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News, events, comment and updates from the Society for Caribbean Studies. Encouraging education and research about the Caribbean since 1976.
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We are thrilled to be supporting the Festival of Black History on Saturday 6th September 2025 at Goldsmiths, University of London. It is going to be an incredible event - Booking is FREE but essential
August 28, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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And we finished on a fantastic high with our Bridget Jones Award presentation from La Vaughn Belle www.lavaughnbelle.com
La Vaughn Belle stands at the lecturn giving her presentation A slide displaying La Vaughn's sculpture "Sovereign" is displayed on the screen, depicting a woman emerging out of broken glass, her hands outstretched as if shooting an arrow. La Vaughn Belle stands at the lectern
July 4, 2025 at 7:29 PM
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And what a dream to welcome Prof Verene Shepherd as the Pat Noxolo Keynote
Prof Pat Noxolo seated next to Prof Verene Shepherd who is dedicating her biography of Lucille Mathurin Mair Professor Verene Shepherd at a lectern delivering her keynote lecture Professor Verene Shepherd seated smiling next to Prof Gad Heuman Table of delegates smiling at the camera seated ready for dinner
July 4, 2025 at 7:24 PM
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What an incredible few days at our 48th Annual Conference with such wonderful old and new friends and wonderful research #SCS2025
Presentatikn slide for Lost & Found collection with panellists seated in front Screen showing various heritage sites in front of which are panellists for the RISE heritage roundtable. A full conference centre room either delegates listening to a presentation A slide with two people stood in front smiling
July 4, 2025 at 7:19 PM
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The Indo-Caribbean Windrush Oral History Project documents the stories of Indo-Caribbeans who migrated to the UK during or after the Windrush era (1948–1971), and their descendants. It highlights voices often overlooked in Windrush commemorations.
Info poster for Indo-Caribbean Windrush An Oral History project. Includes a photograph of indentured labourers in Trinidad on the left and the HMT Empire Windrush on the right
July 1, 2025 at 8:19 AM
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📣 The Society for Caribbean Studies is excited to introduce Christian Gurdin, a PhD candidate at the University of Warwick, who will be presenting at the 48th Annual Society for Caribbean Studies Conference this July! He will be taking over our /social media accounts to talk about his research.
June 23, 2025 at 1:06 PM
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📢 The Society for Caribbean Studies is proud to introduce Caribbean Student Bursary recipient Andel Andrew.

📍Presentation: Public and Digital Diplomacy in Regional Organizations: The Case of CARICOM.

#CARICOM #DigitalDiplomacy #SCS2025 #PublicDiplomacy #ScholarInFocus #CaribbeanVoices
June 16, 2025 at 10:53 AM
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Our conference programme is now LIVE: community-languages.org.uk/scs/annual-s...
June 12, 2025 at 9:53 AM
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Less than a month to go 🎉
We are thrilled to announce that Professor Verene A. Shepherd will be the keynote speaker at our 48th Annual Conference, 2-4 July!

Artwork by Renée Landell
Conference poster, states "The Poetics, Praxis and Politics of Repair", with location and date and logos. Image features a Black woman in the foreground with rope and thread in her hands. Figure behind her has paint brush and palette.
June 4, 2025 at 8:42 AM
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Our annual conference takes place in July each year. The CFP has just been extended and we'd love to see lots of faces in Bristol.
You now have until JANUARY 20 2025 to get abstracts submitted! The full CFP can be found here: community-languages.org.uk/scs/conferen...
This is a picture of the Call for Papers for the Society for Caribbean Studies, further information can be found through the link in the post.
January 14, 2025 at 5:12 PM