MLA 2018: Caribbean Studies Panel

The following are three CFPs for panels at the 2018 Modern Language Association Conference to be held in New York City. Please contact the respective panel organizer with questions.

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The Digital Black Atlantic anthology
Roopika Risam and Kelly Baker Josephs, Editors

CFP Deadline: 500-Word Abstracts due by 1 April 2017

Part of the Debates in the Digital Humanities Series
A book series from the University of Minnesota Press
Matthew K. Gold and Lauren F. Klein, Series Editors

Call for papers

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Digital Humanities Projects in Caribbean Studies
sx archipelagos

CFP Deadline: 6 March 2017

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Maroons and the African Diaspora: Learning from the Past, Looking to the Future
Conference
22-25 June 2017
Asafu Yard, Charles Town
Portland, Jamaica

CFP deadline: 1 March 2017

The Charles Town International Maroon Conference seeks papers and performances from scholars, artists, and activists interested in examining Maroon traditions in a contemporary global context. This year’s conference theme explores connections between Maroons or marronage and the African Diaspora around the world, emphasizing the productivity and persistence of indigenous knowledge, its origin, transformation, and its potential to sustain future generations. Presentations from all fields and genres are welcome, including history, anthropology, ethnomusicology, geography, education, literature, film, and the arts. Participants will work closely with each other and the Maroons of Charles Town to explore the relevance of indigenous knowledge to contemporary life.   Continue reading Maroons and the African Diaspora

Black Resistance and Negotiation in Latin America: Runaway Slave Communities
Afro-Hispanic Review Special Issue

CFP Deadline: 1 August 2017

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Colonial Caribbean Visual Cultures
Atlantic Studies: Global Currents Special Issue

CFP Deadline: 15 March 2017

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Afro-Latinx and the Media
Edited by Dr. Lisa J. Scott and Karen Juanita Carrillo

CFP Deadline: 9 January 2017

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Postcolonial Perspectives in Game Studies
Articles for a special issue of Open Library of Humanities

CFP Deadline: 15 December 2016

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The Red and the Black: The Russian Revolution and the Black Atlantic

Place: Institute for Black Atlantic Research, University of Central Lancashire, Preston, UK
Date: 14-15 October 2017
CFP Deadline: 31 January 2017

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Writing on the arts
An intensive workshop for Caribbean arts writers and culture journalists

Place: Mona Campus, Mona, Jamaica
Date: 9-13 January 2017
App Deadline: 21 November 2016

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Performing Africana Art and Culture: Repression, Resistance, and Renewal
15th Annual Africana Studies Symposium

Date: 6-7 April 2017
CFP Deadline: 15 December 2016

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Towards a Politics of Accountability: Caribbean Feminism, Indigenous Geographies, Common Struggles
Call for participants for a workshop, and chapters for a book – “Indigenous Geographies and Caribbean Feminisms: Common Struggles Against Global Capitalism”

Workshop Date: 30 March – 1 April 2017
CFP Deadline: 1 January 2017

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Call for Chapters in an anthology on “Approaches to Teaching the Work of Edwidge Danticat”

CFP Deadline: 19 December 2016

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Exploring the Boundaries of Black Intellectual History
The African American Intellectual History Society(AAIHS)

Place: Vanderbilt University
Date: 24-25 March 2017
CFP Deadline: 15 November 2016

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