The Ibero-Amerikanisches Institut (IAI, Ibero-American Institute) is a multi-disciplinary, non-university institution of the humanities, cultural sciences, and social sciences. Its regional focus is Latin America, the Caribbean, Spain, and Portugal, while it also incorporates transregional interrelationships. The library of the IAI is the largest European library focusing on these regions. It offers its services in the Reading Room in Berlin, but also independent of location, e.g. large databases, e-books, e-journals, digital objects and the international interlibrary loan. The Specialized Information Service offers tools and data for researchers.

A short presentation introducing to IAI and FID’s research possibilities can be found here.

WISC

The West Indiana and Special Collections Division of the Alma Jordan Library at The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, is a repository of international significance for research on the English-speaking West Indies, from Guyana in the south to Bermuda in the north and including Belize in Central America. The Division comprises two sections: a general section and the Special Collections. The latter contains manuscripts, personal papers, archival material and rare books. Researchers can access the Special Collections database at: https://archivespace.sta.uwi.edu/ The Division serves students, faculty, and staff of the university as well as external researchers, both local and foreign.

Research queries can be sent to: wimail(at)sta.uwi.edu.

Founded in 2011, the NGC Bocas Lit Fest is Trinidad and Tobago’s premier annual literary festival: a lively celebration of books, writers, writing, and ideas, with a Caribbean focus and international scope. The festival brings together readers and writers from Trinidad and Tobago, the Caribbean, and the wider world for readings, performances, workshops, discussions, film screenings, and more. Most events are free and open to the public. In 2023, our first in-person festival in four years will run from 28 to 30 April.