Call for applications: Bridget Jones Travel Award

CALL FOR APPLICATIONS

 

 

Arts researchers or practitioners living and working in the Caribbean are eligible to apply for the Bridget Jones Travel Award, the deadline for which is the 14th January 2013. The winner of the award will present their work at the 37th Society for Caribbean Studies Annual Conference, which is scheduled to be held at the University of Warwick from the 3rd - 5th July 2013.

 

Eligibility

 

If you are an arts practitioner living and working in any region of the Anglophone, Hispanic, Francophone or Dutch speaking Caribbean, you may apply for the Award. The successful recipient will receive £650 towards travel expenses and, in addition, a full bursary to cover conference fees and accommodation. Applications are especially welcome from individuals with no institutional affiliations. We encourage applications from across the arts: from visual artists, performers, creative writers, film-makers, folklorists, playwrights etc.

 

How To Apply

 

To apply for the Award you must submit the following:

• A covering letter
• Curriculum vitae (no more than 4 sides of A4)
• Statements from 2 referees who are able to comment on your work 

AND either

  

(a) A proposal for a presentation of your work in the areas of film, literature, visual or performing arts.

or

(b) A proposal for a reading of original creative work.

 

Presentations normally last for up to one hour, including time for questions from the audience. The most important part of your application will therefore be a full description of the proposed presentation detailing the themes and rationale behind the presentation, as well as how the presentation will be organised and any props required (e.g. if intending to screen clips of films; show slides of artwork; incorporate live performance etc).

 

Applications and enquiries should be sent by e-mail to Eva Sansavior Eva.Sansavior@ul.ie

  

Completed applications must be received by 14th January 2013. A decision will be made by the committee in late January.

 

For more information on the Bridget Jones Travel Award and the Society for Caribbean Studies, visit the Society website on www.caribbeanstudies.org.uk

Bridget Jones Travel Award: Call For Applications

BRIDGET JONES TRAVEL AWARD: CALL FOR APPLICATIONS

 

Arts researchers or practitioners living and working in the Caribbean are eligible to apply for the Bridget Jones Travel Award, the deadline for which is the 13th January 2012. The winner of the award will present their work at the 36th Society for Caribbean Studies Annual Conference, which will be held at Oxford University from the 4th – 6th July 2012.

 

Eligibility

 

If you are an arts practitioner living and working in any region of the Anglophone, Hispanic, Francophone or Dutch speaking Caribbean, you may apply for the Award. The successful recipient will receive £650 towards travel expenses and, in addition, a full bursary to cover conference fees and accommodation. Applications are especially welcome from individuals with no institutional affiliations. We encourage applications from across the arts: from visual artists, performers, creative writers, film-makers, folklorists, playwrights etc.

 

How To Apply

 

To apply for the Award you must submit the following:

 

• A covering letter
• Curriculum vitae (no more than 4 sides of A4) Statements from 2 referees who are able to comment on your work

AND either

• (a) A proposal for a presentation of your work in the areas of film, literature, visual or performing arts, or
• (b) A proposal for a reading of original creative work.

Presentations normally last for up to one hour, including time for questions from the audience. The most important part of your application will therefore be a full description of the proposed presentation detailing the themes and rationale behind the presentation, as well as how the presentation will be organised and any props required (eg. if intending to screen clips of films; show slides of artwork; incorporate live performance etc).

 

Applications and enquiries should be sent by e-mail to Kate Quinn, Chair of the Bridget Jones Award Sub-Committee on kate.quinn@sas.ac.uk

 

Completed applications must be received by 13th January 2012. A decision will be made by the committee in late January.

 

For more information on the Bridget Jones Travel Award and the Society for Caribbean Studies, visit the Society website on http://www.caribbeanstudies.org.uk/

CFP: 36th Annual Conference of the Society for Caribbean Studies

36th Annual Conference of the Society for Caribbean Studies

Wednesday 4th to Friday 6th July 2012
Rewley House and Kellogg College
University of Oxford

The Society for Caribbean Studies invites submissions of short abstracts of no more than 250 words for research papers on the Hispanic, Francophone, Dutch and Anglophone Caribbean and their diasporas for this annual international conference. Papers are welcomed from all disciplines and can address the themes outlined below. We welcome abstracts for papers that fall outside this list of topics, and we particularly welcome proposals for complete panels, which should consist of three papers. Those selected for the conference will be invited to give a 20-minute presentation.

Abstracts should be submitted along with a short CV by 6th January, 2012.

Proposals received after the deadline may not be considered.

PROVISIONAL PANELS
Oxford and the Caribbean
Independence
Sport and athletics
Cuba in the Caribbean
Knowledge production and circulation
Life-writing, memoir, and biography
Caribbean economics, past, present and future Citizenship, borders, and intraregional migration

To submit an abstract online, please visit our website:
http://www.caribbeanstudies.org.uk/

The Society will provide a limited number of postgraduate bursaries for presenters to assist with registration and accommodation costs.  Postgraduate researchers should indicate that they are seeking a bursary when submitting their abstract, but please note that travel costs cannot be funded.

Arts researchers or practitioners living and working in the Caribbean are eligible to apply for the Bridget Jones Award, the deadline for which is also 6th January, 2012. For more information on the Bridget Jones Award, contact Kate Quinn at kate.quinn@sas.ac.uk or visit the website.

For further queries please contact the Conference Coordinator, Lorna Burns, at societyforcaribbeanstudies@gmail.com

35th Annual Conference of the Society for Caribbean Studies - International Slavery Museum, Albert Dock, Liverpool

35th Annual Conference of the Society for Caribbean Studies

International Slavery Museum, Albert Dock, Liverpool
Wednesday 29th June - Friday 1st July 2011

http://www.caribbeanstudies.org.uk/

Registration for this year's conference is now open. Over 70 speakers have submitted abstracts so we are looking forward to an exciting conference. A draft programme is available on the Society's webpage
The Programme includes a presentation by the 2011 Bridget Jones Travel Award winner, Annalee Davis. Annalee has been described as 'one of the region's most important and innovative artists whose work speaks directly to many of the Caribbean's most pressing issues', from the politics of gender, sexuality, and ethnicity, to concepts of development, the economic role of tourism and its consequences for small island states, inter-regional migration, and the politics of nationalism and regionalism. Her presentation to the Society for Caribbean Studies Annual Conference, entitled 'Has the Plantation Complex Fallen?', will engage with issues around undocumented migration, 'development' and the transformation of Caribbean landscapes in the era of globalisation.

The International Slavery Museum is located on Liverpool's Albert Dock, which is a World Heritage Site with the largest group of grade 1 listed buildings in the UK. Tate Britain art gallery, The Beatles Story museum, and the Maritime Museum, which is home to the International Slavery Museum, can all be found around the dockside.

Registration

From the Society's webpage you will be taken to a dedicated registration page, which includes the details that were submitted with your abstract. There will be instructions on how to pay registration fees on this page. Recipients of our post-graduate bursaries will be able to select 'Bursary Recipient' from the dropdown fee menu. You can access the registration page here:
Accommodation and Travel information

The Society has a group discount rate with the Holiday Inn Express, located about ten minutes walk from the conference venue. We have also arranged preferential rates for delegates with the Crowne Plaza and Hilton. Details of how to apply for these rates, as well as other near-by accommodation options, please see the Conference Information on our website. You will also find useful information on the site, travel to Albert Dock, parking, and catering.

Queries concerning booking can be directed to: mailto:societyforcaribbeanstudies@gmail.com

CFP: 35th Annual Conference of the Society for Caribbean Studies

35th Annual Conference of the Society for Caribbean Studies


International Slavery Museum
Albert Dock
Liverpool

Wednesday 29th June - Friday 1st July 2011

The Society for Caribbean Studies invites submissions of short abstracts of 250 to 400 words for research papers on the Hispanic, Francophone, Dutch and Anglophone Caribbean, and on Caribbean diasporas for this annual international conference. Papers are welcomed from all disciplines and can address the themes outlined below. We also welcome abstracts for papers that fall outside this list of topics, and we particularly welcome proposals for complete panels, which should consist of three papers.

Those selected for the conference will be invited to give a 20-minute presentation and will be offered the opportunity to publish their work as part of the Society's online series of papers.

Abstracts should be submitted along with a short CV by 7th January, 2011. Proposals received after the deadline may not be considered.

PROVISIONAL PANELS

• Liverpool and the Caribbean
• The Fall of the Plantation Complex
• Museums and Caribbean Histories
• Slavery, Commemoration, and Representation
• Ports and Cities
• Health, Social Policy, and Disability
• Environment and Natural Disasters
• The Challenges of Democracy
• Childhood and Education
• Theatre, Dance, and Performance
• Food and Material Culture
• Colonial Governance and Decolonisation

To submit an abstract online, please visit our website: http://www.caribbeanstudies.org.uk/

The Society will provide a limited number of Postgraduate Bursaries for presenters to assist with registration and accommodation costs. Postgraduate researchers should indicate that they are seeking a bursary when submitting their abstract, but please note that travel costs cannot be funded.

Arts researchers or practitioners living and working in the Caribbean are eligible to apply for the Bridget Jones Award, the deadline for which is also 7th January, 2011. For more information on the Bridget Jones Award, contact Kate Quinn at kate.quinn@sas.ac.uk, or visit our website: http://www.caribbeanstudies.org.uk/

For further queries, or alternative methods of abstract submission, contact Lorna Burns at societyforcaribbeanstudies@gmail.com, or by mail at The Department of English Literature, 5 University Gardens, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, G12 8QQ.

Regitration open - Society for Caribberan Studies Conference

34th Annual Conference of the Society for Caribbean Studies



University of Southampton


Wednesday 7th July - Friday 9th July 2010
 
Registration is now open for the 2010 Society for Caribbean Studies conference, this year taking place in Southampton.
Panels include: Writing Windrush; Health and Social Policy; the Caribbean in the UK; Regional Integration; Post-War Politics and Development; Performance; Oral Histories; Education; Migration; Material Culture and Archaeology; Literature and Imagining Caribbean Identities. All in all, a wide range of topics and perspectives will be included, as well as the usual social events, included the famed Rum Punch Reception.
 
The Comonwealth Studies Librarian has convened and will be speaking as part of the following panel:
 
Libraries and Archives


Mandy Banton (Institute for Commonwealth Studies), ‘Records relating to the Caribbean in The National Archives of the United Kingdom’

David Clover (Institute for Commonwealth Studies), ‘The West India Committee Library – The Development, Management and Legacy of a Private Association Collection’

Elizabeth Cooper (British Library), ‘The Caribbean Digitisation Project at the British Library’

Kristy Warren (University of Warwick) ‘The Colonial Archive and the formation of a ‘national’ narrative in the British Oversees Territory of Bermuda’

A full programme and registration can be found at:http://www.caribbeanstudies.org.uk/

Society for Caribbean Studies Conference Call for Papers

34th Annual Conference of the Society for Caribbean Studies
University of Southampton
Wednesday 7th July - Friday 9th July 2010

The Society for Caribbean Studies invites submissions of one-page abstracts and a short CV by 15th January, 2010 for research papers on the Hispanic, Francophone, Dutch and Anglophone Caribbean, and on Caribbean diasporas for this annual international conference. Papers are welcomed from all disciplines and can address the themes outlined below. We also welcome abstracts for papers or for full panel proposals that fall outside this list of topics. Those selected for the conference will be invited to give a 20-minute presentation and will be offered the opportunity to publish their work as part of the Society's online series of papers.

PROVISIONAL PANELS

Maritime Studies

Archaeology and Material Culture

Ports of Arrival

Pedagogy and Education

The Windrush Generation

Intra-Caribbean Migration

Caribbean Popular Music

Performance

Regional Integration and the Future of Caricom

Oral History

Post-Independence Trinidad

Nature-Society Relations

To submit an abstract online, click here.

The Society will provide a limited number of Postgraduate Bursaries for presenters to assist with registration and accommodation costs. Postgraduate researchers should indicate that they are seeking a bursary when submitting their abstract, but please note that travel costs cannot be funded. Arts researchers or practitioners living and working in the Caribbean are eligible to apply for the Bridget Jones Award, the deadline for which is also 15th January, 2010.

For further queries, or alternative methods of abstract submission, contact Lorna Burns at societyforcaribbeanstudies@gmail.com, or by mail at The Department of English Literature, 5 University Gardens, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, G12 8QQ. For more information on the Bridget Jones Award, contact Kate Quinn at kate.quinn@sas.ac.uk.