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Call for Papers Theme: Memory, Migration, and Decolonisation in the Caribbean and Beyond Subtitle: 1804 to the Present Type: International Conference Institution: Institute of Latin American Studies, School of Advanced Studies, University of London Location: London (United Kingdom) Date: 23.–24.5.2017 Deadline: 17.3.2017 __________________________________________________ We invite papers that interrogate the intersections between memory, migration, and decolonisation across the Caribbean and its diasporas. The conference seeks to explore how ideas about decolonisation have resonated in the Caribbean, the Americas, and Europe. We take Haitian independence (1804) as a thinking point for debates surrounding concepts of independence, colonialisms, and freedoms. We welcome papers that explore contemporary practices of neo-colonialism and resistances to them as well as issues of formal ‘decolonisation’. We will develop themes of decolonisation by moving beyond any set discipline: we are particularly interested to hear proposals from artists, curators, musicians and community activists, as well as scholars. As part of an ongoing oral history project, this conference will feature a community-led public engagement activity that focuses on the lived experiences of decolonisation and migration amongst members of Britain’s Caribbean diaspora. Themes of interest include (but are not limited to): - Memories and experiences of migration, empire, and (de)colonisation - (Neo)colonialism in the contemporary Caribbean and beyond - The development of national consciousness - Caribbean literature - Theorising decolonisation - Visions of a post-colonial future Please send abstracts of no more than 250 words, by Friday 17th March, to: decolconfere...@gmail.com Keynote Speaker: Prof Matthew Smith (University of the West Indies, Mona) Guest Speakers: Prof Tina K. Ramnarine (Royal Holloway, University of London) Dr William ‘Lez’ Henry (University of West London) Convenors: Jack Webb (Institute of Latin American Studies) William Tantam (Institute of Latin American Studies) Maria del Pilar Kaladeen (Centre for Postcolonial Studies) Conference website: http://www.sas.ac.uk/events/event/7708 __________________________________________________ InterPhil List Administration: https://interphil.polylog.org InterPhil List Archive: https://www.mail-archive.com/interphil@list.polylog.org/ __________________________________________________
