The deadline for the Caribbean Studies Association conference has been extended until February 5 (firm deadline). The conference will take place on May 24-28, 2010, in St. Peter, Barbados.
The organizers are discussing ways of ensuring that the devastating earthquake and its aftermath in Haiti are front and center questions at the CSA upcoming conference and they look forward to active participation in this important conversation. This year, the conference theme is “Understanding the Everyday Occurrence of Violence in the Cultural Life of the Caribbean: Where Do We Go from Here?”
The phenomenon of violence has become widely recognized as an increasingly intractable problem facing the Caribbean. The 2010 Conference of the Caribbean Studies Association invites scholars to explore the complexities of violence and all its implication for the region. The organizers encourage attention to a wide range of issues including but not limited to the following: the foundational role of violence enabled by the European encounter and its legacies; the authoritarianism of colonial and neo-colonial rule, as well as the violence of postcolonial politics and political leadership; structural violence and its differentiated effects in the everyday lives of people; political violence; violence and cultural expressions; violence against women and children; violence, masculinity and heteronormativity; violence as spectacle; media and other representations of violence; and finally, alternatives to violence in the region and throughout its diasporas – whether through the spheres of policies, visual artifacts, street protests, community engagements, spiritual responses, or theatrical and literary interventions.
Examining the role of violence in the cultural life of the region will also lead to an exploration of the often-neglected dimension of violence, namely, the deprivation of rights for particular sectors of the population, affording an opportunity to address crucial issues relating to sexuality and the denial of full benefits of citizenship in the Caribbean. Lastly, an exploration of the role of violence in the cultural life of the Caribbean would of necessity involve the phenomenon of class exploitation and repression, important to the social reproduction of society.
You may direct your questions the CSA Program Chair D. Alissa Trotz at datrotz@gmail.com
Please note that the Caribbean Studies Association site can be found at this new address: http://www.caribbeanstudiesassociation.org/en/index.html
Photo of the parish of St. Peter (by Simon Hart) from http://www.destination360.com/caribbean/barbados/st-peter
Dear Sir/Madam
I have recently met with Professors Brian Meeks and Patrick Watson at the ongoing SALISES conference. They have both informed me of the CSA conference due to take place in May and advised that my area of work is very relevant to the nature of the conference.
As such I will like to make a late submission to present a paper at the conference.
Kindly inform me of the procedure to do this at this late stage.
I look forward to sharing my work on the calypso as an approach to the process of helping in the resolution of our disputes.
Everard Phillips
By: Dr Everard Phillips on March 26, 2010
at 6:53 am
Dear Dr. Phillips,
Your message will not reach the appropriate parties via this blog. Please contact Dr. Alissa Trotz at the address provided above and visit the link for the Caribbean Studies Association.
Thank you.
IR
By: ivetteromero on March 26, 2010
at 9:08 am
As the Jamaican born author of “A Struggle to Walk with Dignity”ISBN:978-0-9784982-0-7, in 2008. I had to do a lot research on my grandfather Herbert T. Thomas, who did contribute so much to Jamaica and the Caribbean in his time-1856 to 1930. All his work was sent ti the UK after Independence in the 1960′s. With the new Government thinking he was a white English man. Not the case, as he was a born Jamaican and should be honored for his work. I am willing to share this lost History with Scholars, writers and Historians that are interested. Gerald. (Out of many one) or is it not so.
By: Gerald A. Archambeau on September 9, 2010
at 3:02 pm
Need call for papers for next conference. Subscribe to newsletter. My interest are; Literature, History, Political Science & Film. I research Afro-Hispanic Literature & Culture.
By: Carmen vidal Lieberman, Ph.D on September 29, 2010
at 3:34 pm
Need call for papers for next conference. I research Afro-Hipanic Culture, History, Film & Political Science. Thank you in advance.
By: carmen Vidal-Lieberman on September 29, 2010
at 3:37 pm