Call for Papers

Submit Abstracts

The organizers of the Conference welcome proposals from researchers, educators, practitioners, and students conducting work on Caribbean populations and culture in the region and in the Diaspora. Individuals are invited to submit abstracts for panels, individual presentations and exhibitions in the theme and sub-themes listed below. Preference will be given, but is not limited to, submissions in the following sub-themes:

The African Caribbean Worldview …

• Worldview and Identity in the Caribbean
• Indigenising Research Methodologies for Cultural Studies
• Ambiguity in the Caribbean: Search for Knowledge and Identity
• Intellectuals and their role in Caribbean Society
• The Values We Live By

… and the Making of Caribbean Society

• Anansi and Storytelling
• Music as a Social and Cultural Force
• Religion in the Caribbean & the African Diaspora
  • Rastafari
• Re-evaluating Gender Socialisation: Masculinity, Fatherhood & Beyond
• Community Conflict & Social Integration
  • Violence and Disorder
  • The Ganja Commission
  • Justice, Peace & Non-violent solutions
  • Family Land
  • Language

Conference Format:

The conference will include academic panels, round table discussions, plenary presentations with specially invited speakers and workshops. Presenters will also have the opportunity to submit their papers for consideration for publication in a special issue of Social and Economic Studies (SES). SES is the peer reviewed journal of the Sir Arthur Lewis Institute of Social and Economic Studies at UWI and has been publishing for the social sciences since 1949.

Guideline for Submissions:

Proposals for papers, panels and presentations should consist of an abstract(s) of no more than 250 words. A separate cover page consisting of the author information must accompany the abstract. The abstract itself should not contain any identifying marks as to authorship.

1. name and title
2. full address
3. telephone number
4. fax number
5. e-mail address

Abstracts can be submitted by email in a Microsoft Word or Word compatible attachment to the planning committee at chevnsconf@uwimona.edu.jm with “Chevannes Conference Abstract” in the subject line.

Abstracts can also be delivered or faxed to:

or

For more information contact the Planning Committee at chevnsconf@uwimona.edu.jm.