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Call For Papers October 2011

The Politics and Positioning of

Caribbean Arts and Culture

The Division of the Humanities at Paine College is requesting proposals for the Third Caribbean Arts and Culture Symposium to be held March 23 - 25, 2012. The symposium will be held on the Augusta, GA campus of historic Paine College, founded in 1882.

The theme of the Third Caribbean Arts and Culture Symposium is The Politics and Positioning of Caribbean Arts and Cultures. Organizers of the symposium are interested in receiving proposals from faculty, independent scholars, graduate students, undergraduate students, artists, and designers working in the literary, visual, performing, design, and communication arts as well as social, cultural, and historical studies. ALL TOPICS WILL BE CONSIDERED. POSSIBLE TOPICS MAY INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO:

Polical Leaders and Artistic Influence
Literary Criticism and Popular Culture
The Global, Postmodern, and Postcolonial
Caribbean Design: Architecture and Fashion
Caribbean Influences on Global Art and Design
Technology and Transformation
Rastafarianism as a Global Movement
Caribbean Reflections in a Post - 9/11 World
Caribbean Performance and Imitation
Tracing Traditions: Art, History, and Politics
Carnival and Junkanoo

Proposals are sought in three categories:

1) Professors, independent scholars, artists, and designers
2) Graduate students
3) Undergraduate students

Please indicate your status in the proposal. Proposals should be no more than one-page and provide the title and thesis of the paper, panel, or roundtable discussion. For proposed panel sessions, the title of the panel is requested as well as the title and thesis of each presenter's paper. For proposed roundtable discussions, provide the title of the discussion group, names of participants, and tentative topics for discussion. All proposals must include name, mailing address, email address, and telephone number(s). Papers must have a reading time of no more than twenty (20) minutes. Roundtable discussions are limited to forty-five (45) minutes.

Please note AV and other equipment requests in the proposal.

Please submit proposals no later than Wednesday, July 1, 2011 by traditional mail or email to:

Dr. Akilah Emily Williams, Director

Caribbean Arts and Culture Symposium

Paine College

Division of the Humanities

1235 Fifteenth Street

Augusta, GA 30901

ewilliams@paine.edu

Telephone inquiries may be made at (706) 821-8326

Dr. Emily Allen Willism poses with symposium participants from Clark Atlanta, Clayton State University, and Morehouse College, and Morris Brown College.