Call for papers:
The Islands in Between: Language, Literature and Culture of the Eastern Caribbean
3-7 November 2004, Tortola, British Virgin Islands.
co-organized by
University of Puerto Rico at Río Piedras
University of the West Indies at Cave Hill, Barbados
and
H.S. Lavity Stout Community College, Tortola-BVI
Suggested topics include:
a.. Creolistics
b.. Language and Culture, Language and Identity in the Eastern Caribbean
c.. Eastern Caribbean Drama, Poetry and Fiction
d.. BVI Literature
e.. Emancipation and Festival in the BVI
f.. Art and Popular Culture of the Eastern Caribbean
g.. Eastern Caribbean Carnivals and Other Performance Traditions
h.. Amerindian History and Cultural Studies
i.. Culture and Politics, Culture and Economics in the Eastern Caribbean
Deadline: no later than 3 September 2004;
Notification: 17 September 2004
Space may be limited and priority will be given to abstracts received by 1 September.
Papers should conform to the allotted twenty minutes of presentation time.
Proposals should include: a one-page abstract (250 words), the author's name, postal and email address (if available), and home institution (if applicable), and a brief biography (50 words or less).
Send submissions or inquiries to:
Puerto Rico Conference Organizing Committee (Nick
Faraclas, Mirerza González, Don Walicek):
islandsconference@hotmail.com
or mail to:
Eastern Caribbean Island Cultures Conference, c/o
Department of English, P.O. Box 23356, UPR Station,
San Juan, PR 00931-3356, Puerto Rico / USA