The Third Graduate Student Conference Caribbean without Borders: Interconnections and Extensions will take place March 15-16, 2010 at the University of Puerto Rico-Río Piedras. The deadline for submissions is November 15, 2009

Paper proposals are invited for the 3^rd Caribbean without Borders Graduate Student Conference sponsored by the English Department (School of Humanities) at the University of Puerto Rico-Río Piedras. The conference welcomes graduate student presentations in English, Spanish, French, and any Caribbean language on the literature, languages, and cultures of the Caribbean. Exploring the idea of a Caribbean without borders, this year’s theme encourages comparative studies that highlight intra-Caribbean and extended Caribbean perspectives.  Of special interest are proposals that focus on comparative internal Caribbean dynamics and/or those on an extended Caribbean region, including the U.S. South, Central and South America, West Africa, and other sites within the wider Atlantic region. Literary, linguistic, socio-cultural, and interdisciplinary scholarship is welcome.

The keynote speaker for the 3^rd Caribbean without Borders Conference will be Myriam J. A. Chancy, Haitian-Canadian writer and scholar born in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Her books include The Scorpion’s Claw (2005), Spirit of Haiti (2003), Framing Silence: Revolutionary Novels by Haitian Women (1997), and Searching for Safe Spaces: Afro-Caribbean Women Writers in Exile (1997). Dr. Chancy is Professor of English at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana and Vice-President of the Association of Caribbean Women Writers & Scholars (2008-2010).

Submissions (including a 250-300 word abstract, 50 word bio, university affiliation, and e-mail address) or inquiries should be sent to the Organizing Committee at cwbconference@gmail.com. Presenters will be notified on the status of their acceptance by December 15, 2009.

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