Society for Caribbean Studies

Travel to Preston
Preston is a city in the North of England. IBAR is part of University of Central Lancashire (UCLAN), which is within easy access of the city centre. Details of how to get to IBAR/UCLAN, by rail, bus, coach or car, are available here: https://www.uclan.ac.uk/visit/how_to_find_us.php

Accommodation in Preston
In Preston city centre there are quite a few hotels available, usually with ensuite and breakfast included.… read on...

CALL FOR PAPERS

5th Annual Postgraduate Conference of the Society for Caribbean Studies
Wednesday 27th February 2019
The University of Birmingham

The Society for Caribbean Studies Postgraduate Caribbean Network invites submissions of abstracts of not more than 250 words for research papers on the Hispanic, Francophone, Dutch and Anglophone Caribbean and their diasporas for its annual postgraduate conference.… read on...

BRIDGET JONES AWARD 2024

CALL FOR APPLICATIONS

Arts researchers or practitioners living and working in the Caribbean are eligible to apply for the Bridget Jones Award, the deadline for which is the 26th February 2024. The winner of the award will present their work at the virtual 47th Annual Conference of the Society for Caribbean Studies which will take place from the 3rd to the 6th of July 2024.… read on...

It is with great regret that we have to announce that our friend David Lowental has passed away.

You may wish to read his obituary in the Guardian here… 

Peter Fraser and Gad Heuman wrote:

David Lowenthal’s great contribution to the study of the Caribbean should not be overlooked. His book “West Indian Societies” (1972) and the four volumes of readings he co-edited with Lambros Comitas (1973) served not only as introductions but stimulated further research; there were also his many scholarly articles.… read on...