Update: guest speakers
----CONTEXTUALIZING THE CARIBBEAN: Redefining Approaches in an Era of Globalization
University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida September 29-30, 2000
Confirmed guest speakers:
* Dr. Carole Boyce Davies, Professor and Director of African New World Studies, Florida International University * Dr. Joan Dayan, Regent's Professor of English/Africana Studies, University of Arizona * Dr. Peter Hulme, Professor in Literature, University of Essex
***REMINDER:
Deadline for submission of abstracts is May 15, 2000 (emailed or postmarked by).
Get registration information online at: http://members.xoom.com/CaribLit or email us at: caribbeanlit.english@miami.edu
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CALL FOR PAPERS: Conference. The Caribbean Literary Studies group invites scholars working in the field (faculty, advanced graduate students, and other professionals with a scholarly interest in the area/subject) to submit work which addresses the following.
As we enter the new millennium, scholars across the globe are faced with the increasing disjunction between existing "Western" theory and finding ways to approach the diverse literatures of the Caribbean. How do migrations affect our perspectives of the Caribbean subject? How can postcolonial theory accommodate a growing transnational/global culture? How is Caribbean literature being redefined by shifts in economic, social, and political structures? What are some of the issues in comparing the diverse literatures of the Caribbean? What roles do language, culture, and history play in such comparative approaches? How are exiled identities situated in resisting and/or accommodating colonial power structures in the Caribbean? What underwrites Caribbean historiography?
This conference will explore methods of conceptualizing the Caribbean within a global context. The following are proposed topics for panels and/or discussion groups. Panel speakers should plan 20-minute presentations; discussion participants should plan 10-minute presentations.
Proposed panels/discussion groups: *The Caribbean and Cultural Studies *Early Caribbean Literature and the Travel Narrative, 15th to 19th century *The Caribbean in America: New literatures, new identities *Past the Postcolonial: Migrations and Transnationalisms *Mapping the Caribbean: Comparative Perspectives on (within) the Literatures of the Caribbean *Transatlantic Displacements: Colonial Diasporas, Caribbean Connections *The Caribbean and the Harlem Renaissance
Proposed special sessions:
Roundtable: Pedagogical Issues in Teaching Caribbean Literature. This session will explore the experiences of instructors who have taught Caribbean literature in the college classroom. We invite proposals from experienced teachers of Caribbean literature focusing on any facet of pedagogical issues related to Caribbean studies and encourage perspectives from within and outside the Caribbean. Proposals may focus on specific texts or theoretical issues, including the contexts in which the literature was introduced, the techniques used, the overall success and/or failure of the endeavor, and suggestions for approaching Caribbean literature.
Roundtable: The Languages of Caribbean Discourse. This session addresses the ways in which we as Caribbean scholars, critics, and writers communicate with each other in comparative or pan-Caribbean settings. Participants will exchange views on working with texts in translation, problems arising from the inherent linguistic differences in Anglophone, Francophone and Hispanic Caribbean discourses, and the future of Caribbean scholarship in light of these issues.
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Brief proposals (1-2 pages) for complete panels and/or discussion groups and paper abstracts (1 page) are due to the conference chair by May 15, 2000. Proposals may be submitted via regular mail, e-mail (in the body of the e-mail and not as an attachment), or fax. You need not be a member of the Caribbean Literary Studies Group to participate.
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Contact Information: (Note: responses will be faster if contacted by email)
Conference Chair: Dr. Sandra Pouchet Paquet Coordinators: Kathryn Morris and Lynn Ink
University of Miami Department of English P.O. Box 248145 Coral Gables, FL 33124
caribbeanlit.english@miami.edu http://members.xoom.com/CaribLit fax: (305) 284-5635 phone: (305) 284-2182 (messages only)
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