‘Archives in drag: Performing nachaniya towards a queer theory of indenture’ takes as its object the figure Indo-Jamaican dancer paradigm for re-thinking theories indenture. Nachaniya is highly stylized folk dance featuring heterosexual male dancing drag. The performance, which can be traced to nineteenth century, still common within present-day communities and diaspora. therefore presents both...

A nefarious plot of forgery and fame that shocked the world in 1996.[1] hidden tunnel dubious origin baffled Kingston’s historical experts 2009.[2] But how could British counterfeiting possibly collide with local mysteries? For Queen’s annual I@Q Conference, I would love to present a research poster answering just that. The key both cases lies importance archival evidence uncover misinformation...