The Urban Affairs Association, the international professional organization for urban scholars, researchers, and public service professionals, will be hosting its 46th Annual Conference in San Diego, California, and will have a Special Track on Urban Issues in South & Central America and the Caribbean.
Please find attached an Obituary of Seymour Menton, Distinguished Scholar and Professor of Latin American Literature at UC Irvine, who passed away in March 2014, written by Kathleen Gyssels. Seymour Menton_De la neue sachlickeit au mr menton mort en mars 2014.pdf
“Cultures of Resistance? Theories and Practices of Transgression in the Caribbean and its Diasporas” Location: January 22-24, 2015 at Bielefeld University/Germany Organizers: Junior Research Team of the Society for Caribbean Research (Socare) Conference Languages: English, French and Spanish Contact: juniorresearch@caribbeanresearch.net
Dear Socare Members, Following the unanimous decision of the last General Assembly on 1 November 2013, we would like to inform you that the new membership fees as per 2014 are Regular membership fee: 30 Euro Student membership fee: 15 Euro Should you have questions regarding these fees, please do not hesitate to contact […]
Socare’s biannual Junior Research Workshops provide an opportunity for doctoral and postdoctoral candidates in Caribbean Studies and related fields to present their projects and to engage in interdisciplinary discussions with and receive feedback from both junior and experienced scholars. Their aim is to further the cooperation and networking of researchers within Caribbean Studies both regionally […]
Locating Guyane: a two-day, interdisciplinary conference at the University of London Institute in Paris, 10-11 July 2014 French Guiana (Guyane française), overseas department of France in equatorial South America and ‘ultraperipheral region’ of the EU, consists of a land area equivalent to that of a European country, though boasts a population that would barely people […]
The Diaz-Ayala Library Travel Grant provides funding for scholars to travel to FIU to conduct research using the Diaz-Ayala Music collection housed in FIU Special Collections. The deadline for submittal is March 1st.
Del 18 al 22 de mayo de 2015, la Casa de las Américas celebrará el Coloquio Internacional La Diversidad Cultural en el Caribe La Casa de las Américas, a través de su Centro de Estudios del Caribe, convoca a la quinta edición del Coloquio Internacional “La Diversidad Cultural en el Caribe”, que tendrá lugar del […]
Locating Guyane: a two-day, interdisciplinary conference at the University of London Institute in Paris, 10-11 July 2014 La Guyane française, département d’outre-mer situé en Amérique du sud équatoriale et «région ultrapériphérique» de l’UE, a la taille d’un pays européen mais une population inférieure à plus d’une grande ville européenne. La Guyane semble symboliser «la ligne […]
Seuils de passage: Decoloniality et genre dans les Connaussances des Caraïbes La conférence se concentre sur la recherche interdisciplinaire à travers d’un point de vue de la circulation des connaissances et des théories décoloniales, sur les questions du genre dans la région des Carabïes. Les chercheurs devraient donc avoir la possibilité de présenter leurs propres […]