THE CARIBBEAN UNBOUND
Franklin College Conference on Caribbean Literature and Culture
Possible panel topics:
Maryse Condé/ Edwidge Danticat/ comparative Caribbean literature by women/ anglophone Caribbean fiction/ Caribbean religion in literature/ Haiti and the United States/ the pre-Columbian Caribbean/ geneologies, Carribean Cinema, Tomás Gutiérrez Alea/ Caribbean music/ contemporary Cuba/ anglophone poetry from the Caribbean/ Carribean biography + travel writing, Derek Walcott: readings, interpretations and translation/ Carpentier, Alexis, + Roumain: the origins of Magical Realism/ Creolization/ Glissant/ Naipaul / Teaching Caribbean studies.
There will also be literary readings from Caribbean authors.
Deadline for proposals: submit panel and/or presentation proposals (with a 1/2 page abstract) by January 10, 2005.
Thursday evening, April 14 - Saturday April 16, 2005Location: Franklin College Switzerland
Via Ponte Tresa 29, 6924 Sorengo (Lugano), Switzerland
Tel: +41 91 985 22 95 Fax: +41 91 994 41 17
Fees for Registration: Swiss Francs 35/ $ 25 (which include the Caribbean dinner prepared by Franklin College students and staff)
For further information about academic matters, contact Prof. Robert H. McCormick, Jr. at mccoro@fc.edu
For information about travel and modestly priced accommodations, contact Eva Maria Gianini, Director of Public Relations at eva@fc.edu
N.B. Lugano is a short shuttle-bus ride from Milan's Malpensa airport.