37th Annual Meeting of the West Indian Literature Conference
Global Caribbean Studies: "Scapes"
October 4-6, 2018
Hosted by:
Hemispheric Caribbean Studies (HCS)
University of Miami
Newman Alumni Center
6200 San Amaro Drive, Coral Gables, Florida, USA
This year’s conference recognizes the vast routes/roots that link the Caribbean to the hemisphere and the globe. As many writers and literary scholars have noted, the immense bodies of water that appear to isolate belie the currents that intimately connect, and at times, destroy shelter, lands, and peoples. Deploying Arjun Appadurai’s concept of "scapes" that work to enable the exchange of ideas and information, we hope to engage a breadth of issues relevant to Caribbeanists in the region and its diasporas. Throughout the conference our aim will be to explore the intersections between disciplinary approaches to problems that are borne out of the shifting tides of globalization and cultural expression.
**BOOK LAUNCH**
Are you interested in launching your recently published or upcoming book at the conference?
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Click here to view introductory video by M. NourbeSe Philip
This event is co-sponsored by the Africana Studies Program, American Studies Program, Art of Black Miami, the College of Arts & Science Office of the Dean, Department of English, Department of Modern Languages & Literatures Joseph Carter Memorial Fund, Hemispheric Caribbean Studies, Marta S. Weeks Chair in Latin American Studies, PEN AMERICA, University of Miami Institute for Advanced Study of the Americas (UMIA), and Wesleyan University Press.
