Co-organized by:
The Virgin Islands Caribbean Cultural Center, the University of the Virgin Islands
The University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras
The University of the West Indies, Cave Hill, Barbados
Venue: University of the Virgin Islands, Albert A. Sheen St. Croix Campus
Dates: Thursday, 31 October to Saturday, 2 November 2019
(Arrival: Wednesday, 30 October 2019. Departure: Sunday, 3 November 2019)
EARLY DEADLINE FOR EARLY CONSIDERATION OF YOUR ABSTRACT: SATURDAY 15 JUNE 2019
FINAL DEADLINE FOR OTHER ABSTRACTS: MONDAY 2SEPTEMBER 2019
SUGGESTED TOPICS FOR PRESENTATION INCLUDE, but are not limited to:
- The Languages, Literatures and Cultures of the Virgin Islands of the United States (VIUS)
- Eastern Caribbean Drama, Poetry, Fiction, Cinema, Essays, Biographies, etc.
- Language and Culture, Identity, and/or Gender in the Eastern Caribbean
- Creole Linguistics and the Creolization of Languages in the Eastern Caribbean
- Art, Music, Dance, Cuisine, and Popular Culture of the Eastern Caribbean
- Eastern Caribbean Carnival, Religions, Other Performance Traditions
- The Environment, Tourism, and Development in the Eastern Caribbean
- Culture, Politics, Society, History, Law, and Economics in the Eastern Caribbean
GUIDELINES:
Please send your abstract to: islandsconference@gmail.com
Abstracts should be submitted within the text of an email, and NOT as an attachment
Abstracts should be no more than 250 words long (not including author’s name and bio)
Along with the abstract, please include:
1) author’s name, e-mail address, and home institution (if applicable)
2) a brief biography of 50 words or less
Abstracts as well as papers presented at the conference in may be in English, Spanish, French, Dutch, Portuguese or English-/French-/Iberian-lexifier Creole
Papers should conform to the allotted 15 or 20 minutes of presentation time and 5 or 10 minutes of question time
Notifications of Acceptance of EARLY Abstracts on or before Monday, 1 July 2019.
Notifications of Acceptance of OTHER Abstracts on or before Monday, 9 September 2019.
WE HOPE TO SEE YOU IN ST. CROIX THIS YEAR