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From: Hector R. Romero
List Editor: Steven Mintz <sm3031@COLUMBIA.EDU>
Editor's Subject: 2nd. International Conference on Caribbean Studies
Author's Subject: 2nd. International Conference on Caribbean Studies
Date Written: Tue, 17 Nov 2009 09:58:08 -0500
Date Posted: Wed, 17 Nov 2009 09:58:08 -0500


Dear colleagues, just to inform you that we have extended the submission
deadline to December 7, 2009



Hector R. Romero, Ph.D.

Professor of Hispanic Studies

The University of Texas Pan American

Edinburg, TX 78541-2999

Tel. (956)381-3441

Fax (956)318-5381



2nd. International Conference on Caribbean Studies (ICCS)

II Conferencia Internacional en Estudios Caribeños

Deuxième Conférence Internationale des Études sur les Caraïbes



“The Many Caribbeans and the Bicentennial of the Continental

Spanish American Independence Movements”



 University of Cartagena

Cartagena de Indias, Colombia

March 15-19, 2010



COMMUNIQUÉ No. 2:



Keynote Speakers:



Raphaël Confiant

(Martinique)



Member of the “creoleness” movement, of the Group for the Study and
Research of the Creole-speaking World (GEREC), and Professor at the Université
des Antilles Guyane.  Author of several books including the best known: Éloge
de la créolité (1989), with Jean Bernabé and Patrick Chamoiseau;  Lettres
créoles: tracées antillaises et continental de la littérature: Haïti,
Guadeloupe, Martinique, Guyane… (1991), also with Chamoiseau, and
Dictionnaire créole martiniquais-français (2007).  Some of his most recent
novels are: Adèle et la pacotilleuse (2005), Case à Chine (2007) y Hôtel
du bon plaisir (2009). He is one of the most influential Caribbean writers of
our times.



Enrique Saínz

(Cuba)



Full member of the Cuban Academy of the Language.  Some of his books are:
Silvestre de Balboa y la literatura cubana (1982);  La literatura cubana de
1700 a 1790 (1983);   La obra poética de Cintio Vitier  (1998);   La poesía
de Virgilio Piñera: ensayo de aproximación  (2001); Ensayos en el tiempo
(2008) y Ensayos inconclusos  (2009). He was a member of the team responsable
for the production of the Diccionario de la literatura cubana (1980-1984) and
also worked on the Historia de la literatura cubana  (2002-2009).  He is
considered one of the most important and prolific writers residing in Cuba.



Alfonso Múnera Cavadía

(Colombia)



Founder of the College of Social Sciences, Director of the International
Institute of Caribbean Studies, Associate Provost for Research at the
Universidad de Cartagena.  For the last sixteen years has directed the
International Seminar on Caribbean Studies.  Has authored  El fracaso de la
nación: región, clase y raza en el Caribe Colombiano: 1717 -1810 (1998)  and 
Fronteras imaginadas: La construcción de las razas y de la geografía en el
siglo XIX colombiano (2005). His works have transformed the understanding of
the Caribbean as part of the Colombian nation.

Sponsoring Organizations:





Fundación Universitaria del Área Andina

Oficina de Relaciones Internacionales

www.areandina.edu.co



Pontificia Universidad Javeriana

Departamento de Literatura

www.javeriana.edu.co



Universidad de Cartagena

Instituto Internacional de Estudios del Caribe

www.unicartagena.edu.co



University of Texas Pan American

Dept. of Modern Languages & Literatures

www.utpa.edu/dept/modlang

République Française

                                            Ambassade de France à Bogota

                                                  www.ambafrance-co.org/





CALL FOR PAPERS



The II International Conference on Caribbean Studies (ICCS) will take place
from March 15-19, 2010, in Cartagena de Indias in the Caribbean region of
Colombia.  The main theme emphasizes, but is not thematically limited to the
interdisciplinary character of the conference. We suggest additionally the
following topics:



         Theory-critic production from the Caribbean.

         Regional Caribbean integration and with Latin America.

         Studies about art, including music and painting.

         Cultural and literary studies:  A Caribbean transnational
perspective.

         Transatlantic Studies: Caribbean /Europe/Africa.

         Articulate dynamics between the Caribbean, the Pacific and Brazil.

         Andean/Caribbean socio-cultural dynamics in Colombia.

         Race, gender and subalternity epistemology.

         Higher education and Caribbean pedagogies in view of globalization.

         Caribbean Diasporas.

         Environmental and cultural sustainability of the Caribbean.



We will accept only one proposal for paper or panel per each author, in
Spanish, English or French. The panels will be composed of a maximum of 4
presentations. Presentations should not exceed twenty minutes; the members of
the panels and the session chair will rigorously follow this limit. Please send
an abstract of 200 words or less by electronic attachment (Word) to:
hrromero@utpa.edu (in English or French) and to figueroa@javeriana.edu.co  (in
Spanish) by December 7, 2009.



For updates and information on hotels, airports and registration, please
consult the websites of the universities that are hosting this event:

http://www.utpa.edu/Dept/modlang/Conference/iccs.htm



http://www.areandina.edu.co/portal/medios/documentos/pdf/convocatoriacaribe.pdf



For further information, please contact:

Kevin Sedeño Guillén

Fundación Universitaria del Área Andina

Bogotá, D. C., Calle 71 No. 13-21.

Telf.: (57-1) 346 6600, ext. 161. Fax. (57-1) 313 1076.

E-mail: kesedeno@areandina.edu.co



I. Conference Registration: By December 15, 2009 those whose papers are
accepted will be notified. The procedures and date for paying registration will
be informed in the next notice. The registration fee is as follows:

Speakers  (Colombia)   $ 200.000 M/C

Speakers   Foreign       US$ 150

Students  Speakers (Colombia) $ 50.000 M/C

Foreign Students Speakers       US$ 75

Undergraduate Students  attending  (Colombia) (free)

Other attending (Colombia)       $ 50.000 M/C

Other attending  Foreign           US$ 50



II. Hotel Reservations: The conference will take place in the “Rafael
Núñez” Paraninfo (ceremonial lecture hall) of the University of Cartagena
in the city of Cartagena de Indias, Colombia. You may call the hotels directly
to make your reservations before February 15, 2010, identifying yourself as a
conference participant. All reservations received after this date will be
accepted according to availability at the hotel’s normal rates.

www.bantuhotel.com                         www.hotelleecartagena.com           
                                www.hotelcaribe.com                 
www.hotellosbalconesdebadillo.com

                www.doradoplaza.com                     
www.hotelmonterrey.com.co

         www.hotelcharlestonsantateresa.com      
www.hotelsanmartincartagena.co



III. Cartagena de Indias: Founded in 1533, today it is an important center of
commerce in the region and a popular tourist destination. The walled city of
Cartagena de Indias and its system of colonial forts were designated by UNESCO
in 1984 as Patrimony of Humanity. Its current socioeconomic state and its
racial and cultural diversity are evidence of the contradictions of what used
to be one of the most important ports for slave traffic in the Caribbean. For
more information visit: http://www.cartagenainfo.net.



Organizing Committee:

Héctor R. Romero

Founder ICCS

University of Texas Pan American



Kevin Sedeño Guillén

General Coordinator

Fundación Universitaria del Área Andina



Alfonso Múnera Cavadía                                     Graciela Maglia de
Ferrari

Coordination at Cartagena de Indias                       Departamento de
Literatura

Universidad de Cartagena                                        Pontificia
Universidad Javeriana



Hernando Velásquez Montoya                             Sarah González de
Mojica

International Relations Coordinator                         Instituto Pensar

Fundación Universitaria del Área Andina                Pontificia Universidad
Javeriana



Cristo Figueroa Sánchez                                       Carmen Millán
de Benavides

Departamento de Literatura                                      Instituto
Pensar

Pontificia Universidad Javeriana                              Pontificia
Universidad Javeriana
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