The Sir Arthur Lewis Institute of Social and Economic Studies (SALISES) is pleased to announce the hosting, on the island of  St Lucia, of its 16th Annual Conference, to be celebrated as The W Arthur Lewis Centennial Conference, over the period January 14-16, 2015, under the theme Towards Caribbean Prosperity and Happiness in an Equitable World. The Conference is part of a series of events to mark the Centenary of Sir Arthur’s birth in St Lucia on January 23, 1915. The deadline date for the submission of abstracts is July 31, 2014. Please submit all abstracts by e-mail to wal@uwimona.edu.jm.

Call for papers

Caribbean InTransit Arts Journal launches its first annual symposium in conjunction with the Postgraduate Programme in Cultural Studies at The University of the West Indies (UWI), St. Augustine, Trinidad.

The Caribbean InTransit platform operates a peer-reviewed online journal that is institutionally affiliated with African and African American Studies at George Mason University,conducts community workshops and initiates curatorial events. On October 25, 2013, as part of its continued experiment in ways of working, Caribbean InTransit will launch its first annual  festival, “Caribbean InTransit: The Meeting Place”. We are pleased to launch the symposium component of the festival  in conjunction with the Postgraduate Programme in Cultural Studies at The University of the West Indies (UWI), St. Augustine. The theme of the symposium is “Body/Institution/Memory”. “Body/Institution/Memory” will bring together a number of academics, artists and postgraduate students to explore selected questions that have arisen incontemporary art both within the Caribbean and its diaporas and beyond. We would like to invite proposals for papers to be presented at the symposium. Papers presented will also be under consideration for inclusion in Issue 6 of Caribbean InTransit with an anticipated publication date of Spring 2014.

We welcome proposals for papers from established scholars as well as artists and postgraduate students. Submission format: Please submit proposals of  300-450 words and bios of 50 words. Proposals should demonstrate how the presenter intends to address one or more of the selected questions – or make  a case for a clearly related set of questions.Bios should include: name; institutional affiliations, if any; areas of work/research;and selected publications/works relevant to contemporary art.   Submission deadline: May 31, 2013 Submit your work via this link: http://caribbeanintransit.com/submissions/submit-work/

See Caribbean Arts Journal

http://www.tnt50.gov.tt/sites/default/files/documents/Season_Of_Renewal.pdf

Arts Directory Barbados

Over 300 pages of art, artists and galleries. With direct online linke to email and websites. Created by Corrie Scott & Kathy Yearwood. All rights reserved. Barbados 2011

Visit: http://issuu.com/corriescott/docs/art_directory_barbados_dec_2011#print

U.S. Embassy to Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean "Urban Visions" Video Competition September-October 2011

What is urban culture? Skateboarding, hip-hop music, urban dance?

The U.S Embassy of Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean is encouraging Caribbean citizens and youth to “Show us your urban vision!” Make a video about urban culture on your island and compete to win an HD Flip video camera!

Rules: No incitement to violence, no profanity, no pornography, and no commercial promotion.

Eligibility: Participants must be both a citizen and a resident of Barbados, St. Lucia, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Grenada, Dominica or Antigua and Barbuda. Participants must be under the age of 26 on October 14, 2011.

Timeline: All entries must be received by noon Eastern Daylight Time on October 14, 2011 to be considered.

Prize: A selection of finalists will be chosen by the United States Embassy to Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean. These finalists will be featured on the Embassy’s Facebook page from October 17, 2011 through October 21, 2011. The video entry with the most Facebook likes by noon Eastern Daylight Time on October 21, 2011 will be determined as the winning entry. The winner will receive a Flipvideo UltraHD 8G that records two hours of video.

How to submit: Post your video on You Tube, and send a link to your video to BridgetownPublicAffairs@state.gov. In your email, please include your full name, date of birth, school or university, home address, nationality, and phone number.
Eligibility: Participants must be both a citizen and a resident of Barbados, St. Lucia, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Grenada, Dominica or Antigua and Barbuda. Participants must be under the age of 26 on October 14, 2011.

Timeline: All entries must be received by noon Eastern Daylight Time on October 14, 2011 to be considered.

Prize: A selection of finalists will be chosen by the United States Embassy to Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean. These finalists will be featured on the Embassy’s Facebook page from October 17, 2011 through October 21, 2011. The video entry with the most Facebook likes by noon Eastern Daylight Time on October 21, 2011 will be determined as the winning entry. The winner will receive a Flipvideo UltraHD 8G that records two hours of video.

How to submit: Post your video on You Tube, and send a link to your video to BridgetownPublicAffairs@state.gov. In your email, please include your full name, date of birth, school or university, home address, nationality, and phone number.Eligibility: Participants must be both a citizen and a resident of Barbados, St. Lucia, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Grenada, Dominica or Antigua and Barbuda. Participants must be under the age of 26 on October 14, 2011.

Timeline: All entries must be received by noon Eastern Daylight Time on October 14, 2011 to be considered.

Prize: A selection of finalists will be chosen by the United States Embassy to Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean. These finalists will be featured on the Embassy’s Facebook page from October 17, 2011 through October 21, 2011. The video entry with the most Facebook likes by noon Eastern Daylight Time on October 21, 2011 will be determined as the winning entry. The winner will receive a Flipvideo UltraHD 8G that records two hours of video.

How to submit: Post your video on You Tube, and send a link to your video to BridgetownPublicAffairs@state.gov. In your email, please include your full name, date of birth, school or university, home address, nationality, and phone number.

Advancing Reinaldo Gonsalves’ Model of Global Economic Insertion

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