The report contains a summary of the SoCaRe Junior Workshop 2013 « Crossing Thresholds: Decoloniality and Gender in Caribbean Knowledge » by referring to the participants’ presentations and to results being brought up during the final discussion.
SARGASSO, a Journal of Caribbean Literature, Language, and Culture published at the University of Puerto Rico-Río Piedras invites submissions for an upcoming issue entitled “Global Cuba/Cuba Global: Worldly Perspectives from the 21st Century.” The deadline for submissions is June 15, 2013. Description: The Sargasso team seeks interdisciplinary academic papers, short fiction, poetry, and visual art […]
In Kooperation mit der Abteilung für iberische und lateinamerikanische Geschichte des Historischen Instituts der Universität zu Köln (IHILA) und der Asociación de Historiadores Latinoamericanos y del Caribe (ADHILAC) veranstaltet der KonaK Wien (Forschungs- und Kulturverein für Kontinentalamerika und die Karibik) im Sommer 2013 eine 24-tägige Exkursion zum Thema « Mexiko und Kuba – zwei Revolutionen im […]
Workshop for Junior Scholars at the Latin American Institue at Freie Universität Berlin February 15th, 2013, 9.00 a.m. – 6.30 p.m. Lateinamerika Institut, Freie Universität Berlin Rüdesheimer Str. 54-56, 14197 Berlin, Room 201 Organized by Birte Timm and Claudia Rauhut
No where no betta dan yard? Negotiating Jamaican Identities and Sexualities between Jamaica and the Diaspora Date: Wednesday January 30, 2013 Start: 6.30 pm Location: Heidelberg University, ehemaliger Senatsaal, 2. OG, Grabengasse 3-5 (Neue Uni) Jamaican popular culture and literature are key sites for the representation and dissemination of Jamaican cultural identity, being located at […]
Crossing Thresholds: Decoloniality and Gender in Caribbean Knowledge The interdisciplinary research conference focuses, through a perspective of decolonial knowledge circulation and theorizing, on gender issues in the Caribbean region. Junior researchers should thus be given an opportunity to present their own research projects on gender-related issues, topics and trends in the Caribbean region, to meet and discuss at […]
What is the role of informal institutions in the evolution of the economic, political and social aspects of Caribbean basin? Diacronie will analyze the economic and social development of the area, focusing on the role played by informal actors, namely the ones moving between legality and illegality, that were able (or are able) to give […]
Call for Papers: Ethnicity, Race and Gender in the Caribbean Workshop for Junior Scholars at the Latin-American Institute Free University of Berlin, February 15th, 2013. The deadline for submissions is December 15th, 2012, please send in your proposal (max. 250 words) and a short bio note to Birte Timm (birte.timm@fu-berlin.de).
Online-Zeitschrift istmo „Rutas transterritoriales de las culturas caribeñas contemporáneas” Für die Nummer 25 (Januar-Juni 2013) der Online-Fachzeitschrift Istmo. Revista virtual de estudios literarios y culturales centroamericanos ist ein Dossier zum Thema ”Rutas transterritoriales de las culturas caribeñas contemporáneas” geplant. In diesem Zusammenhang werden noch entsprechende englisch- und spanischsprachige Beiträge (Artikel, Aufsätze, Interviews) vor allem aus […]
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS – Congress of the CANADIAN ASSOCIATION FOR LATIN AMERICAN AND CARIBBEAN STUDIES (CALACS) CANADA AND THE AMERICAS:TRAVELLING KNOWLEDGES-PEOPLES-SOLIDARITIES CARLETON UNIVERSITY, OTTAWA, ONTARIO, CANADA, May 03-05, 2013 Call: Ottowa, Canada, May 2013 – CANADIAN ASSOCIATION FOR LATIN AMERICAN AND CARIBBEAN STUDIES (CALACS) CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS – Congress of the CANADIAN ASSOCIATION FOR LATIN […]