1-3 November 2007
Phillipsburg Cultural Centre, Great Bay
ST. MARTIN
 (arrival Wednesday, 31 October; departure Sunday, 4 November)

Co-organized by
 University of Puerto Rico at Río Piedras
University of the West Indies at Cave Hill, Barbados
and
University of St. Martin
Suggested topics include:

•  Eastern Caribbean Drama, Poetry and Fiction
• Special Panels on Language, Culture and Education in St. Martin
• Language and Culture, Language and Identity in the Eastern Caribbean
• Creole Linguistics
• Art and Popular Culture of the Eastern Caribbean
• Eastern Caribbean Carnivals and Other Performance Traditions
• Amerindian History and Cultural Studies
• Culture and Politics, Culture and Economics in the Eastern Caribbean
• Other Topics Related to Eastern Caribbean Cultures

Deadline for Abstracts: no later than 17 August 2007; Notification: 2 September 2007

Space may be limited and priority will be given to abstracts received by 10 August 2007

Papers should conform to the allotted twenty minutes of presentation time.  Proposals should include: a one-page abstract (maximum 250 words), the author’s name, postal and e-mail address (if available), and home institution (if applicable), and a brief biography (50 words or less).

Send submissions or inquiries to:
Puerto Rico Conference Organizing Committee (Loretta Collins, Dannabang Kuwabong, Mervyn C. Alleyne, Rhoda Arrindell: islandsconference@gmail.com .(Please submit proposals  within the text of the e-mail and not as an attachment)

or mail to:
Eastern Caribbean Island Cultures Conference, c/o Department of English, P.O. Box 23356, UPR Station, San Juan, PR 00931-3356, Puerto Rico / USA.

Information regarding the conference will be available on the Islands In Between Web Page