We are looking forward to holding our next annual conference in person 5 to 8 July 2023 at the Stephen Lawrence Research Centre at De Montfort University.
We have contacted everyone who submitted an abstract for consideration, so if you have not heard from us Please check your junk mail folder, before contacting the Society via email.
To register for the conference, please complete the form here.
The deadline for presenters has been extended to Friday 2nd June, the deadline for non-presenting attendees is Friday 23rd June.
To complete payment for the conference with paypal, see here. To check the amount payable, the conference rates are available here. We are aware that the button on the latter page is not redirecting correctly to the paypal payment page.
Opal 22 is offering a Black history of Leicestershire bus tour which we encourage all conference delegates to join. If you would like to fold the tour into your conference fee payment, please add £35 to the final amount payable. Alternatively, you can also pay Opal directly through their eventbrite page here.
Travel to Leicester
For information about arriving in Leicester by train, car, coach or air see Visit Leicester here. Arriving internationally, trains between Leicester and London St Pancras are regular and typically take around 70 mins. Direct trains between Gatwick airport take around 30-60 minutes to get to St Pancras and run frequently. Regular trains and tubes also run between Heathrow to St Pancras taking 55-70 minutes.
Places to Stay
If you’re thinking about your accommodation in Leicester, there are rooms set aside for conference delegates at the Hotel Brooklyn [ https://hotelbrooklynlei.co.
We will continually add to this page with information about the July 2023 conference, so please do check here for updates. A draft copy of the conference programme is now available to view on the home page of the website.
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UPDATED: Call for Papers – Deadline for Abstracts extended to 23 January 2023
46th Annual Conference of the Society for Caribbean Studies, 5-8 July 2023
The Society for Caribbean Studies (SCS) invites scholars to submit abstracts of no more than 250 words for research papers, on the Hispanic, Francophone, Dutch and Anglophone Caribbean and their diasporas, for presentation at our 2023 conference. We hope to hold this event in person.
We invite papers from all disciplines of Caribbean Studies across the arts, humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences. The Society is eager to receive proposals that centre the non-Anglophone Caribbean. Proposals may address any theme or topic focused on the Greater Caribbean and should be submitted by 23 January 2023.
While we do not have a specific theme for 2023’s conference, we welcome papers exploring:
– sovereignty in the Caribbean
– the bicentenary of the Demerara Rebellion of 1823
– the 1953 election in Guyana
– the 40th anniversary of the US invasion of Grenada and the end of the Grenada revolution
– the 75th anniversary since of the docking of the Windrush
– the 1993 murder of Stephen Lawrence
Please submit your abstract along with a short bio of no more than 150 words, via this form.
We also welcome proposals for complete panels, which should consist of a minimum of 3 and a maximum of 4 presenters. Please note: a separate abstract and bio should be submitted for each paper. Each conference presentation should not exceed 20 minutes. You will receive an automated response when you submit and be notified of acceptance by the end of February.
You may reach us at via email in case of any questions or observations.