Centre for Caribbean Thought | The University of the West Indies at Mona, Jamaica

Everyone bears witness to his or her own experience and is therefore engaged in the process of knowledge production even when such knowledge is discovered to be in error.

George Lamming

Announcements

GORDON LEWIS CONFERENCE - DEADLINE EXTENDED

The deadline for submitting papers for the Caribbean Reasonings Conference: Freedom and Power in the Caribbean: The Work of Gordon K Lewis, has been extended to January 10th, 2010. See call for papers and panels.

CCT HOSTS VISITING SCHOLAR

Recently, the CCT had the pleasure of hosting Jason McCollin, an MPhil candidate at the UWI, Cave Hill campus who is conducting research about the role of radical intellectuals in shaping Caribbean society. Eleanor Williams from the CCT had a conversation with Jason about his research. Read it here.

UPCOMING CONFERENCE

The 7th Caribbean Reasonings Conference, titled, Freedom and Power in the Caribbean: The Work of Gordon K Lewis, will take place from June 3 - 5, 2010, at the UWI, Mona Campus. The CCT has issued a call for papers and panels - the deadline for submissions is December 15, 2009.

Many thanks to Peter Jordens for this list of upcoming conferences about the Caribbean (pdf).

The CCT is accepting applications from students interested in participating in the Trilateral Reconnection Project's student exchange program. Students who are currently enrolled in an appropriate Masters or PhD program at either the UWI, Mona, or the University of Cape Town, are invited to apply. more