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CALL FOR PAPERS The 28th Annual Conference of the Society for Caribbean Studies Lancaster University, UK Thursday 1st - Saturday 3rd July, 2004 The Society seeks one-page abstracts, accompanied by a one-page CV, by January 10th 2004 for research papers on the Hispanic, Francophone, Dutch and Anglo-Caribbean, and Caribbean diasporas. Papers can address the following themes, but we also welcome abstracts for papers, or full panel proposals, that fall outside the list of topics below. Authors of papers selected for the conference will be invited to give 20 minute presentations of their papers and offered the opportunity to publish their full papers on the society's web site. 2004 marks the 200th anniversary of Haitian independence. We particularly welcome papers that reflect on the relevance of this anniversary to their subject. PROVISIONAL PANELS * 200 Years of Haitian Independence * Teaching Caribbean Pasts and Presents: A Roundtable * Caribbean Thought and Theory * Caribbean Sexualities * Memory, Heritage, and Public History * The Caribbean and Revolution * Sustainable Development, Appropriate Technologies, Informal Economies * The North-West of England and the Caribbean * Caribbean Cities in and beyond the region * Class Formation and Class Relations * Visualizing the Caribbean: Film, Performance and the Visual Arts * Religion and Spirituality * From Emancipation to Freedom? * Narcotics and their Social Impact The Society will provide a limited number of bursaries to postgraduate presenters, which will contribute to registration and accommodation costs, but not travel costs. Postgraduate presenters should indicate that they are seeking a bursary when they submit their abstracts. Arts researchers/practitioners living and working in the Caribbean are eligible to apply for the Bridget Jones Travel Bursary, the deadline for which is 1 December 2003. Please send abstracts to, or seek further general information from, the Chair of the SCS, Dr Mimi Sheller, Dept. of Sociology, Lancaster University, Lancaster, LA1 4YL [log in to unmask] For more information on the Bridget Jones Travel Bursary, contact Leon Wainwright, History of Art, School of Cultural and Community Studies, University of Sussex, Essex House, Falmer, Brighton BN1 9RH. [log in to unmask] For more information on the SCS see http://www.scsonline.freeserve.co.uk/carib.htm