About the Society
Althea McNish, 'Hurricane', dyes on cotton velvet, 1990 from
'Caribbean Connection 2', Islington Arts Factory, 13 September - 11
October 1996 © Althea McNish 1996.
The Society for Caribbean Studies thanks the artist for permission to
reproduce the work here.
The aims of the Society are to encourage education and research about the Caribbean and to provide some opportunity for mutual contact among those concerned with the region and its diasporas.
Every year since 1977, the Society has held a conference, attracting participants from the Caribbean, Europe, Canada and the United States. It features exhibitions by the major publishers and the smaller presses and bookshops specialising in the region. Several publishers are members of the Society and members have contributed to the upsurge in publications on the region. Further information on the annual conference can be found here.
The Society is a member of the UKCASA (United Kingdom Council of Area Studies Associations) and collaborates with all United Kingdom Centres of Caribbean Studies in encouraging interest in the region. However, in order to solidify its base, in 1998 the Executive Committee took the decision to locate the administrative office of the Society at the Centre for Caribbean Studies, University of Warwick. The Secretary of the Centre is also the Administrative and Membership Secretary for the Society and the Society and the Centre collaborate with regard to events and conferences.
In 1998 the society part sponsored a fund raising poetry reading for victims of the Monserrat volcano