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CALL FOR PAPERS The 29th Annual Conference of the Society for Caribbean Studies University of Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK Wednesday 29 June - Friday 1 July, 2005 The Society seeks one-page abstracts, accompanied by a one-page CV, by January 7th 2005 for research papers on the Hispanic, Francophone, Dutch and Anglo-Caribbean, and Caribbean disaporas. 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. PROVISIONAL PANELS * Children and childhood in the Caribbean, past and present * The sexual politics of Caribbean popular culture * Caribbean masculinities * Landscape and environment * Health and healing * Caribbean criminal justice * Democracy in crisis in the Caribbean? * The United States in the Caribbean * The Caribbean in the world economy * Comparative Caribbeanist research: A roundtable * Caribbean aesthetics * Visual culture * Amerindians in the Caribbean * Archives, museums, and public history * Memory, myth and narrative 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 15 December 2004. Please send abstracts (one-page maximum, plus one-page CV), preferably by email, to the Chair of the SCS, Diana Paton, with 'SCS abstract 2005' in the subject line. For more information on the Bridget Jones Travel Bursary, contact Lynne Macedo. Diana Paton Lynne Macedo School of Historical Studies Centre for Caribbean Studies University of Newcastle University of Warwick Newcastle Upon Tyne Coventry NE1 7RU CV4 7AL [log in to unmask] [log in to unmask] For more information on the SCS see http://www.scsonline.freeserve.co.uk/carib.htm Diana Paton Lecturer in History School of Historical Studies University of Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne NE1 7RU UK [log in to unmask] Tel: (44) 191 222 5038 Fax: (44) 171 222 6484