Liminal Spaces: Migration and Women of the Guyanese Diaspora

New book announcement: Liminal Spaces: Migration and Women of the Guyanese Diaspora, edited by Grace Aneiza Ali. Please find the description, the table of contents, and the chapter descriptions below. The book can be accessed (free in PDF form at the time of this posting) here. ABOUT THE BOOK: Liminal Spaces is an intimate exploration into … Continue reading Liminal Spaces: Migration and Women of the Guyanese Diaspora

Black Imaginaries, Scandinavian Diasporas

March 5-7, 2019 Join Jeannette Ehlers (Denmark/Trinidad), Ellen Nyman (Sweden), and La Vaughn Belle (St. Croix) for three events in a series of conversations on the aesthetics of decolonization. These artists will discuss how their art practices across different media are designed to provoke conversation about colonial legacies and contemporary racial politics on the ground in Sweden, … Continue reading Black Imaginaries, Scandinavian Diasporas

*UPDATED* 44th Annual Conference, Caribbean Studies Association (CSA)

The Caribbean in times of Tempest. Ethnicities, Territorial Resistances and Epistemic Poetics 3rd to 7th June 2019 Santa Marta, Colombia *EXTENDED* CFP Deadline: 15 December 2018 As if amidst a great marine storm, the Caribbean endures times of Tempest. We seem to be the target of ever-growing devastating hurricanes from the south; sacking and pillage from … Continue reading *UPDATED* 44th Annual Conference, Caribbean Studies Association (CSA)

CSAAD-ASWAD Medial Meeting

Black Internationalism and New York City 2nd to 3rd May 2019 New York University CFP Deadline: 14 January 2019 This conference seeks to promote mechanisms by which academics, activists, policymakers, and other stakeholders enter into greater dialogue and collaboration in areas of conjoined interest. In partnership with the Association for the Study of the Worldwide African … Continue reading CSAAD-ASWAD Medial Meeting

Enslaved: Peoples of the Historic Slave Trade Conference

8th to 9th March 2019 Michigan State University East Lansing, Michigan CFP Deadline:  30 September 2018 This is a call for papers for an international conference, “Enslaved: Peoples of the Historic Slave Trade.” The major objective of this conference is to encourage collaboration among scholars utilizing databases to document and reconstruct the lives of individuals who were … Continue reading Enslaved: Peoples of the Historic Slave Trade Conference

“The Unexpected Caribbean” Symposium

18th to 20th October 2018 Lawrence, Kansas Application Deadline: 31 March 2018 In 1779, the first permanent resident of what was to become Chicago, IL was arrested by the British army, who suspected him of being an American sympathizer in the U.S. Revolutionary War. Jean Baptiste Point du Sable later moved to St. Charles, MO, … Continue reading “The Unexpected Caribbean” Symposium

Teaching Haiti Beyond Literature: Intersectionalities of History, Literature and Culture

Call for Papers for edited anthology: Teaching Haiti Beyond Literature: Intersectionalities of History, Literature and Culture  CFP deadline: 500 word abstract due by 25 June 2016; Full draft due by 10 January 2017 In “Poem for the Poorest Country in the Western Hemisphere”, poet Danielle Legros Georges chants: “Oh poorest country, this is not your name/ You should be … Continue reading Teaching Haiti Beyond Literature: Intersectionalities of History, Literature and Culture

Policing the Crises: Stuart Hall and the Practice of Critique

Thursday, 24 September  – Saturday, 25 September 2015 Diana Center Event Oval, Barnard College & SUNY Stony Brook, Manhattan Campus Described by Henry Louis Gates as ‘Black Britain’s leading theorist of Black Britain,’ Stuart Hall was the preeminent post-colonial intellectual of Great Britain from the 1960s until his death in 2014. One of the founders … Continue reading Policing the Crises: Stuart Hall and the Practice of Critique

CSA Annual Conference, 2011

Caribbean Studies Association 36th Annual Conference May 30 – June 3, 2011 World Trade Center, Curaçao The theme for the 36th annual CSA conference is “Building a New House: Towards New Caribbean Futures in an Age of Uncertainty.”  Holger Henke, this year’s CSA president, has provided us with the Conceptual Statement for the conference. I have pasted … Continue reading CSA Annual Conference, 2011