{"id":498,"date":"2021-08-10T10:43:36","date_gmt":"2021-08-10T09:43:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cavehill.uwi.edu\/fhe-lll\/programme\/"},"modified":"2025-06-02T14:36:02","modified_gmt":"2025-06-02T13:36:02","slug":"programme","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.cavehill.uwi.edu\/fhe-lll\/conferences\/west-indian-literatures-conference\/programme\/","title":{"rendered":"Programme"},"content":{"rendered":"<section>\n<div class=\"container-fluid\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col\">\n<div class=\"lc-block\">\n<div editable=\"rich\">\n<h1 class=\"page-header\">Programme<\/h1>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"lc-block text-center\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cavehill.uwi.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/47\/Conferences\/West-Indian-Literatures-Conference\/Resources\/draft-agenda-4.pdf\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Agenda\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cavehill.uwi.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/47\/Conferences\/West-Indian-Literatures-Conference\/Images\/wilc-agenda.jpg\" style=\"width: 350px; height: 307px;\"><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"card-body lc-block text-center\">\n<div editable=\"rich\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cavehill.uwi.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/47\/Conferences\/West-Indian-Literatures-Conference\/Resources\/draft-agenda-4.pdf\">View the Draft Agenda [PDF]<\/a><\/strong>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"lc-block\">\n<div class=\"accordion\" id=\"accordion-mine\">\n<div class=\"card\">\n<div class=\"card-header bg-primary\" id=\"headingOne\">\n<h5 class=\"mb-0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button class=\"btn btn-link stretched-link text-white\" type=\"button\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" data-target=\"#collapse-mine-1\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"collapse-mine-1\">Day 1<\/button><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h5>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"collapse-mine-1\" class=\"collapse\" aria-labelledby=\"headingOne\" data-parent=\"#accordion-mine\">\n<div class=\"card-body lc-block\">\n<div editable=\"rich\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/><strong>THURSDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2021<\/strong><\/p>\n<h5>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<strong>10:00 a.m. \u2013 11:30 a.m.<\/strong><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h5>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<strong>Opening Ceremony<\/strong><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t&nbsp;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<strong>Chair<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"width: 100%\">\n<li>Welcome and Opening Remarks<\/li>\n<li>Greetings<\/li>\n<li>Introduction of Keynote Speaker<\/li>\n<li><strong>Keynote Address:<\/strong> Tobias Buckell<\/li>\n<li>Vote of Thanks<\/li>\n<li>Closing Remarks<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h5><strong>12:00 p.m. \u2013 1:30 p.m.<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<strong>Session 1:<\/strong> Queer Caribbean Landscapes<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<strong>Chair: <\/strong>Andrew Kendall, University of Guyana<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul style=\"width: 100%\">\n<li>Patriarchy and Queer Affiliations in the Contemporary Caribbean Domestic Novel: A Study of Shani Mootoo\u2019s Valmiki\u2019s Daughter and Ingrid Persaud\u2019s Love After Love: Elizabeth Jackson, The UWI, St. Augustine<\/li>\n<li>Neither Here nor Queer:&nbsp; Battyboys, Bulldaggers and Bugarrons in the Age of Queer Liberalism: Kedon Willis, The City College of New York<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h5><strong>2:00 p.m. \u2013 3:00 p.m.<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<strong>Session 2:<\/strong> Climate Inquiries, Anxieties and Explorations<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<strong>Chair: <\/strong>Dr. Jacinth Howard, The UWI, Cave Hill<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul style=\"width: 100%\">\n<li>Daylight Come on the Converged Caribbean: Jarrel De Matas, University of Massachusetts, Amherst<\/li>\n<li>\u201cA toppled ruined tidal door in the greenhouse drought spectre of earth and sky\u201d: The call for a visionary change of the breach in the ancient vestiges of synchronicity in Wilson Harris\u2019s The Mask of the Beggar: Shareed Mohammed, The UWI, St. Augustine &nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<strong>4:00 p.m. \u2013 5: 30 p.m.<\/strong><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h5>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<strong>Session 3:<\/strong> Frontiers in Caribbean Film<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<strong>Chair: <\/strong>Dr. Andrew Armstrong, The, UWI, Cave Hill<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul style=\"width: 100%\">\n<li>\u2018Up Inna the Video Light\u2019: Batty Boy and the Radical Refusal of Recuperation: Jovant\u00e9 Anderson, University of Miami<\/li>\n<li>Filming Heterotopias: Steve McQueen\u2019s Small Axe as a Textual and Cultural Survival Strategy: Andrew Kendall, University of Guyana<\/li>\n<li>Project Caribbean Experiment: The Use of Science Fiction in Sr. Langosta\u2019s Music Video \u2018Island\u2019s Loophole\u2019: Michelle Ramos-Rodr\u00edguez, Independent Scholar<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"card\">\n<div class=\"card-header bg-primary\" id=\"headingTwo\">\n<h5 class=\"mb-0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button class=\"btn collapsed btn-link text-white\" type=\"button\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" data-target=\"#collapse-mine-2\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"collapse-mine-2\">Day 2<\/button><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h5>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"collapse-mine-2\" class=\"collapse\" aria-labelledby=\"headingTwo\" data-parent=\"#accordion-mine\">\n<div class=\"card-body lc-block\">\n<div editable=\"rich\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/><strong>FRIDAY, OCTOBER 29, 2021<\/strong><\/p>\n<h5>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<strong>10:00 a.m. &#8211; 11: 30 a.m.<\/strong><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h5>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<strong>Keynote Address<\/strong>: Cherie Jones<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t&nbsp;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h5><strong>12:00 p.m. \u2013 1:30 p.m.<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<strong>Session 1:<\/strong> &nbsp;Re-Visiting the Works of Kamau Brathwaite<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<strong>Chair:<\/strong> Prof. Curwen Best, The UWI, Cave Hill<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul style=\"width: 100%\">\n<li>\u201cOnly the Fool Points at His Origin with His Left Hand\u201d: Edward Kamau Brathwaite\u2019s Celebration of His Authentic Origin: Leonard Obina Onwuegbuche, Alex Ekwueme Federal University Ndufu Alike<\/li>\n<li>Who are We? Explorations of Self in Edward Kamau Brathwaite\u2019s Mother Poem and George Lamming\u2019s In the Castle of My Skin: Alfrena Jamie Pierre, The UWI, St. Augustine<\/li>\n<li>Traditional Performing Arts and Self Assertion: Edward Kamau Brathwaite\u2019s Use of Musical Variations in Literature: Evelyn Nwachukwu Urama, Alex Ekwueme Federal University Ndufu Alike<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h5><strong>2:00 p.m. &#8211; 3:30 p.m.<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<strong>Session 2:<\/strong> Navigating Cultural Currents<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<strong>Chair:<\/strong> Shareed Mohammed, The UWI, St. Augustine<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul style=\"width: 100%\">\n<li>Effects of and Alternatives to the Tourist Industry in Contemporary Caribbean Poetry: Maria Grau Perejoan, University of the Balearic Islands<\/li>\n<li>Diaspora and Transnational Caribbean Home Cooking: Keja Valens, Salem State University<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h5><strong>4:00 p.m. &#8211; 5:30 p.m.<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<strong>Session 3:<\/strong> Kamau Brathwaite as Icon\/Iconography<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<strong>Chair:<\/strong> Alfrena Jamie Pierre, The UWI, St. Augustine<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul style=\"width: 100%\">\n<li>Edward Kamau Brathwaite at Carifesta \u201972: Ren\u00e9 Johannes Kooiker, Yale University<\/li>\n<li>(Type)ing Brathwaite: Digital Transformations from Paper to Pixel: Samantha Stephens, University of Virginia<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h5><strong>6:00 p.m. &#8211; 7:30 p.m.<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<strong>Panel Discussion:<\/strong> Kamau Brathwaite: A Commemoration<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<strong>Moderator: <\/strong>Prof. Curwen Best, The UWI, Cave Hill<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t&nbsp;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<strong>Panelists: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"width: 100%\">\n<li>Elaine Savory, Emeritus Professor, The New School, Literary Studies and Environmental Studies<\/li>\n<li>Kwame Dawes, Professor, University of Nebraska<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThis event is free but requires registration. please visit the registation page to register.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"card\">\n<div class=\"card-header bg-primary\" id=\"headingThree\">\n<h5 class=\"mb-0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button class=\"btn btn-link collapsed stretched-link text-white\" type=\"button\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" data-target=\"#collapse-mine-3\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"collapse-mine-3\">Day 3<\/button><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h5>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"collapse-mine-3\" class=\"collapse\" aria-labelledby=\"headingThree\" data-parent=\"#accordion-mine\">\n<div class=\"card-body lc-block\">\n<div editable=\"rich\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/><strong>SATURDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2021<\/strong><\/p>\n<h5>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<strong>10:00 a.m. &#8211; 11:30 a.m.<\/strong><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h5>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<strong>Keynote Address: <\/strong>R.S.A. Garcia<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h5><strong>12:00 p.m. \u2013 1:30 p.m.<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<strong>Session 1:<\/strong> Pedagogy of Caribbean Literature<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<strong>Chair: <\/strong>Dr. Agnel Barron, The UWI, Cave Hill<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul style=\"width: 100%\">\n<li>Before the Cradle and Beyond the Grave: Concerns and Considerations about Pedagogy and Caribbean Literature: Samuel Soyer, The UWI, Cave Hill<\/li>\n<li>The Value of Popular Knowledge in Caribbean Literature Classes: Scott Ting-A-Kee, Independent Scholar<\/li>\n<li>Adapting Caribbean Literary Texts into Virtual Reality: A \u2018User-Response Approach\u2019: Amanda Zilla, The UWI, St. Augustine<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h5><strong>2:00 p.m. &#8211; 3:30 p.m.<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<strong>Session 2:<\/strong> New Age, New Currents in Caribbean Literature<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<strong>Chair:<\/strong> Dr. Nicola Hunte, The UWI, Cave Hill<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul style=\"width: 100%\">\n<li>Theorizing Traumatology in the Fiction of Curdella Forbes: Thom C. Addington , Richard Bland College of William &amp; Mary<\/li>\n<li>\u201cMaybe broken is just the same as being\u201d: Brokenness and the Body in Kei Miller\u2019s Short Stories: Tohru Nakamura, Keio University<\/li>\n<li>\u201cIf I have to kill a tree child to save my child, I\u2019ll do it\u201d: Human and Nonhuman Extinctions on Hispaniola in Edwidge Danticat\u2019s Claire of the Sea Light and Rita Indiana\u2019s Tentacle: Seanna Viechweg (University of Virginia)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h5><strong>4:00 p.m. &#8211; 5:30 p.m.<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<strong>Session 3:<\/strong> Transgressive Pasts\/Re-imagined Futurities<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<strong>Chair: <\/strong>Dr. Debra Providence, The UWI, Cave Hill<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul style=\"width: 100%\">\n<li>Rainbow Bright: Unsettled Futures, Queer Precarity, and Caribbean Apocalypses in Rita Indiana\u2019s Tentacle: Suzanne F. Boswell, Independent Scholar<\/li>\n<li>Transgressive Loves: Images of Contemporary Trinidad in Novels by Three Women Writers: Michael Mitchell, University of Paderborn<\/li>\n<li>\u201cOf Chimeras and Churiles: Indo-Caribbean Feminist Reimaginings of the Monstrous Past\u201d: Lisa Outar, Independent Scholar<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t&nbsp;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h5><strong>6:00 p.m. \u2013 8:00 p.m.<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/wilcvbl\"><strong>Virtual Beach Bar<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tEvening special: Fiction and a Little Lime<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t&nbsp;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tFeaturing Readings by: Anderson Lowe, Sharma Taylor and Lafleur Cockburn<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<strong><span style=\"font-size:11px;\">&nbsp;Registration required. 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