18th Annual Eastern Caribbean Island Cultures (“Islands In Between”) Conference

18th Annual Eastern Caribbean Island Cultures (“Islands In Between”) Conference on the Languages, Literatures and Cultures of the Eastern Caribbean

The UWI Open Campus
St. Kitts and Nevis
The Gardens
Basseterre

Thursday, 5 November – Saturday, 7 November 2015

Abstracts due: 15 September 2015

 

Suggested topics for presentation include:

  • Language, Literature, Culture, History, and Education in St. Kitts and Nevis
  • Eastern Caribbean Drama, Poetry, Fiction, Cinema, Essays, Biographies, etc.
  • Language and Culture, Identity, and/or Gender in the Eastern Caribbean
  • Creole Linguistics and the Creolization of Languages and Cultures in the Eastern Caribbean
  • Art, Music, Dance, Cuisine, and Popular Culture of the Eastern Caribbean
  • Eastern Caribbean Carnival, Religions, Other Performance Traditions
  • The Environment, Tourism, and Development in the Eastern Caribbean
  • Culture and Politics, Society, History, Law, and Economics in the Eastern Caribbean

Abstracts/panel proposals may be submitted in English, Spanish, or any other Caribbean language and should reach the conference organizing committee no later than 15 September 2015.

  • Papers may be in English, Spanish or any other Caribbean language and should conform to the allotted fifteen minutes of presentation time and five minutes of question time.  Please submit your proposal within the text of an e-mail and NOT as an attachment. Proposals should include: a one-page abstract (maximum 250 words), the author’s name, postal and e-mail addresses, home institution (if applicable), and a brief biography (50 words or less).
  • Please send submissions or enquiries to the Puerto Rico Conference Organizing Committee (Robert Dupey and Reinhard Sander):  [email protected]

Information regarding the conference will be available on the Islands In Between Web Page: http://humanidades.uprrp.edu/ingles/?page_id=2438

Co-organized by the University of Puerto Rico at Río Piedras, The University of the West Indies Cave Hill Campus, Barbados, and The UWI Open Campus St. Kitts and Nevis

Above adapted from emailed announcement.