie-Lucie Vendryes
Marie-Lucie Vendryes has a bachelor’s degree in art history, a master’s and a postgraduate diploma in museology. Appointed General Director of the Musée du Panthéon National Haïtien on October 2004, she has produced the exhibition “D’Ayiti à Haïti, la liberté conquise” and is deeply committed to advocating for recognition of Haiti’s art. In August 2010, she helped recover and restore damaged artworks at the Centre de sauvetage de biens culturels.
Patricia Brintle
Patricia Brintle is a Haitian-born artist residing in Whitestone, NY who has created a series of silhouettes depicting Haitian heroes. Brintle is collaborating with Fanm Rebel on a three-year research project sponsored by the Leverhulme Trust and the Institute for Black Atlantic Research at the University of Central Lancashire. Her work aims at giving voice to the “untold and undocumented stories of women in the Haitian revolutions.”
Dr. M. Stephanie Chancy
M. Stephanie Chancy is the Caribbean Partnerships Librarian, and Director of Operations for the Digital Library of the Caribbean at the University of Florida’s George A. Smathers Libraries. She holds a Ph.D. in History from Florida International University. Her research focuses on Black Atlantic Material Cultures, especially the cultural and artistic exchanges between the Caribbean, Europe, and the United States.
Moderator:
Dr. Yael Danieli
A Clinical psychologist, traumatologist, victimologist and psychohistorian, Dr. Danieli is Founder, Executive Director and Senior Representative to the United Nations of the International Center for MultiGenerational Legacies of Trauma (ICMGLT); Director, Group Project for Holocaust Survivors and their Children and Past-President, International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies.
