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> “THE CARIBBEAN UNBOUND”
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> Franklin College Conference on
> Caribbean Literature and Culture
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> Keynote speaker: Prof. J. Michael Dash, author of The Other America,
> translator of Glissant’s Le discours antillais
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> CALL FOR PAPERS
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> Possible panel topics:
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> Maryse Condé/ “Cannibalism in the Works of Maryse Condé“/ Edwidge
Danticat/
> comparative Caribbean literature by women/ Anglophone Caribbean fiction/
> Gabriel García Márquez as a Caribbean author/ Caribbean religion / Haiti +
> the United States/ Genealogies/ “Caribbean Sexualities”/Caribbean media/
> cinema/ Tomás Gutiérrez Alea/ Caribbean music/ Contemporary Cuba/
Caribbean
> biography + travel writing/ Anglophone poetry from the Caribbean/ Derek
> Walcott: readings, interpretations and translation/ Carpentier, Alexis +
> Roumain: the origins of Magical Realism/ Creolization/ Glissant/ Naipaul /
> Teaching Caribbean studies/ Caribbean studies in the EU, USA + the
> Caribbean.
> There will also be literary readings from numerous Caribbean authors.
>
> DEADLINE for proposals: submit panel and/or presentation proposals
> (with a 1/2 page abstract) by December 10, 2004.
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>
> Thursday evening, April 14 – Saturday afternoon, April 16, 2005
>
> Location: Franklin College Switzerland
> Via Ponte Tresa 29, 6924 Sorengo (Lugano), Switzerland
> Tel: +41 91 985 22 95 Fax: +41 91 994 41 17
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> Fees for Registration: Swiss Francs 35/ $ 25 (which include the Caribbean
> dinner
> prepared by Franklin College students and staff)
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> | For further information about | For information about travel and
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> | academic matters, contact | priced accommodations, contact
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> | Prof. Robert H. McCormick, Jr. at | Eva Maria Gianini, Director of
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> | [log in to unmask] | Relations at [log in to unmask]
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> | | N.B. Lugano is a short
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> | | Milan’s Malpensa airport.
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