September 2011 May 2012 August 30 - September 1, 2011 29 th Inter-American Conference of Accounting Council of Certified Public Accountants of Puerto Rico Website http://www.cicpr2011.com Contact cicpr2011@colegiocpa.com or cisec@colegiocpa.com September 23-25, 2011 Coventry, England, UK International Conference: The Caribbean: Aesthetics, Ecology, Politics Yesu Persaud Centre for Caribbean Studies, University of Warwick Website http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/ccs/conference Contact Michael Niblett at eapconference@gmail.com or M.Niblett@warwick.ac.uk September 23-26, 2011 Oxford, England, UK International Conference: New Perspectives on the Life and Work of Eric Williams St. Catherine s College at Oxford Univ., W.E.B. Du Bois Institute for African and African American Research at Harvard Univ. & Eric Williams Memorial Collection Research Library, Archives & Museum at UWI-St Augustine Website http://www.mainlib.uwi.tt/divisions/wi/collsp/ericwilliams/ericwilliams.htm Contact farrellewmc@gmail.com or ewmc@ewmc-tt.org September 29 - October 1, 2011 New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA 8 th Annual Meeting of the Caribbean Philosophical Association (CPA): Shifting the Geography of Reason VIII - The University, Public Education, and Transformation of Society CPA Website http://www.caribbeanphilosophicalassociation.org Contact caribphil2@gmail.com or nmt@berkeley.edu October 5-7, 2011 8 th Annual Conference of the Caribbean Area Network for Quality Assurance in Tertiary Education: Enhancing Access to Tertiary Education in a Globalized Environment: The Quality Imperative CANQATE & College of the Bahamas Website http://www.canqate.org Contact Willamae Johnson at wjohnson@cob.edu.bs October 6-8, 2011 Conference of the Caribbean Association of Judicial Officers (CAJO): Bringing the Law Closer to the People CAJO Website http://thecajo.org Contact info@thecajo.org October 12-14, 2011 La Habana, Cuba Memorial Conference on Eric Williams s Centennial Casa de Altos Estudios Don Fernando Ortiz, Faculty of Philosophy and History, Univ. of Havana Contact Eduardo Torres Cuevas at tcuevas@ffh.uh.cu or Graciela Chailloux Laffita at gchailloux@cubarte.cult.cu Prepared for RepeatingIslands.com August 27, 2011 p. 1
October 12-14, 2011 Runaway Bay, Jamaica International Conference: Engendering Growth: Sustainable Development in Business, Hospitality and Tourism Management College of Business and Management, Univ. of Technology, Jamaica & Dept. of Hotel Restaurant and Institutional Management, Univ. of Delaware, USA Website http://www.utech.edu.jm/fobm_conf Contact Shaniel A. Bernard at sabernard@utech.edu.jm or bus&mgnt.conference@utech.edu.jm October 13-14, 2011 Leiden, the Netherlands International Conference: Contested Mobility: People, Commodities and Policies across Latin America and the Caribbean Netherlands Association of Latin American and Caribbean Studies (NALACS), Dept. of Latin American Studies/Institute of History at Univ. Leiden, Amsterdam Centre for Latin American Research and Documentation (CEDLA), Institute of Development Policy and Management at Antwerp University Website http://www.nalacs.nl Contact nalacsconference@cedla.nl October 13-15, 2011 Kingston, Jamaica Inaugural Rex Nettleford Arts Conference: The Arts: Catalyst for Caribbean Development Edna Manley College of the Visual and Performing Arts, National Gallery of Jamaica & Jamaica Arts Development Foundation (JACF) Website www.emcartsconference.org Contact Carol Hamilton or Keino Senior artsconference2011@emc.edu.jm October 13-15, 2011 St Augustine, Trinidad & Tobago 30 th Annual West Indian Literature Conference: I Dream to Change the World: Literature and Social Transformation UWI-St Augustine Contact Geraldine.Skeete@sta.uwi.edu or Giselle.Rampaul@sta.uwi.edu October 20-23, 2011 2011 Annual Conference of the Latin-American Council of Schools of Management (CLADEA): Innovation and Entrepreneurial Development: The Economic Future of Latin America CLADEA, Univ. Metropolitana, Univ. del Este & Univ. del Turabo (Puerto Rico) Website https://www.cladea2011.com Contact Maritza Espina at mespina@suagm.edu October 21-22, 2011 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA 3 rd Biennial (des)articulaciones Conference: (In)visible Cosmovisions: Dialogues in Afro and Indigenous Latin America and the Caribbean Department of Hispanic Languages and Literature, University of Pittsburgh Website http://www.hispanic.pitt.edu/graduate/conference.php Contact des.articulaciones@gmail.com October 27-29, 2011 Montego Bay, Jamaica CariBizTech 2011: Caribbean SME Business Technology Exposition and Conference: Game Changers Impacting SME Businesses and Brands Website http://caribbeannewmediaconferenceandexposition.wordpress.com Contact Aldo Antonio at amkcommunications@gmail.com Prepared for RepeatingIslands.com August 27, 2011 p. 2
October 28-29, 2011 Stanford, California, USA International Conference: The Black Atlantic: Colonial and Contemporary Exchanges Stanford Forum for African Studies Website http://stanfordfas.wordpress.com/conference Contact stanfordfas@gmail.com November 1-6, 2011 La Habana, Cuba 12 th International Conference on Caribbean Literature (ICCL): An Intimate Connection with the Authors and People of Cuba Morehouse College, Casa de las Américas & Road Scholar Website http://repeatingislands.com/category/call-for-papers Contact Melvin Rahming at mrahming@morehouse.edu, Leah Creque at lcreque@morehouse.edu or Michael Janis at mjanis@morehouse.edu November 2-4, 2011 Cave Hill, Barbados 6 th Tourism Human Resources Conference: Enhancing Caribbean Human Resources through Partnerships and Innovation Caribbean Tourism Organisation (CTO), UWI-Cave Hill & Barbados Community College Hospitality Institute Website http://www.onecaribbean.org/eventsandcalendars/conferences/hrconf2011.aspx Contact bmorgan@caribtourism.com, msealy@caribtourism.com, tameshia.brathwaite@cavehill.uwi.edu, or bcritchlow@sunbeach.net November 3-5, 2011 Santa Marta, Colombia 1 st Congress of the Caribbean Economic History Association (AHEC): Stability, Instability and Progress in the Caribbean (16-20 th centuries) AHEC & Magdalena University Website http://ahecaribe.wordpress.com Contact ahecaribe@gmail.com November 3-5, 2011 St George s, Grenada 14 th Annual Eastern Caribbean Island Cultures Conference: The Islands in Between Languages, Literatures and Cultures of the Eastern Caribbean University of Puerto Rico (Río Piedras), UWI-Cave Hill, Univ. of Guyana Website http://humanidades.uprrp.edu/ingles/students/resources/islandsinbetween.htm Contact Marisol Joseph or Mervyn C. Alleyne at islandsconference@gmail.com November 3-5, 2011 Atlanta, Georgia, USA Interdisciplinary Conference: Comparative Caribbeans Comparative Literature Department, Emory University Contact comparativecaribbeans@gmail.com November 9-11, 2011 St George s, Grenada 21 st Annual Conference and General Meeting of the Association of Caribbean Tertiary Institutions: Austerity Measures and Higher Education: Programs, Policies, Practices and Student Services ACTI, Cave Hill, Barbados Website http://www.acticarib.org/events.php Contact Samantha Rodrigues at snrodrigues_acti@yahoo.com Prepared for RepeatingIslands.com August 27, 2011 p. 3
November 10-12, 2011 Kingston, Jamaica 23 rd Annual Conference of the Haitian Studies Association: Haiti at the Intersection of the Caribbean: Tracing the Past, Mapping the Future Haitian Studies Association & UWI-Mona Website http://www.haitianstudies.umb.edu Contact Matthew Smith at hsa@umb.edu November 15-18, 2011 2011 Caribbean Regional Conference of Psychology: Psychological Science and Well-Being: Building Bridges for Tomorrow Bahamas Psychological Association (BPA), International Union of Psychological Science (IUPsyS), International Association of Applied Psychology (IAAP) & International Association for Cross Cultural Psychology (IACCP) Website http://www.caribbeanpsychology.org Contact ishtargovia@gmail.com or info@crcp2011.org November 16-18, 2011 Cave Hill, Barbados 7 th Cave Hill Philosophy Symposium (CHiPS): Conversations VII: Social and Political Philosophy Dept. of History and Philosophy, Faculty of Humanities and Education, UWI-Cave Hill Website http://www.cavehill.uwi.edu/fhe/histphil/philosophy/chips Contact frederick.ochieng-odhiambo@cavehill.uwi.edu, edbrandon@gmail.com or roxanneeburton@gmail.com November 16-19, 2011 Paramaribo, Suriname 38 th Annual Conference of the Caribbean Association of Indigenous Banks CAIB Website http://www.caibinc.info Contact CAIB@candw.lc November 18-21, 2011 2011 Caribbean HIV Conference: Strengthening Evidence to Achieve Sustainable Action Government of the Commonwealth of the Bahamas & University of Puerto Rico Website https://www.2011caribbeanhivconference.org Contact jones.madeira@gmail.com November 30 - December 2, 2011 New Orleans, Louisiana, USA 35 th Annual Conference on the Caribbean & Central America Caribbean-Central American Action (CCAA), USA Website http://www.c-caa.org Contact CCAA at miami@c-caa.org December 1-2, 2011 Port-of-Spain, Trinidad & Tobago 21 st Annual Caribbean Actuarial Association (CAA) Conference: Tailoring Actuarial Practice to Caribbean Reality CAA Website http://www.caa.com.bb/caa_conferences.html Contact Catherine Lyn at president@caa.com.bb Prepared for RepeatingIslands.com August 27, 2011 p. 4
December 8-9, 2011 La Habana, Cuba 5 th International Conference Whither Caribbean Integration? Cátedra de Estudios del Caribe, Universidad de la Habana, Coordinadora Regional de Investigaciones Sociales y Económicas (CRIES) & Social Science Research Council (SSRC) Contact Milagros Martínez at milagros50@rect.uh.cu, Omar Everleny Pérez at everleny@uh.cu, or carmita@rect.uh.cu, or tanialuis@cubarte.cult.cu January 13-15, 2012 Montego Bay, Jamaica International Conference: Dying to be Beautiful? Body Image, Eating Behaviours and Health in the Caribbean Psychology Unit of the Dept. of Sociology, Psychology and Social Work, UWI-Mona Contact dying.to.be.beautiful.symposium@gmail.com February 2-3, 2012 Kingston, Jamaica Fifty-Fifty Conference: Law and Justice in the Post-Independence Era: Reflecting on the First 50 Years, Projecting Beyond Sir Arthur Lewis Institute of Social and Economic Studies (SALISES) Website http://thesalises5050project.blogspot.com Contact Marsha Grey-Lewis at 5050lawandjustice@gmail.com February 9-11, 2012 Needham s Point, Barbados International Sustainability Conference: Protecting the Environment, Developing People, Improving the Bottom Line Certified General Accountants Association of the Caribbean Website http://www.cga-caribbean.org Contact members@cga-caribbean.org.bb February 24-25, 2012 Christ Church, Barbados International Conference: Mothers and Mothering in a Global Context Motherhood Initiative for Research and Community Involvement (UK) & Institute for Gender and Development Studies/Nita Barrow Unit (UWI-Cave Hill) Website http://www.motherhoodinitiative.org Contact info@motherhoodinitiative.org March 7-9, 2012 Curaçao 2 nd International Conference on Governance for Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing States (SIDS) UNESCO Chair for Caribbean SIDS, Univ. of Curaçao Website http://www.sidsgg.com Contact sidsgg@una.an March 15-16, 2012 8 th Quest for Global Competitiveness Conference: The Changing Face of Global Competitiveness: Academia Making the Connection School of Business Administration, Univ. of Puerto Rico - Rio Piedras Website http://quest.uprrp.edu Contact Yvonne Huertas at questconference@uprrp.edu Prepared for RepeatingIslands.com August 27, 2011 p. 5
March 15-18, 2012 Rochester, New York, USA 43 rd Annual Convention of the Northeast Modern Language Association (NeMLA): Beyond Writing Back to the Empire: Second Wave of African and Caribbean Writers NeMLA & St. John Fisher College (Rochester, NY, USA) Website http://www.nemla.org/convention Contact Suha Kudsieh at kudsieh@gmail.com March 21-23, 2012 Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands Fifty-Fifty Conference: Surveying the Past, Mapping the Future University College of the Cayman Islands & SALISES (UWi-Mona) Website http://www.ucciconference.ky Contact Livingston Smith at lsmith@ucci.edu.ky or Mark Minott at mminott@ucci.edu.ky March 22-24, 2012 3 rd International Conference on Negritude / Afro-Latin American Studies Negritud (Journal of Afro-Latin American Studies) Website http://www.afrocubaweb.com/negritud.htm Contact negritudconference@yahoo.com March 23-25, 2012 Augusta, Georgia, USA 3 rd Caribbean Arts and Culture Symposium: The Politics and Positioning of Caribbean Arts and Culture Division of the Humanities, Paine College Website http://www.caribbeansymposium.com Contact Akilah Emily Williams at ewilliams@paine.edu April 19-21, 2012 Cayman Islands 57 th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Caribbean Health Research Council (CHRC) CHRC Website www.chrc-caribbean.org Contact chrc@chrc-caribbean.org or conference@chrc-caribbean.org May 13-18, 2012 Curaçao 44 th Annual Conference of the Association of Caribbean Historians (ACH) ACH Website http://www.associationofcaribbeanhistorians.org Contact achsecretary@gmail.com or Rose Mary Allen at allen_rm@onenet.an May 29 - June 1, 2012 Tortola, British Virgin Islands Islands of the World XII Conference 2012: Globalisation: Islands Adapting to Change International Small Islands Studies Association (ISISA) & H. Lavity Stoutt Community College Website http://www.hlscc.edu.vg/islandsxii Contact Dana Lewis-Ambrose at dlewis@hlscc.edu.vg or islandsxiicall@hlscc.edu.vg Prepared for RepeatingIslands.com August 27, 2011 p. 6
Further ahead August 20-25, 2012 Mona, Jamaica Fifty-Fifty Conference: Critical Reflections in a Time of Uncertainty Sir Arthur Lewis Institute of Social and Economic Studies (SALISES) Website http://thesalises5050project.blogspot.com Contact arlene.supersad@uwimona.edu.jm October 24-28, 2012 Albany, New York, USA 20 th Anniversary Conference of the Puerto Rican Studies Association (PRSA): Boricuas and Other Border-Crossers: Of Diasporas and Latinidades PRSA Website http://www.puertoricanstudies.org Contact Luis.Figueroa@trincoll.edu Prepared for RepeatingIslands.com August 27, 2011 p. 7