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Call for Papers: Caribbean Studies Association (Deadline Extended)

The Caribbean Studies Association has extended its deadline for its 36th Annual Conference to take place May 30 – June 3, 2011, at the World Trade Center in Piscadera Bay, Curaçao. The deadline for submissions is now January 3rd, 2011.

The forthcoming CSA conference theme is “Building a New House: Towards New Caribbean Futures in an Age of Uncertainty.”  The association is seeking scholarly papers spanning the broadest disciplinary and methodological range whose work focuses on the Caribbean and its Diasporas. Submissions for individual papers and panel proposals are welcome. Graduate student submissions are also welcome.  All submissions must be made online (see www.caribbeanstudiesassociation.org).  

CSA is able to offer a limited number of travel grants to assist selected participants. For further information, please their website.  As CSA is striving to develop its travel fund, any donations are appreciated.  

For information pertaining to the program only, please contact: Dr. Terry-Ann Jones, Program Chair at caribbeanstudies2011@gmail.com; for questions on the travel grant, please contact Dr. Samuel Furé Davis at sfuredavis@flex.uh.cu; for any information pertaining to registration or membership, please contact Mrs. Joy Cooblal, Secretary-Treasurer at Joy.Cooblal-CSA@sta.uwi.edu.  

More information on the conference theme is available at www.caribbeanstudiesassociation.org