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CARIBBEAN STUDIES ASSOCIATION welcomes you to their XXXIVANNUALCONFERENCE JUNE 1-5, 2009 Theme: “Centering the Caribbean in Caribbean Studies” “Centrar el Caribe en los estudios del Caribe” “Mettre la Caraї be au coeur des études caribéennes” 34TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF THE CARIBBEAN STUDIES ASSOCIATION CARIBBEAN STUDIES ASSOCIATION OUR HISTORY – he Caribbean Studies Association (CSA) providing one of the only venues for persons TCCCcis an independent professional organisation working on the Caribbean to come together to devoted to the promotion of Caribbean studies share their work, to engage in collaborative from a multidisciplinary, multicultural point of endeavours, to exchange ideas, to meet each view. It is the primary association for scholars and other, and to develop the field of Caribbean practitioners working on the Caribbean Region Studies. Most importantly, the Caribbean Studies (including Central America and the Caribbean Association has become potentially one of the coast of South America). Its members come from most important vehicles for researching, the Caribbean Region, North America, South analysing, and documenting the growing America, Central America, Europe and significant presence of populations of Caribbean elsewhere, even though more than half of its descent in the United States, Canada, and Europe. members live in the United States, many of them It provides the perfect venue for maintaining the teaching at US universities and colleges. Founded intellectual and academic connections needed to in 1974 by 300 Caribbeanists, the CSA now has study this growing phenomenon. over 1,100 members. Members of the CSA have played leading roles in The Caribbean Studies Association enjoys non- the Caribbean, most notably in public service and profit status and is independent of any public or in academia. These include current and past private institution. Membership is open to anyone service as leaders of governments, administrators interested in sharing its objectives, regardless of in multilateral and bilateral regional academic discipline, profession, ideology,place of organisations. Many of our current members residence, ethnic origin or nationality. serve in senior positions at Caribbean, North American andEuropean universities. The focus of the CSA is on the Caribbean Basin which includes Central America, the Caribbean Coast of Mexico, as well as Venezuela, Colombia, Northeast Brazil and the three Guianas. The Association serves a critical function for scholars CONTENTS PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE 4-5 MENSAJE DE LA PRESIDENTA 6-7 MESSAGE DE LA PRESIDENTE 8-9 MESSAGE FROM THE CHAIR 10-11 MESSAGE FROM THE LOCAL ORGANISING COMMITTEE CHAIR 12 TIMETABLE 13 PLENARIES 14 HOTEL MAP 15 PANELS 16-51 BOOK LAUNCH AND EXHIBITION 52 FILM PERFORMANCE TRACK 53-60 OFFICERS AND COMMITTEES 61 PAST,PRESENT AND UPCOMING PRESIDENTS 62 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 63 INDEX 64-73 34TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF THE CARIBBEAN STUDIES ASSOCIATION PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE PATRICIA MOHAMMED ear CSA members, first-timers and those from our annual invasions which require for D whose support has made this year's success the time of local organising committees, programme possible – on behalf of the Executive and inputs of commercial and institutional Council and Advisory Board I extend a warm funding? Then there was the term 'Caribbean welcome to the 34th Annual Conference of the Studies' itself, one which was taken for granted – Caribbean Studies Association (CSA) and to as if this had not itself undergone shifts in Jamaica. We look forward to greeting old friends emphasis and disciplinary interests in three and inviting new members and participants into decades. Commenting on the selected theme, the extended family of over 1,000 who now Prof. Bhoendradatt Tewarie (Pro Vice Chancellor, constitute the association's membership. When Planning, University of the West Indies) asks, you come to a CSA conference and join this “What impact has the decades of Caribbean association, you have already made the Studies had on the Caribbean? What has thinking, commitment to one of the many goals that the discussing and writing about the Caribbean done association serves, of advancing the development forthe Caribbean?” of this region and the welfare of its diasporic population. In this vein I pay homage to the 33 A fluctuation of interest in the Caribbean must presidents and the numerous executive council also engage us: flavour of the day a few centuries members before this year's team who have ago, the Caribbean has slipped gently into committed themselves to delivering a conference obsolescence on the Western Hemispheric stage, and taking the CSA through another term. which two-day hosted meetings of the Summit of the Americas cannot easily resolve – we are small In selecting the site of Jamaica this year, one of the players in a very big field. In the world of few prerogatives the president has for his or her scholarship and publishing, Caribbean markets year of office, I have brought the membership to are miniscule and hold very little interest for large my second home in the Caribbean. The theme of presses that must sell books and information to the conference, “Centering the Caribbean in survive. Thus when Dr. Diana Thorburn, Caribbean Studies”, started with a niggling Programme Chair and UWI Jamaican scholar, thought that refused to be dismissed over the last coined the phrase that would become the theme, decade. While the CSA emerged as an association we were both committed as longstanding CSA 34 years ago through the initiatives of scholars members to engaging this year's conference in situated in North America, I was increasingly discussions around these issues. Jamaica was one concerned about the benefits to Caribbean of the best places to do so, as site of the first UWI societies who served each year as hosts to the campus. With the full support of Professor annual conferences. How do these societies gain Gordon Shirley, Principal of UWI's Mona 4 34TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF THE CARIBBEAN STUDIES ASSOCIATION PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE Campus, and with Annette Insanally, Director of Cooblal, Secretary/Treasurer, CSA, and Ms the Latin American–Caribbean Centre as our Michelle Seeraj (Research Assistant, UWI, St. Local Organising Chair, together with the Augustine) who assisted as secretariat members ongoing backing of Dr Hamid Ghany, Dean of the at St Augustine, were invaluable and Faculty of Social Sciences (who has hosted the irreplaceable as colleagues. Professor Anton CSA Secretariat at the UWI St Augustine over the Allahar was a hard act to follow as the cheerful yet last four years), the Principal of the St Augustine grounded past president, and he continued to Campus, Professor Clement Sankat, and the Pro provide this year the benefit of his experience, as Vice Chancellors of Research and Graduate did Dr. Dwaine Plaza, Programme Chair 2007/8. Studies, Professors Wayne Hunte and Ronald Drs. Samuel Fure (Cuba) and Maggie Shrimpton Young, we can safely attest to the partnership of (Mexico) looked after travel grant issues that have the University of the West Indies in this year's brought some of you here; while Professor conference and to our shared institutional Jocelyne Guilbault and incoming CSA president interests in tertiary-level delivery in hammering Linden Lewis have ensured that we have free and out ideas in this theme. fair elections to select the next executive. We invite each paid-up member to ensure that you exercise We were overwhelmed with applications of all your vote. Each year we also depend on and kinds this year, and have divided these into celebrate our authors, presses and publishers who tracked sessions that may allow us to shop wisely have become our regulars, and for the in the department store of panels, plenaries and organisation of this aspect of our programme and performances that await you in this programme. the annual book launch event we thank Drs. We have attempted to create no clashes with the Carolle Charles and Lisa Outar. three plenaries that deal with the main theme of the conference in order to allow for full The CSAconference brings us all together to unite participation by members. We invited as scholar- on some common ground, despite differences of in-residence for the week, Professor George many hues. We wanted to put together a Lamming, noted Caribbean author; and we have conference programme that admittedly, begins created a film and performance track that sets up uncharacteristically early. Although taxing for an alternative space in the Jonkanoo Lounge of the those who keep late nights, we have provided Hilton Hotel for the other languages from which times throughout the programme for a siesta if culture writes – visuality, dance, orality and you so choose, or engagement in other spheres music. where numerous invaluable exchanges take place in the CSA – in our recreated internet café in the The association runs on the wheels of its Executive Hilton mezzanine, and at carefully spaced out Council, Advisory Board, Secretariat and receptions and activities that allow us time for a members who commit themselves and deliver on more fluid and pleasurable melding of ideas. their promises. I thank each of you who will have made this programme a success – a full list For those of you who will experience Jamaica for appears on appropriate pages of this programme. the first time, or through the eyes of the CSA, I At the same time, I must single out for special hope that this conference will prove to be attention those who have tirelessly worked on the productive, enjoyable andinspiring. details that have made up the whole. Dr. Diana Thorburn as Programme Chair has been unstinting and caring in her role. Annette Patricia Mohammed Insanally as Local Organising Chair I have come Professor of Gender and Cultural Studies to know, respect and be in awe of in terms of her University of the West Indies, StAugustine managerial and organisational skills.

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