21682: Burnham: Conference on Abolition and St. Domingue in Limon, Costa Rica. (fwd)

[Bob Corbett <corbetre@webster.edu>]

From: thor burnham <thorald_mb@hotmail.com>

Paul Lovejoy of York University, Toronto, Canada wanted me to let people
know that they are still accepting proposals for panels and individual
papers for a conference in Limon, Costa Rica in August, 2004. The conference
has a specific focus on the abolition of slavery and the importance of the
St. Domingue revolution. If you know anyone, particularly in Haiti, who may
be interested, please pass this on.

thanks,
Thor Burnham

http://www.yorku.ca/nhp/conferences/costarica2004/index.htm

Call for Papers:  Revolution, Independence, and Emancipation: The Struggle
Against Slavery in the Circum-Caribbean

Limón, Costa Rica
27-29 August 2004

The struggle to abolish slavery and to attain emancipation for the enslaved
populations of the Americas was a protracted process; indeed the struggle
was a continuation of the daily resistance, marronage, and periodic
uprisings that characterized the regime of slavery in all parts of the
Americas. For the purpose of examining this struggle, a conference is being
planned to examine the process of revolution, independence and emancipation,
with a focus on the region of the circum-Caribbean, and with the intention
of concentrating on the roles of Africans and their descendants in this
struggle for honor, dignity and self-determination.

In recognition of the United Nations designation of 2004 as the
International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and for Its
Abolition, the conference will focus on the key role of the revolution in
St. Domingue in the 1790s, the independence of Haiti in 1804, and the
ongoing influence and legacy of this momentous struggle. Other themes
include the impact of British abolition of the slave trade after 1807 on
Caribbean societies, the wars of Independence in Spanish America and the
resulting emancipation of the enslaved populations after 1820; emancipation
in British and French colonies in 1834-38 and 1848; the struggle against the
continuation of slavery in Cuba, Puerto Rico and the southern United States;
emancipation and the US Civil War; and revolution and emancipation in Cuba.
This focus on almost one hundred years of struggle in the circum-Caribbean
attempts to overcome regional and parochial approaches to the study of
slavery and the formation of the African diaspora by emphasizing
interactions among the different parts of the circum-Caribbean.

The struggle against slavery involved major political, economic and
ideological changes interrelated across the circum-Caribbean. Indeed, the
focus of the conference is on these connections among the different parts of
the region, no matter the European colony or language. The period
highlighted by the conference is also one which is characterized by distinct
movements of intra-regional migration beginning with the flight escaped
slaves and of refugees from the Haiti revolution and their settlement in
different parts of the region and including the movement of numbers of
people from the island colonies to the mainland territories. The changed
composition of the continued though diminishing arrival of Africans during
this period also influenced the events and struggles in the region. The
macro events form the context in which at the micro level the enslaved
struggled for their freedom and the emancipated population sought to
determine the meaning of freedom.

The conference organizers invite papers and/or panels discussing any aspect
of this struggle for freedom by the enslaved and its aftermath in the
Caribbean and circum-Caribbean region. Papers which focus on the subalterns
and offer an opportunity to explore the ways in which they contributed to
the development of the Atlantic world in this period are particularly
welcome. Other suggested topics include public and collective memory and
commemoration; religion; literary manifestations; ideas of Africa and
repatriation; ethnicity and nationalism in the aftermath of slavery.

Submission of Proposals:

Proposals for papers, including title and one paragraph abstract, should be
submitted to circumcaribbean@yorku.ca by April 30, 2004. All papers are due
1 August 2004 and should be sent as an attachment to the conference
e-address.

Acceptance of Proposals:

Accepted proposals will be posted on the conference website, along with
abstracts. Individual letters of invitation will be written to assist in
visa applications, where necessary, and in support of institutional funding
to cover the costs of participation.

Conference Date:

August 27-29, 2004

Venue:

Límón, Costa Rica

Registration fee:
Full time faculty (North America and European institutions): $150.00


Transportation:

San José - Limón - San José         $15.00


Accommodation:

List of hotels and rooms to be provided

Conference Sponsorship:

Centro de Investigaciones Historicas en America Central (CIHAC), Universidad
de Costa Rica

Harriet Tubman Resource Centre on the African Diaspora, York University,
Canada

Text and Testimony Collective, University of the West Indies

Centro Investigiones Regionales de Meso-America (CIRMA), Guatemala

Organizing Committee:

Tani Adams, Directora, CIRMA <tani@cirma.ws>
Hilary Beckles, Principal, University of the West Indies, Cave Hill,
Barbados
Rina Cáceres Gomez, Directora, CIHAC <rcaceres@cariari.ucr.ac.cr>
Paul E. Lovejoy, Director, Tubman Resource Centre <plovejoy@yorku.ca>
Verene Shepherd, Text and Testimony Collective <verenalber@yahoo.com>
David V. Trotman, Associate Director, Tubman Resource Centre
<dtrotman@yorku.ca>

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