19th Annual Eastern Caribbean Island Cultures («Islands in between») Conference on the Languages, Litteratures and Cultures of the Eastern Caribbean
Suggested topics for presentation include:-Building a nation through the Humanities: Barbados at fifty and beyond-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 CaribbeanPapers may be in English, Spanish, French, or any other Caribbean language and should conform to the allotted fifteen minutes of presentation time and five minutes of question time. Please submit your proposal BY 15 AUGUST 2016 within the text of an e-mail and NOT as an attachment. Proposals should include: a one-page abstract (maximum 250 words), the author’s name, postal and e-mail addresses, home institution (if applicable), and a brief biography (50 words or less). Authors/presenters of individual papers may also be co-authors/co-presenters of group papers. Plazo para envío de propuestas: 15 de agosto de 2016UPR-RP Organizing Committee: Robert Dupey, Dannabang Kuwabong, Nicholas Faraclas//humanidades.uprrp.edu/ingles/Correo e.: islandsconference@gmail.com