This latest STAR (Scottish Trans-Atlantic Research) bulletin may be of
interest to BASA members. If you are interested, do please contact the
individuals listed in each CFP.
Best wishes,
Peter
Peter B Freshwater MA MCLIP FSAScot
43 Corstorphine Road, Edinburgh EH12 5QQ, Scotland
Telephone 0044 (0)131 337 7049
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STAR Update
1. CFP: Caribbean-Scottish Passages
2. CFP: Abolition of the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade: Telling the Story
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1. CFP: Caribbean-Scottish Passages
http://www.ijsl.stir.ac.uk/CFPcaribbean.htm
This is a call for proposals for contributions to a special
interdisciplinary issue of the International Journal of Scottish
Literature on 'Caribbean - Scottish Passages' (Issue 4, Spring/Summer
2008), edited by Gemma Robinson (Stirling University) and Carla Sassi
(Verona University). We invite proposals (500 words) for articles of
7000 words in the fields of Art History, Cultural Studies, Film and
Media Studies, History, Linguistics, Literature, Music, Politics,
Publishing, Religious Studies, Social Geography and Sociology.
The aim of this issue is to bring into focus the complex cultural,
social and political relationships between the Caribbean and Scotland.
Topics may include, but are by no means limited to:
(erasure of) memory/traumatic memory between the Caribbean and Scotland
Caribbean peoples/the Caribbean in Scotland: creolising Scotland?
Scots/Scotland in the Caribbean
reparation and memorialisation across the Caribbean and Scotland
diasporic identities (enslaved peoples, indentured labourers,
plantation workers, migrant workers, students, travellers)
creolisations/hybridisations vs. discourses of the nation
rebels, revolutionaries, counter-revolutionaries
religious encounters between the Caribbean and Scotland
Wilson Harris and Scottish literary traditions
Robert Burns and the Caribbean
the Caribbean, Scotland and the Enlightenment
Jamie Montgomery, David Spens and Joseph Knight
abolitionist writing and campaigns in the Caribbean and Scotland
the Caribbean, Scotland and education
Scottish ballads in the Caribbean/the Caribbean in Scottish ballads
Scotland and Caribbean song traditions
aspects of language: Caribbean Creoles, Scots and Gaelic
Caribbean and Scottish place names (eg. the Scotland District of Barbados)
Please send your paper titles and 500-word proposals (with 'IJSL
Caribbean - Scottish Passages' as the subject) to both
[log in to unmask] and [log in to unmask], along with a 2-page
CV.
Proposals should reach the editors no later than 1 September 2007, with
complete papers required by 1 March 2008.
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2. CFP: Abolition of the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade: Telling the Story
The College of The Bahamas
February 21-23, 2008
Nassau, The Bahamas
Call for Papers
Please contact Jessica Minnis at [log in to unmask]
International Conference
The College of The Bahamas will host the Conference: "Abolition of The
Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade: Telling the Story," February 21-23, 2008 at the
Oakes Field Campus, Nassau.
Abstracts of approximately 200 words are invited on the following topics:
- Language and Oppression
- Religion in Slavery: Agent Provocateur or Opiate?
- Slavery and Human Sensibility
- Power and Enslavement
- Kinship across the Diaspora
- Identity: Culture, Race and Gender
- Enslavement and Liberation: Pedagogy
- Liberation: Ideologies, Contexts and Dynamics
- Liberation: Simple Past or Present Continuous?
Please send abstracts as an attached Word file to Jessica Minnis, Chair of
the Conference Committee at [log in to unmask] no later than
Friday, August 31, 2007.
Conference Structure
The conference will feature 20-minute papers from all disciplines, followed
by 10-minute discussions, presented in concurrent and plenary sessions.
Panel and poster proposals will also be considered. Such proposals should be
as complete as possible.
Submissions (an electronic copy) should be directed to:
Jessica Minnis
Associate Professor
School of Social Sciences
The College of The Bahamas
Oakes Field Campus
P O Box N4912
Nassau, Bahamas
E-mail: [log in to unmask]
Deadline for Submission: Monday, December 31, 2007.
Accommodation for Non-Resident Delegates
Information will be forthcoming.
Registration
Three Days: $450:00
Day Rate: $150:00
Late Registration Fee: $125.00
Student Rate: $150.00
Student Day Rate: $75.00
For information on the availability of student subsidies, please contact:
Vice President Research, Graduate Programmes and International Relations
Tel: (242) 302 4455
Registration is open and online at http://www.cob.edu.bs/abolitionconf.php
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Kristin Cook
The STAR Project
University of Edinburgh
Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities
Hope Park Square,Edinburgh EH8 9NW
http://www.star.ac.uk
0131 651 1162
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