The Department of African American Studies, Ohio University and the Learning Resource Centre of The University of the West Indies, Cave Hill will host the conference Soundscapes: Reflections on Caribbean Oral and Aural Traditions, July 25 to July 29, 2005, at the UWI, Cave Hill Campus, Barbados. The conference will explore the various sound texts that are unique to the Caribbean. The event, which will coincide with Barbados' annual Crop-Over festival, also invites papers that explore Caribbean oral and aural heritage and their contemporary manifestations and dynamics. Interested participants are invited to register and propose a provisional topic by November 30, 2004. For further infomration email cambridg@ohio.edu