CALL FOR PAPERS37th Annual Conference of the Assocation of Caribbean Historians (ACH)Cartagena, Colombia
The following themes have been proposed for the 37th Annual Conference of the Assocation of Caribbean Historians (ACH):
- Race and racial formation/free people of colour
- Health Policy
- Public History, Public Education and Activism
- Cities and Heritage
- Use of multimedia in research and teaching of Caribbean History
- Intra-Caribbean Commerce and Migration
- The imperial and the local in the construction of the Caribbean
- Business and Entrepreneurship
- Representations of Death and Dying in Caribbean History
- Reparations
INSTRUCTIONS TO PROPOSERS
The Executive Committee will be pleased to receive offers of papers and panels focusing on the proposed themes, although other themes will not be excludedfrom consideration. The Committee will give priority to panels, particularlythose that fit into the proposed themes, so it is strongly suggested thatproposals be presented as such. Papers will also be considered, but they willbe given a lower priority, particularly if they do not fit the proposedthemes. Every effort will be made to place paper proposals in panels that arecomparative and regionally balanced, and will give preference to pre-arrangedsessions that integrate scholarship and similar topics in various regions ofthe Caribbean. Please use the proposal form at the end of the Bulletin tosubmit your panel or paper proposals.
Persons offering to organize a panel should take note of the following:
Specify the names of three or four confirmed participants, the titles of their papers, and the overall theme of the panel.
Provide the Secretariat information regarding the institutional affiliation and the full mailing and e-mail addresses of panel convenors and participants.
Send an abstract (no more than 250 words) of each paper to be presented. Thisabstract should indicate what new information/ approaches the paper wouldprovide, as well as the major archival resources used.
Where a proposed panelist is not a member of the ACH, panel organizers shouldprovide a brief curriculum vitae ( not more than three pages) and request theperson to apply for membership of the Association.
Panel organizers will be responsible for ensuring that papers are properlyintegrated into the overall theme.
If a panel is accepted, its organizers will be responsible for ensuring thatpanelists submit their papers in good time and that they are informed of thecontents of each other's papers.
For each panel it accepts, the Executive Committee may nominate a chairperson to moderate the session.
Individuals offering single papers should also send a summary of their proposed presentations as outlined above.
All offers of panels and papers for the 2005 ACH Conference, along with abstracts and CVs where relevant, should be sent to Pedro L. V. Welch, University of the West Indies, Cave Hill Campus, Cave Hill, St. Michael, Barbados.
Alternatively, they may be e-mailed to pwelch@uwichill.edu.bb or welch@caribsurf.com. The deadline for proposals is October 01, 2004.