34th Annual Conference of the Society for Caribbean Studies
University of Southampton
Wednesday 7th July - Friday 9th July 2010
The Society for Caribbean Studies invites submissions of one-page abstracts and a short CV by 15th January, 2010 for research papers on the Hispanic, Francophone, Dutch and Anglophone Caribbean, and on Caribbean diasporas for this annual international conference. Papers are welcomed from all disciplines and can address the themes outlined below. We also welcome abstracts for papers or for full panel proposals that fall outside this list of topics. Those selected for the conference will be invited to give a 20-minute presentation and will be offered the opportunity to publish their work as part of the Society's online series of papers.
PROVISIONAL PANELS
Maritime Studies
Archaeology and Material Culture
Ports of Arrival
Pedagogy and Education
The Windrush Generation
Intra-Caribbean Migration
Caribbean Popular Music
Performance
Regional Integration and the Future of Caricom
Oral History
Post-Independence Trinidad
Nature-Society Relations
To submit an abstract online, click here.
The Society will provide a limited number of Postgraduate Bursaries for presenters to assist with registration and accommodation costs. Postgraduate researchers should indicate that they are seeking a bursary when submitting their abstract, but please note that travel costs cannot be funded. Arts researchers or practitioners living and working in the Caribbean are eligible to apply for the Bridget Jones Award, the deadline for which is also 15th January, 2010.
For further queries, or alternative methods of abstract submission, contact Lorna Burns at societyforcaribbeanstudies@gmail.com, or by mail at The Department of English Literature, 5 University Gardens, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, G12 8QQ. For more information on the Bridget Jones Award, contact Kate Quinn at kate.quinn@sas.ac.uk.