Call for Papers:
“On Exile and its Variations”
The College English Association-Caribbean Chapter (CEA-CC) announces a call for papers for its forthcoming Spring 2012 Conference—“On Exile and its Variations”—to be held March 23-24, 2012, at the University of Puerto Rico-Arecibo (in Arecibo, Puerto Rico).
The CEA—Caribbean Chapter welcomes proposals for (20-minute) presentations examining the condition of exile through its varied representations in art, literature, film and other media. Themes may include, but are not restricted to: the aesthetics of exile, the politics of exile, ethnic and exile literature, nation/homeland and exile, exile and return, exile and trauma, exile and its discontents, exile and transgression, the pleasures of exile, women and exile, exile and the body, exile and the diasporas, exile and transnationalism.
Interested participants should send a 200-250 word proposal (as part of a text message and not as an attachment) to cea.cc.conference@gmail.com by December 12, 2012. If you are submitting a panel proposal, please submit one abstract that includes all presenters’ names and contact information. This single proposal may be up to 750 words depending on the number of presenters on the proposed panel. All accepted presenters are required to become members of the Caribbean Chapter of the College English Association. Conference registration is included in the membership fee.
[Shown here, the Arecibo Lighthouse.]