Category Archives: Events

Climate Change and the Caribbean

Society for Caribbean Studies would like to thank all those who came to the SCS Live Q&A/discussion event, entitled ‘Climate Change and the Caribbean‘.

Dr Edil Sepulveda is a NASA scientist, licensed attorney, climate change expert, and Puerto Rican Diaspora organizer. His talk is still available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lf4swRlke_w&feature=youtu.be

Please note: due to the pandemic, SCS has not been able to run our annual conference in 2020, but we look forward to seeing you at our annual conference in 2021!

Postgraduate Conference cancelled

“It is with regret that we are having to cancel the Society for Caribbean Studies (SCS) Postgraduate Conference, which was due to take place at the end of April (see details below).  In conformity with current UK national guidelines around suppressing the spread of COVID-19, Leicester University is cancelling public gatherings in March and April. … read on ...

Statement on the conference planned for July 1st to 3rd 2020

We hope that you are keeping well in the context of the global spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19). The Society for Caribbean Studies (SCS) Committee is issuing this holding statement to reassure you that we have not yet made a decision to cancel our conference at Butetown Community Centre, 1-3 July 2020, but that we are closely monitoring the UK and international situation, and we will make a decision in late April.… read on ...